When Michael Turco, a Florida Highway Patrol officer, goes undercover with a medieval re-enactment group, his reluctant contact is Kate Knight, a blond Valkyrie who spends her weekends as Lady Knight, fighting in one-on-one combat against men.  Kate, celibate after years of abuse, is far from happy to find herself sharing a postage-stamp-size tent with Michael.

As they work together to solve the puzzle of who is causing increasingly serious accidents in the medieval re-enactment community, they have to deal with their own personal prejudices and fears, as well as the sometimes quirky behavior of the weekend lords and ladies around them.  But love is hard to put down, even when the heroine is armed and dangerous.