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Gresham
Thomas Gresham needs to leave England—and the sooner, the better.
Debts are mounting, money is disappearing, and the comfortable life Thomas once took for granted is slipping rapidly beyond his reach. Staying means facing consequences he would much rather leave behind. So when an opportunity arises to cross the Atlantic and begin again in Virginia, Thomas takes it.
But escaping England is only the beginning.
The ocean offers dangers of its own. Weeks aboard a crowded ship test even the strongest passengers, and when illness strikes, Thomas discovers that not everyone who begins the voyage will live to see America.
Virginia promises a fresh start, but freedom will have to wait. Thomas has years of service ahead of him, hard work he has never known, and an unfamiliar world in which his old name and former comforts mean very little.
Yet among the hardships, Thomas finds things he never expected—friendship, loyalty, opportunity, and relationships that begin to change what he wants from life.
He fled England hoping to escape his past.
What he finds across the ocean may determine the future of generations to come.
Gresham begins a multigenerational historical family saga inspired by the Hewitt family's journey to America and the lives built by those who came after.
Debts are mounting, money is disappearing, and the comfortable life Thomas once took for granted is slipping rapidly beyond his reach. Staying means facing consequences he would much rather leave behind. So when an opportunity arises to cross the Atlantic and begin again in Virginia, Thomas takes it.
But escaping England is only the beginning.
The ocean offers dangers of its own. Weeks aboard a crowded ship test even the strongest passengers, and when illness strikes, Thomas discovers that not everyone who begins the voyage will live to see America.
Virginia promises a fresh start, but freedom will have to wait. Thomas has years of service ahead of him, hard work he has never known, and an unfamiliar world in which his old name and former comforts mean very little.
Yet among the hardships, Thomas finds things he never expected—friendship, loyalty, opportunity, and relationships that begin to change what he wants from life.
He fled England hoping to escape his past.
What he finds across the ocean may determine the future of generations to come.
Gresham begins a multigenerational historical family saga inspired by the Hewitt family's journey to America and the lives built by those who came after.
271 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 4, 2026
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