A Season for Scandal

" The Agency for Scandal is glorious! Clever, funny, charming, and achingly romantic, it is a delight from start to finish. Laura Wood always writes about love and friendship with a deft hand, and this is her best work yet" Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns "A brilliant, fun-filled romp" The Scotsman An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to unmask a villain . When Marigold Bloom finds her family business in trouble a chance encounter with the devastatingly handsome and extremely bad-tempered Oliver Lockhart leads her to the Aviary - a secret agency of women who specialise in blackmailing troublesome men. Soon, Mari is the agency's newest recruit, sent to investigate the mysterious return of Oliver's long lost sister. Forced to masquerade as a newly engaged couple, it is up to Mari and Oliver to determine if there is an imposter in their midst. But what happens when the line between truth and fiction starts to blur? And what do you do when a pretend romance starts to feel all too real? 'Incredibly charming' Sophie Irwin, author of A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting Bridgerton meets Charlie's Angels. A smart, charming, brilliantly plotted and swooningly romantic story about a collective of bold women changing their world. The most romantic, exciting, empowering YA of the year.