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Cecilia Bassingthwaite is a prim Victorian lady who flies a fortified house and robs the English countryside as an aspiring pirate. When an assassin targets her and a rival pirate lord threatens her criminal sisterhood, she must team up with her charming would-be killer to save them.

You'll like it if you enjoy

  • Absurdist Victorian comedy and whimsical hijinks
  • Flying houses and pirate etiquette
  • Charming, banter-heavy romance
  • A found family of lady criminals

Good to know

  • More sexual content than the whimsical covers imply
  • Cartoonish, slapstick violence

How it ends: Readers celebrate the finale as an over-the-top romp that many consider the funniest and best romance of the trilogy.

Tags

  • Ensemble Cast
  • Female Lead
  • Strong Female Lead
  • Found Family
  • Romance
  • Humor Heavy
  • Lighthearted
  • Fast Paced
  • Standalone Books
  • Fade to Black
  • No Gore

Reading order

  1. Cover for The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels Book 1)

    Book 1: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

    334 pages10h audio2021

    The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels launches the series as prim, thieving Cecilia Bassingwaite is targeted for assassination just as a pirate lord declares war on all of England's airborne lady criminals.

    Forced to ally with Ned Lightbourne—the charming hired killer sent to murder her—Cecilia must protect the flying-house sorority that raised her before a madman destroys everything she loves.

    A New York Times Notable Book packed with enemies-to-lovers wit, flying pirate houses, and impeccably armed Victorian heroines who never let a crisis interrupt tea.

  2. Cover for The League of Gentlewomen Witches (Dangerous Damsels Book 2)

    Book 2: The League of Gentlewomen Witches

    339 pages10.5h audio2022

    Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret society that uses magic for proper decorum. But when the powerful, long-lost amulet of Black Beryl surfaces, Charlotte must ensure it stays out of dangerous hands. Her mission hits a snag when she crosses paths with Alex O’Riley, a dashing, unrefined pirate rival. To secure the talisman, these two natural enemies form an uneasy alliance to steal it together. As sparks fly and fingers pick pockets, Charlotte discovers that her heart might be the next target in The League of Gentlewomen Witches, a delightful romantic heist.

  3. Cover for The Secret Service of Tea and Treason (Dangerous Damsels Book 3)

    Book 3: The Secret Service of Tea and Treason

    364 pages10h audio2023

    The Secret Service of Tea and Treason closes the trilogy as rival spies Agent A and Agent B—Alice and Daniel Bixby—are forced into a fake marriage to infiltrate a pirate house party and foil an assassination plot against the Queen.

    Enemies who know each other's every counter-move must navigate pirates, witches, and their own stubborn attraction across the most professionally inconvenient undercover mission of their careers.

    A brilliant finale featuring fake-marriage tension, ensemble found-family warmth, and Holton's signature gloriously absurdist comedic prose.

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