4.5 starsThis is my second Katie MacAlister book and she once again, did not disappoint.MacAlister usually writes strong and confident women who are unbelievably ridiculous in their hilariously amusing moments. Here we have Pepper, who is determined to pull off her happily ever after and fairy tale story with Walker, a grumpy and very sexy knight in shining armor. They’re a perfect match, and for every corny line that was written, a warm and emotional scene was added in. They complement each oth...

Oh, yes. Our heroine decides to leave the "computer geeks" she works with and goes to find a "real man" at a... RENAISSANCE FAIRE? Dude, I have worked at a Ren Faire. Yes, there is a certain amount of hotness with the guys in tights and accents and such. But in reality, these guys are also completely geeky. Silly plot aside, this book is BAD. No one (even at Ren Faires) speak like these characters, and the sex scenes are decidedly UNsexy. No one should ever use the term SQUELCHY, okay, people? E...

This was a fun book and I think that this is the best one that this author has written,

Oh yes…. Another one of my damn mistakes. I saw the book cover and I thought wow this sounds like fun. Again I blew it! No fun at all!So, first problem. Girl wants to date an alpha hottie. Idea? "Renaissance Faire". Really? That’s the place to meet hotties? More like losers… Katie MacAlister tried to implement a few of them here and there, some pretty eyes, some round asses and yet I didn’t find them hot. AT ALL. The only stallion was Walker, who ended up being an idiot. Why you ask? Because he

Possibly the worst book I've ever read - and a ridiculously inaccurate rendering of what goes on at a renaissance faire, to boot. The sex scenes aren't even sexy - "happy juice," anyone? Yech. The main enjoyment I had out of this book (which was considerable, I'll admit) was reading passages of it out loud to friends for public mockery. Skip it unless you've worked at a ren fair and want a good laugh at all the inaccuracies.

Jayyyyzus, this was annoying and .... annoying! Honestly, i don't think i liked a single thing about this book. No chemistry, gross sex scenes, stupid plot, nonsensical events (ie. she is DEATHLY afraid of horses for 75% of the book, then it turns out she's a VET and wasn't actually AFRAID of horses, but just doesn't like them EATING HER HAIR?! Sorry, what horse will eat your hair?! Also - after acting deathly afraid and screaming at a horse "please don't eat me, please don't eat me!" how could

This was cute! Pepper attended the Renaissance Fair with her cousin CJ. She is pet sitting her aunts cat, Moth, while also helping CJ out by playing the part of a Wench. Walker, the jousting leader, intrigues Pepper and she just can't keep her nose out of his business. Several racy scenes that have you giggling.

I went into Katie MacAlister's Hard Day's Knight desperately wanting to love it. It's not often that I see a faire based book that doesn't involve some sort of cheesy-ass time travel. Maybe I set my expectations too high. Maybe this person's experience of a renaissance faire is entirely different than mine; I don't know. (I doubt it though - I've performed at renaissance faires for enough years that I seriously doubt it's THAT much different at her home faire.)If I were to judge renaissance fair...

This was a very interesting book from the beginning. Some of the characters I loved and cheered for and some I didn't like at all and booed. I really liked Pepper's personality and strength. I loved that even though she questioned herself repeatedly she never gave up. Which is hard to do when it seems that no one is on your side, not even family. I found her cousin CJ infuriating. I can't believe that someone that is supposedly close enough to you to invite you along on a trip could be so callou...

There are times this reminded me of A Knight's Tale, but I think it's because they're both about jousting.The book kind of dragged until chapter 16 or so. Yeah, I get there's set up and all that, but it felt so predictable. Having said that, the explanations towards the end brought everything together. Honestly, I liked the book but it was just meh.

This is my kind of romance. An intelligent (but not perfect) heroine mixing it up with an Alpha male, who though cautious, isn't really afraid to love a woman. The two take turns chasing each other (though neither runs away very fast or for very long.) The banter is humorous, the sex is hot, and the payoff is love (since the sex starts early.) I'm ordering more of this author's books.

It's light, it's fluffy... Girl meets handsome man at a Renaissance Faire and he is, literally, her knight in shining armor. Yes, it's hokey, yes, there is a totally ridiculous love story mixed in along with jousting. Dorky at best, but I still giggled aloud at least enough to give it a 3 star rating.

Was the book a little ridiculous? YesDid I cringe at word choice sometimes a lot? YesDid I still enjoy it? YesBecause that's what romance novels are. They're silly, over the top, not meant to be taken seriously. That's it. That's their purpose.2.5 stars

This story had delightful characters and wonderful comedy and really dynamic villains. good stuff!

DNF at 75% not because it was bad, but because I was no longer in the mood for such a book.

Kept me engaged and wanting to keep reading—mostly because it made me crave a Ren Faire. But the language was all kinds of cheesy throughout the book and I couldn't stand the female protagonist.

