Women with swords. Men with agendas.


Whitefriars Fencing Academy, London, 1604.

Lucinda Evans grew up dealing with the pointy end of a blade, but after an unfortunate incident with a stray sword her father bans her from fighting. How was Lucinda to know the weapon she was ‘testing’ belonged to Robert McCrae, a well-connected heir to a Scottish Lord?

Desperate to keep her skills sharp, Lucinda creates the Sisters of the Sword—a clandestine all-female fencing school. When the Sisters discover that two of their number fell victim to the same predator, they band together to hunt him down.

As their quest for justice collides with Robert McCrae’s mission to avenge his ruined sister, Lucinda is plunged into a dangerous world of intrigue and duplicity…a world where strength isn’t only found at the end of a sword.


A swashbuckling, historical MeToo with grit, heart and humour.