1. **Lady Swindler** (complete) - this is one of my favourites. The fl is a pushover in her first life, and due to fraud and betrayal she ends up in prison where she meets her squad of ride or die besties. She is executed and regresses. She wakes up in the past a hardened criminal and sets out to regroup her besties so they can scam people together! I love girls supporting girls 🥹. She saves the ml so she can swindle him later.

2. **The Heiress' Double Life (ongoing w 100+ch)** \- fl is a genius scammer, so the meathead ml who realises he is dumb as a rock enlists her to use her scamming skills to win him the throne. My only gripe is that there's not as much \~crime\~ later in the story, it's mainly political scheming. My favourite part is the first few chapters where fl repeatedly escapes (ml only catches her with the help of a magic artifact) and her russian nesting doll ahh disguise.

3. **Most Wanted Wife** (ongoing) - fl is the 'blue ruby', phantom theif extrodinaire! Ml is her nemesis, dead set on catching her but knowing little of her identity. She is terminally ill and must steal the time stone so she can live, but the one who owns it is the ml. Using her true noble lady identity she proposes to the ml in order to infiltrate his territory and steal the stone. He has no clue his cute new wife is the very blue ruby he's chasing. Sis hides her gun inside a giant teddy bear.

4. **Don't Worry, We Both Agreed to this Fraudulent Marriage** (ongoing) - fl is a fraudster and overall baddie. She protects both herself and her man.

5. **The Villainess' Princely Predicament** (completed) - fl is reincarnated as the villainess who stole the ml's magic heart. By the time she possesses the villainess the heart has already been stolen and sold, so she tries to get it back so the ml doesn't execute her. She makes full use of her villainess crime network to get back the heart and also to aid the weakened ml. The ending for this one felt rushed. The fl is one of the most gorgeous I've seen, she has such a cool unique look.

6. (non OI) **Your Eternal Lies** (completed) - fl is convicted for murder and called a witch for it. The story takes place on a ship where she is being transported to a prison island by the war hero ml. The only thing on her mind? Escape! she's done it before and by golly she'll do it again.



Comment any others y'all can think of!

Appreciation post for female leads who commit ✨️crime✨️