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Paladin's Grace

by T. Kingfisher

The Saint of Steel · Book 1 · 2020

Since the death of his god, Stephen has made himself useful as a bodyguard. One day a perfumer named Grace needs him to help her hide from her pursuers. The two improvise an intimate scene in an alley, then find themselves drawn together again when an assassination attempt goes awry.

FantasyRomanceRomantasyDry witSituational comedy

From the publisher’s blurb

“Stephen’s god died on the longest day of the year…”
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What makes it funny?

Stephen knows how to use a sword and how to knit a sock. He figures a bone knitting needle could do some damage if he had to fight with it. The trouble is getting all the stitches back on the needle afterward.

The comedy at work

Grace and Stephen are better at their jobs than they are at guessing how the other feels. Grace pays such close attention to scent that one of her first puzzles about the man she’s drawn to is why a paladin smells of gingerbread.

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There’s time here for a perfumer to think about her work and for a guarded pair of adults to get to know one another. The court intrigue keeps them busy outside the romance, especially once they get pulled into a killing plot.

Good to know

Kingfisher uses the same world as Swordheart for a different romance. There are headless bodies, and part of Grace’s story concerns the abuse she survived.

A few distinguishing details

  • A paladin who worries about dropping stitches
  • A perfumer who wants to know why a knight smells of gingerbread

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