Tender Is the Knight — Jamaica Layne

Assembly-line forewoman and Dayton, Ohio resident Lisa Marie Smith's life just got a lot more medieval. Lisa's co-worker and best friend, Pegeen Palmer forcibly drags her to an event showcasing Pegeen's latest hobby---the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), a living history organization that specializes in the Middle Ages. SCA members get their weekend kicks dressing up in medieval “garb” and pretending to be knights and ladies. Lisa is skeptical at first, but pretty soon she falls for Sir Phillip Reginald of Whitestar, a swashbuckling SCA Knight and top favorite to become the SCA's most important new King. It's soon clear that this dazzlingly handsome, super-sexy knight has a dark and mysterious past, and it's all Lisa can do just to keep her head above water as she gets caught up in the strange, intrigue-ridden world of SCA kingdom power politics. Will shy, emotionally fragile Lisa manage to juggle her day job, her eccentric best friend, and a passionate new relationship with her mysterious knight without coming apart?