Wicked Widow

Its place in Vanza

Wicked Widow is book 3 in the Vanza series. It follows I Thee Wed. It is followed by Lie by Moonlight. See the full Vanza reading order.

The Vanza novels are set among the members and graduates of a private, semi-secret Regency-era discipline -- part martial art, part philosophy of self-command -- that trains its adherents to read a room, control their emotions under pressure, and act decisively when it matters. Amanda Quick uses Vanza training as a plausible way to give her heroes and heroines an edge without turning them into professional spies or detectives outright: a Vanza-trained protagonist can walk into a den of thieves, a gaming hell, or…