Hard Day's Knight

By: Katie MacAlister

Narrated by: Karen White

Men in tights never looked so good. At least that's Pepper Marsh's first impression when she attends a jousting competition at the Rennaissance Faire in Ontario. An unemployed and unattached software engineer, Pepper has had enough of the computer geeks in her dating pool. She yearns for a man of yore. A man not afraid to stare death in the face... and laugh at it. A man with a big lance....

Pepper's cousin has promised to find her a knight in shining armor, on the condition that Pepper walk around in wench garb. With her mind on her embarrassingly revealing bodice, Pepper promptly steps into the path of an oncoming steed... and is rescued by sexy Englishman Walker McPhail. Once the wild man of jousting, Walker has let a brush with death keep him out of the ring. Though his emotions are clad in almost impenetrable armor, Pepper finds Walker infuriatingly sexy - and she's about to go medieval on his heart.

©2005 Marthe Arends (P)2013 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Generously seasoned with her distinctive brand of impudent wit, set against the fascinating world of jousting competitions, and graced with a full cast of deliciously original characters (including a fiendishly adorable cat), MacAlister's latest fresh, funny, and fabulously sexy contemporary romance is pure fun." ( Booklist)

Thank you!

loved IT,
hearing is even greater than reading. male voices little problem but much better than most other performers of other books.

Not very good

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I don't think I'd recommend it. It's a little too shallow, and even though I finished it, I was frustrated several times over really idiotic story developments. Women's jousting? I had to google it just to see if it's real. Yes, it exists, but it's pretty niche. Also, MacAlister is famous for having her lead characters fall deeply, madly in love within the space of a couple days. How do you really get to know someone enough to LOVE them truly, within a couple days time? It's not possible, IMO, and I think she might try a story that develops over the course of a month next time.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Maybe; a screenwriter might change the cat to a dog.

Any additional comments?

A Renaissance fair is on the one hand, pretty far from an historical reenactment of the time period. On the other hand, many people who work at these things pride themselves on being historically accurate in their appearance and manner. Clearly, every character in the book didn't give a hoot about that. Whatever, I can forgive that.

Next, a cat? Really, that is among the dumber sidekicks I have read about in books.

Funny romance and joust

I enjoyed the laugh-out-loud humor of this crazy over-the-top story. The romance is great fun and the situation pretty unique.

another winner

never fails to make me laugh out loud with her wacky femal heroines antics, that make me cringe.

Good humor

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

must like humor, this one makes you laugh or smile in public.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Hard Day's Knight?

I love all the subtle notes on the "maw" cat. Listen for them or you will miss a good opportunity to smile.

What does Karen White bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

her full range give life to all the humor. I purchased this as Ms White read it...and I was not disappointed. Regular core romance with humor.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Just a good up lifting story. This is not a fast paced story, but a good way to enjoy a humorous story.