I worked alone in my laboratory, surrounded by gears, brass fittings, and hissing steam pipes. The workshop smelt of hot metal, oil, and sweat. As a female inventor in a world that doubted women's capacity for science, I had something to prove, to them and to myself. The ticking of the wall clock matched my heartbeat as I made the final adjustments to my latest creation. This wasn't just any machine. I had designed it spe...

After completing my education and a spell as the village teacher it was time I went and explored the world. To this end I had answered an advert for the role of Governess with Lord Blackheart at Wymbourne Abbey. As I walked up the path, my heart pounded in my chest. It was all so exciting but terrifying at the same time. I was eager to be employed as a governess but was also daunted, I had never met an actual Lord before....

“Oh, this is agony, sister. I cannot bear it.” As the sun hurried to hide its countenance behind the mountains in the west, I had soon realized I needed to fetch a candle or two, or I would have to put the book down for the night. And as it was, the beautiful Lady Adelaide had just welcomed the Arabian prince into her chambers. It was not my first reading of the story of the fair maiden and her handsome abductor, and I kn...

Scarlett and 'The Woman' team up. Paris, 1893. "Can you do the splits, Miss Irene?" "No, I certainly cannot. I do declare this to be the most idiotic idea that you have had thus far." "I quite disagree, my dear Irene. It is exceedingly clever. Would it be possible for a man to infiltrate Le Cabaret Artistique?" Located in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris the exclusive club was nothing short of legendary even in i...

Chapter Six. 'The Erotic Scandal In Bohemia' London, 1890. "I wonder what the woman is doing right now?" Emma Watson peered over the top of that day's edition of the Evening News and pondered the offcut remark. Opposite the petite English rose sat her partner in work and life, Scarlett Holmes, the younger sister of the world's first and by far the best private detective. The pair of elegantly dressed ladies were seated in...

Scarlett and the Six Napoleons "So, Doctor Barnicott, pray to tell at what time in your life did your wife cease to love you, and at what hour this evening do you intend to make love to your mistress?" "What! But, this is preposterous! Who has told you about me? Go on tell all!" The middle-aged man in suit and tie stood up, outraged and befuddled, as Scarlett Homes tapped her clay pipe out at the fireplace calmly. Her tru...

Chapter Two. 'The Case Of The Speckled Penis' London 1887. Scarlett's Point Of View. My heart was gladdened to have the adorable little fuck bunny Emma Watson in my untidy bed once more. In response to my invitation to my humble London lodgings at 227B Baker Street, my dear lover had joined me for an evening of fun and frolics. "My word Holmes, that is precisely the spot!" Indeed, my perceptive and vigorous tonguing had m...