Midsummer Knights Books in Order

Midsummer Knights is a shared historical romance series built around medieval tournaments, contested honor, and couples who refuse to be treated as prizes. Terri Brisbin's entry is An Outlaw's Honor, a novella that brings a disgraced Scottish knight and a determined young woman together at a high-stakes contest on the Scottish-English border.

Thomas Brisbois of Kelso has lost his lands and reputation. He is given one narrow chance to regain both: defeat a knight who once bested him. The tournament is supposed to be about royal revenge and public victory, but Thomas discovers that a nobleman's daughter has been included among the stakes. Annora has no intention of quietly accepting that plan.

She is nobody's prize.

Annora is caught in her father's maneuvering, yet she comes to the tournament with plans of her own. Thomas seems like the last person she should trust. His past is damaged enough for people to call him dishonorable, and his future depends on winning the very contest that threatens her freedom. Their bargain turns the expected tournament romance inside out, because both have something to gain and something important to lose.

The setting gives the novella a lively, contained pressure cooker. There are spectators, rival knights, royal expectations, and a contest where personal grudges become public spectacle. Thomas must prove he is more than the mistakes that cost him everything. Annora must decide whether the man beneath the armor is safer than the powerful men who claim to be protecting her.

As part of a multi-author series, An Outlaw's Honor shares the Midsummer Knights interest in medieval pageantry and romantic stakes. It can be read without the other installments because Thomas and Annora's relationship has a complete arc. Readers who continue with the wider sequence will find more tournament-centered stories by other authors, each with its own pair of characters and setting.

The fight is about more than the prize.

This is a quick, focused read for anyone who likes knightly contests, a heroine with a plan, and a hero trying to earn back his place in the world. Start with An Outlaw's Honor for Brisbin's contribution, then explore the rest of the shared series in publication order if the tournament setting appeals to you.