A Family Affair: the twisty and hilarious new Smallhope & Pennyroyal adventure

· Hachette UK
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From the internationally bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. Everyone's favourite time-travelling bounty hunters return for a whole new adventure...

With the dust finally settling after her near-fatal shooting, Lady Amelia Smallhope is looking forward to a period of rest and recuperation. A chance for her and Pennyroyal to plan their next lucrative adventure and drink margaritas in the sun.

Yeah - like that's ever going to happen.

An unexpected phone call blows everything out of the water. They've been targeted. By someone all-too familiar with Pennyroyal's murky past.

But who would dare?

There's only one way to find out - and the road ahead is dangerous. But as Smallhope likes to say...

When things are bad - make them worse.

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Readers can't get enough of Smallhope and Pennyroyal...

'I rarely award the full 5 stars, but this book deserves them' ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐

'An absolute rip-roaring adventure with more twists than a corkscrew' ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐

'I laughed and cried through the book, sometimes simultaneously' ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐

'OMG...what a ride!' ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐

From the internationally bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. Everyone's favourite time-travelling bounty hunters return for a whole new adventure... With the dust finally settling after her near-fatal shooting, Lady Amelia Smallhope is looking forward to a period of rest and recupe...

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5 reviews
nicola Brooks
August 10, 2026
I love visiting the absolute madness that is the St Mary's-verse! Scifi/time travel adventure with a huge heaping dollop of very dry British humour. But we also get to see a more tender side of Pennyroyal and the outright petty princess that is Amelia Smallhope, lol. Impossible situations and madcap plans are front and centre and as ever St Mary's gets a little visit too. I can't review too fully cos then there will be spoilers all over the place. GO. READ. IT.
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Alison Robinson
August 6, 2026
Argh! I read this, didn't write a review. Skim-read it again, half-wrote the review and then pondered what to say about spoilers etc and gave up. Anyway, another great outing for our two deadly time-hopping assassins with all their trademark charms, sass, danger, and deadly weapons. Loved it. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
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Sabiha Hadi
August 12, 2026
absolutely hilarious anything by this author is a must read
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About the author

LOSE TRACK OF TIME IN THE WORLD OF JODI TAYLOR Jodi Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of over thirty novels and more short stories than you can shake a stick at. Her Chronicles of St Mary's series follows a bunch of disaster-prone individuals who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel! She is also the author of the Time Police books. Set in the same world as St Mary's, this spinoff charts the highs and lows of an all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the Timeline straight no matter what the cost. Efficient and disciplined, obviously they're nothing like St Mary's. Except when they are. And when a short story set in the same world accidentally grew into a full-length novel, the Smallhope & Pennyroyal series was born, following the adventures of two unlikely partners in crime.Jodi is also known for her gripping supernatural thrillers featuring the mysterious Elizabeth Cage together with the enchanting Frogmorton Farm series - a fairy story for adults. Born in Bristol and now living in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to the dismay of family, teachers and employers, before finally deciding to put all that daydreaming to good use and write a book. And then another twenty nine after that. And she hasn't finished yet.

LOSE TRACK OF TIME IN THE WORLD OF JODI TAYLOR Jodi Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of over thirty novels and more short stories than you can shake a stick at. Her Chronicles of St Mary's series follows a bunch of disaster-prone individuals who investigate major historical events...

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