"Wahlberg's depiction of midsummer games and jousting tournaments is vivid and visceral. You can practically smell the kicked-up dirt and feel the bone-shaking impact of the lances." Ted Olczak, FALCON Reviews
Winner of the NYC Big Book Award in LGBTQ Fiction (2026). Rowen and her twin brother, Roland, have never quite fit into the rigid roles society chose for them. Rowen wants to be a knight like her father, and Roland just wants to write songs about love. For Rowen, chivalry is more than a code of honor and fraternal love. Chivalry is freedom. And as she awakens to her romantic feelings for the Baron's daughter, Lady Amarys, she realizes she is willing to risk everything for the chance to impress her with her prowess of arms. When the Baron announces that Amarys will be wed to the victor of the Midsummer Tournament, Rowen decides to take control of her life by impersonating her twin. She just has to convince Roland to become Amarys's husband in name only.