The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in this fantastical TikTok sensation
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3.8 • 18 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
TIKTOK MADE ME BUY IT! The THRILLING Victorian fantasy romance that you didn't realise you needed in your life . . .
'SPECTACULAR. just the sort of absolute madness which one needs in a book!' 5***** Reader Review
'Victorian lady assassins fighting the patriarchy, flying houses, AND...an ONLY ONE BED trope?! Fun fun fun' 5***** Reader Review
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The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels are no ordinary women . . .
Pirates, thieves and ne'er-do-wells, these ladies spend their days pickpocketing and blackmailing their way around the country - all before afternoon tea.
But when Lady Cecilia Bassingwaite meets Ned Lightbourne, her world is set to change forever.
Because he's a paid assassin and she's his next hit.
Yet when he lays eyes on the feisty, beautiful Cecilia he's faced with a conundrum:
Does he kill her . . . or fall in love with her?
Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in this swashbuckling tale of scoundrels and society, crime and crumpets. As these enemies turn to allies and might just fall in love along the way . . .
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'Witty, entertaining, laugh-out-loud funny and adventurous . . . Everything I need in a historical romance' 5***** Reader Review
'The best romantic humorous adventure fantasy of manners you will ever read!' 5***** Reader Review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Holton debuts with a delightful alternate-Victorian-era romp replete with swashbuckling, skulduggery, and sly romance. Miss Cecilia Bassingthwaite lives with her great-aunt, a prim, hypochondriac member of the Wisteria Society, comprising only the highest class of lady pirates, all of whom pilot flying battlehouses. When Cecilia is attacked by handsome assassin Ned Lightbourne, she's thrilled—maybe now that there's been an attempt on her life, the Society will finally take her seriously. But before she can make her case for promotion to the high tea table, the dastardly, Brontë-obsessed Captain Morvath steals one of the Society's battlehouses. Cecilia has a lifetime's worth of trauma to take out on Morvath, but when his next move is to kidnap the entire Wisteria Society, she's quickly in over her head and must rely on Ned's double-crossing help to take her father down. Though the side characters outshine the smitten leads, readers will adore the hilariously courteous combat, social sniping, juicy flirtation, and thorough repudiation of Morvath's cartoonish misogyny. With secret identities, secret doors, and secret histories to spare, this high-octane layer-cake of escapism hits the spot.
