No Good Deed...

Elsabeth Soesten is always in trouble.

Her comrade-in-arms has dragged her into a deal with the Abbot of Friuili to recover stolen church property, but what began as a simple good deed (with a bit of church coin as incentive) soon finds the pair swept up into a conspiracy against the Prince-Bishop of Bremen. Trapped between an agent of the Bishop on one hand and the Abbot on the other, the only way out is to unravel the plot, and determine just what they have to do with the reclusive Baron of Leyen.

And just maybe they can work their way out of the whole mess with heads still attached and purses a little fatter.

Set in a world based upon mid-15th Century Western Europe, No Good Deed... is the first volume in The Adventures of Elsabeth Soesten. The series follows the travels and travails of mercenary adventuress Elsabeth Soesten through genre-blending encounters with unscrupulous clergy, manipulative lords, and dangerous outlaws. Armed with only the skill of her own sword-arm and the sharpness of her wit, Elsabeth seeks to make her fortune on her own terms, while wreaking havoc on a society where few things are more certain to cause a scandal than an independent woman.