A review by jennaarrrr
Damsels in Distress by Joan Hess

4.0

Joan Hess is my dirty little secret. I started reading these as a bookseller in Oklahoma, and because Claire Malloy (our witty heroine) is a bookseller in Arkansas and Joan is an entertaining writer I got hooked. Damsels in Distress is Claire on her as-usual good game; the buildup is tantalizing and the resolution is clever. The cast (aside from her perpetually teenaged daughter and hunka cop fiance) are a ragtag group of players from a small medieval reinactment group. They're easy to relate to and poke fun at themselves. This book was great way to kill an afternoon between 700 page political tomes.