The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 ΓÇ£The kind of book for which the word ΓÇ£rollickingΓÇ¥ was invented.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöNew York Times Book Review A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She’s also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority,she flies around England drinking teablackmailing friendsand acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sureshe has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing auntbut all things consideredit’s a pleasant existence. Until the men show up. Ned Lightbourne is a sometimes assassin who is smitten with Cecilia from the moment they meet. Unfortunatelythat happens to be while he’s under direct orders to kill her. His employerCaptain Morvathwho possesses a gothic abbey bristling with cannons and an unbridled hate for the worldintends to rid England of all its presumptuous womenstarting with the Wisteria Society. Ned has plans of his own. But both men have made one grave mistake. Never underestimate a woman. When Morvath imperils the Wisteria SocietyCecilia is forced to team up with her handsome would-be assassin to save the women who raised her–hopefully provingonce and for allthat she’s as much of a scoundrel as the rest of them.