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- Content warnings: Violence, Attempted murder, Sexual harassment
The Secret Service of Tea and Treason
by India Holton
Book 3 in Dangerous Damsels
Witty Victorian fake-marriage spy-versus-spy rom-com with witches and pirates - the literary equivalent of laughing into your tea.
goodreads 3.97/5 15,380 ratings
storykind_community 4/5 1 rating
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length368 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Rivals to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Pure joy
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- Scholar/intellectual
- Academic rivals
- Playful / funny
- Comfort reread material
- Rival / competitor
- Competitors to lovers
- Tension / anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Secretly soft
- Banter
- Slow seduction
- The swoon
- Intellectual connection
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Playful banter
- Longing glances
- Ear whispers / breath on neck
Fantasy promise
- Rom-com
- Fake marriage becomes real
- Manor house / estate
- Historical
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Big city / metropolis
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- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Humans only
- Enemies to lovers
- Alternate history
- Workplace romance
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Whimsical
- Witty
- Light
- Spy/thief
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- Neurodivergent MC
- Humorous
- Banter-heavy
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Playful
- Deceptively deadly
- Career woman
- Lighthearted
- Sharp
- Romantic
- Satirical
- Heist energy
- The long game
- Political intrigue
- Thieves guild
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Book details
- Length
- 368 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book