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What's a Little Blackmail Between Friends
(2026)(The first book in the Etty and Tris Victorian Mystery series)
A novel by Lynn Morrison
An audacious heroine will break every rule to save a princess from scandal… even if it means trusting the Crown’s fixer
London, 1868: Etty Redgrave has never been very good at behaving. While other young ladies pursue advantageous marriages, she prefers art studios, sharp debate, and calculated acts of rebellion.
So when her closest friend, Princess Louise, begs her to recover a scandalous sketch before it can be used for blackmail, Etty does the only sensible thing. She agrees to help.
Unfortunately, the Queen has already sent her own solution.
Enter Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham, better known as the Crown’s most reliable fixer. Entirely unimpressed by aristocratic troublemakers, he intends to contain the scandal quietly, efficiently, and alone.
To his horror, Etty refuses to step aside.
Forced into an uneasy partnership, Etty and Tristan follow the trail from London’s drawing rooms into art studios, notorious cafés, and the city’s hidden corners, breaking rules and crossing lines to track down the man at the centre of the scandal. It soon becomes clear the missing sketch is only the beginning of their problems.
Deception and danger are not the only risks they face. Their constant clashes evolve into a grudging admiration that neither of them wants to admit.
Can this pair of opposites save the Crown from a royal scandal without losing everything, including their hearts, in the process?
This book is for readers who love:
- Clever heroines who break rules
- Dukes who try (and fail) to control them
- Slow-burn tension that takes an entire series
- Royal scandals
- Victorian drama with modern wit
Discover a brand-new Victorian mystery series where royal secrets, sharp banter, and reluctant partnership collide. When the Queen’s fixer meets society’s most rebellious aristocrat, complications are inevitable.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
London, 1868: Etty Redgrave has never been very good at behaving. While other young ladies pursue advantageous marriages, she prefers art studios, sharp debate, and calculated acts of rebellion.
So when her closest friend, Princess Louise, begs her to recover a scandalous sketch before it can be used for blackmail, Etty does the only sensible thing. She agrees to help.
Unfortunately, the Queen has already sent her own solution.
Enter Tristan Bankes-Fernsby, Duke of Rockingham, better known as the Crown’s most reliable fixer. Entirely unimpressed by aristocratic troublemakers, he intends to contain the scandal quietly, efficiently, and alone.
To his horror, Etty refuses to step aside.
Forced into an uneasy partnership, Etty and Tristan follow the trail from London’s drawing rooms into art studios, notorious cafés, and the city’s hidden corners, breaking rules and crossing lines to track down the man at the centre of the scandal. It soon becomes clear the missing sketch is only the beginning of their problems.
Deception and danger are not the only risks they face. Their constant clashes evolve into a grudging admiration that neither of them wants to admit.
Can this pair of opposites save the Crown from a royal scandal without losing everything, including their hearts, in the process?
This book is for readers who love:
- Clever heroines who break rules
- Dukes who try (and fail) to control them
- Slow-burn tension that takes an entire series
- Royal scandals
- Victorian drama with modern wit
Discover a brand-new Victorian mystery series where royal secrets, sharp banter, and reluctant partnership collide. When the Queen’s fixer meets society’s most rebellious aristocrat, complications are inevitable.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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