Woooo! Walker is hot, Hot, HOT!Pepper was tired of dating computer gooks so she thought she might find herself a man at a Renaissance fair where she was promised lots of nights in shining armor… Why she didn’t expect red-fair guys to also be geeks, I’ll never understand. However, this isn’t just any Renaissance fair. This is also a jousting tournament… Real live men and women, in armor, on horseback, knocking each other around with big sticks. And it takes a lot of muscles to control a horse and...

I cannot stand this narrator. She's read a few of Katie MacAlister's books, and I put up with her, then, but when combined with an entirely unlikable heroine and an entire cast of British characters (her British accents are mediocre at best), I JUST CAN'T. Ugh. Didn't finish this one, and I don't intend to.Katie MacAlister has written a lot of great, fun books. This is not one of them.The protagonist is self-centered, and kind of an idiot. I actually liked the hero, even if he was the usual angs...

Excellent read - I finished it in 1 day, I couldn’t put it down. A fun, sexy journey. The dialogue is perfect and witty. The plot is titilating with a dash of mystery. The sex scenes are hot! Everything one wants in a romance. Bonus points for appealing to ren fair geeks like me!I didn’t give it full stars because if a couple issues:She breaks 4th wall and randomly tells reader some jousting info. Only does this once but the paragraph was jarring. Her editor should have worked on that one. MC an...

-i enjoy this authors humor."i dragged my gaze from where it was taking in the sights up to his silvery-gray eyes, back to the sights, up to his eyes again, and then pretty much did a little tennis-match thing for a minute or so where i looked back and forth between the two points of interest while i frantically tried to resuscitate my mind from where it had fallen into a faint." (he was naked)"i'm not crying. i'm... i'm allergic to Moth! (cat). that's why i couldn't be a vet. allergic to animal...

This is a silly, fun romance book with many laugh out loud moment. The book is a light read and I like this book from the other books written by the same author. I did notice that the writer uses female characters who are ignorant or don't have enough information about the male main character and end up making a mess out of the situation a lot. I have noticed this in other books written by the author too. She deliberately creates a situation in which the character is given less information and a...

I'm giving this a four out of five stars because I had one major pet peeve w/this book. It was the communication between pepper and the rest of the ppl at the fair. No one would tell her anything anytime, and it a began w/her annoying cousin, CJ. I'm sorry, but if theres something that's important to be known, leaving the main character in the dark like that is just lazy writing.The author could have done skenthi else's for conflict than to have the main character made out to always be the villa...

I started this book earlier but have been under the weather and it took me longer to finish than normal. Katie MacAllister has done it again, granted this was one of her earlier works, but it was good. As always the main characters are lovable and funny, but it is the side characters that rule the day. The main side character was Moth, a big cat that the main character Pepper Marsh was pet sitting that somehow turns out to be the best personality detector any woman would need. Overall good read....

Jousting + a British love interest + a ridiculous cat = something I'm probably going to love. This is one of those romance novels I read in middle school/high school, from the library, that I now own and am rereading to see if I should keep it. Well, I'm definitely keeping this one! I have loved all of Katie MacAlister's contemporary romances that I have read, and this made me want to spend some of this stay-at-home time making myself a RenFaire outfit so that I'm all ready to go in the fall.

It’s a was a light in fun read with some laugh out moments . But I really didn’t like CJ and why does a supposed friend and family has to be so disloyal and mean. She had no redeeming quality. Also the conflict is all because none of the people in the team including her cousin tell pepper anything. Why ? Only to make it easy to write? That part and the whole blaming pepper for the sabotage part was just too over the top and unbelievable.

These were the type of chick lit that avoided for a long time. It was just so.... cringey. MC was annoying most of the time and we get it, youre sturdy! Also Ren Faires are fun but no way would I consider it seriously like these people, which makes it laughable. I love the idea of romance at a faire but this book didn’t hit the mark for me.

I want to like Katie MacAlister, I truly do. Solid research and decent world building...but the heroines! If you appreciate emotionally stable, financially competent women who have their own lives...this is not your book. Or your author. Ok with burning down your life for a man? Join 'Pepper the Wonder Slut' here. Yeah, that's a quote. Sigh.

Romance at the Canadian Renaissance Festival in this "Hate-to-Love" story moves swiftly as Joust horses and keeps it as voluptious and constrictive as a corset and as sexy as a man in a kilt...See what I did there...Join Walker and Pepper on this romantic Pride and Prejudice romp. Spice Level: Somewhere between a Mild-Medium curry.

oh man, was this funny. One of the few books I've read this year that made me laugh out loud and I sad when the ending came.Funny, charming, and with old English fair, this is not to be missed.this book has just made me want to pick up another Katie MacAlister book

A fun book to read for some light-hearted escapism! Well written and tongue in cheek silly. I've never been to a Faire and I notice a lot of readers that have, say this books is inaccurate with details. I don't care about that... This is Katie Macalister writing, after all.