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The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

By: India Holton
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Cecilia Bassingwaite belongs to a very prestigious circle of women: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels.

Yet this is no ordinary Victorian lady's society—as it's full of pirates, thieves and ne'er-do-wells.

These women spend their days pickpocketing and blackmailing their way around the country all before it's time to sit down for tea.

But when Cecilia meets Ned Lightbourne her world is set to change forever.

Because he's a paid assassin and she's his next hit.

Under the employment of the dastardly Captain Morvath—who wants to rid the world of these Lady Scoundrels—Ned knows he has one job to do.

But 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....

©2022 India Holton (P)2022 Penguin Audio Fantasy Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Victorian Paranormal Funny Witty Feel-Good

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This is a super series of books by India Holton, the narrator adds so much to the text. The characters are so well drawn, I felt I knew them by the end of the book. Funny, silly and likeable. Ideal for a road trip or long journey.

A Laugh out loud adventure

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really enjoying the surprising book. It is delightfully funny and quintessentially British. The narration and character voices make perfect sense. Sometimes, with audiobooks, it is the narration that you can't get lost in. Much easier with a book, as you make it ip in your head.

Fiction audiobooks were not for me until....

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I adore India Holton’s writing. It’s a charming romp brought to life expertly by Elizabeth Knowlden and as soon as I finished this I immediately downloaded the rest of the series and as soon as that was finished I started at the beginning again!

Rapidly becoming my favourite series

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An unusual take on piracy in the reign of Queen Victoria. The Wisteria Ladies are well bred, thoroughly scandalous, ruthless and clever.

They put our traditional view on piracy to shame as they fight, steal, murder and fall in love, all whilst maintaining the correct etiquette!

Meet Cecilia, the daughter of a rogue and astonishingly beautiful, but dead mother. Follow her journey, through the air and on land as she navigates High Society, The Royal Household and how to fly a house, all whilst trying to avoid her handsome assassin!

Romance, pirates, theft, murder and flying houses!

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From the tongue-in-cheek literary references to the (probably) accurate portrayal of Queen Victoria, this book kept me laughing and wanting more. I cannot wait to read more of this series!

Absolutely Stupendous

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Personally I found this story delightful, deliberately “ridiculous”, very funny and am keeping in my library to listen to again!!!

I do not understand the negative reviews unless of course one has no sense of humour (or doesn’t “get” double entendre), can’t tolerate the light-hearted or they thought they were buying a serious book about magic (which is not the focus of this story).

The narrator is brilliant, both with voices and the style of narration itself, translating the comedic value perfectly.

Hey-ho, maybe I’m just ridiculously silly, but this brought some joy (i.e. laugh-out-loads, sniggers & giggles) into my world… Best buy from Audible in a while!

Decently Tongue-in-Cheek!

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I read the 2nd and 3rd books first by mistake, but I'm so glad that you can read these books without having to read the previous. This well contained series is a nice change to those released in recent years, the plot leads the story rather than the romance. With the romance occurring on the side and rolling well with the plot.
Thoroughly enjoyed!

swashbuckling love

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Hilarious.
Unnecessary sex scenes but these are also very funny.
Excellent narration. Read with verve, characterisation & enthusiasm.

I laughed so much

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This story was just too much all over the place to truly capture my interest. The concept of flying houses, castles etc was just too farfetched. Steam powered airships would have been more believable. There were too many twists and turns and at the end of the day, the heroine achieved little. Which made me sad because I really wanted to love the book. Never mind!

Too farfetched

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Loved the way the characters interact in this book, it’s a refreshing comedy of language and witty retorts, in a world of pirates and flying houses just brilliant. I laughed out loud a lot.

Quirky and brilliant

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