Her Pretty Knight

Sapphic Lady Knights, Book 1

By: Mariah Rae Birch

Narrated by: Kimberly M. Wetherell

An addictive forbidden romance between a fake princess and her bodyguard....

After losing everything ten years ago, Sir Galeon has dedicated her life to serving her kingdom as a knight. When the prince entrusts her with guarding his soon-to-be bride in his arranged marriage, Galeon does not expect to have her heart captured by the confounding princess.

Della has more than one deadly secret. Not only is she pretending to be Princess Cordelia, but she is also a witch in a world where magic is as dangerous as it is illegal. Her ability to manipulate death is the reason she is here, and her only way out. The last thing she wants is an overly loyal knight following her everywhere.
Della knows that Galeon can never learn her secrets. And Galeon knows the prince’s bride is entirely off-limits.

As reluctant proximity turns to tentative trust, initial attraction becomes burning desire. What should have been simple becomes terribly complicated.

Yet nothing will stop Della from fulfilling the bargain she made to save her sister. Not even an inconveniently timed baby phoenix or rumors of false identity. Not even murdered corpses in the library or a jealous prince.

Not even a pretty knight.

The first in a series of stand-alone stories set in the same world, this slow burn steamy queer romantasy is inspired by classic fairy tales and Arthurian legend, where the shining knight is a scarred woman, the princess is also the witch, and the prince is anything but charming.

This story contains grief, violence, explicit language, and a guaranteed HEA.

©2024 Mariah Rae Birch (P)2025 Mariah Rae Birch

Quaint and sweet

The story was heart warming and quaint. A true tale of forbidding love and secrets, and lies, but with a good ending.

loved it

loved the story and the narrator performance story was great. enjoyed the voice while listening to the story and loved how the story ended.

New narrator to me

Fantastic story about a lady knight and her lady love by a fantastic new narrator to me!

Great find

I was looking for something like this, loved it. we dont find sapphic novels that are not contemporary. loved the action In it too.

It's cute 🤗

It took me a minute to get into the actual narration, as she makes some weird choices for character voices, but the story is cute. The world building is minimal, which is a shame because her take on magic, kingdoms and crimes is truly a fresh take. The story focuses on the developing relationship between the two POV characters, and the plot and intrigue that's happening in the background is sacrificed. Another shame, because it's so incredibly intriguing. It's a cute story overall, but it really could've been an epic with a shift in focus. Still, worth a read for light romantasy fans 4/5

A gripping tale with MC's you root for

Fantasy not being my favourite genre, I worried a bit that I might lose interest or not fully follow the story as some books of this genre had done so in the past. Man was I wrong! I was fully immersed and invested in the story from early on and even anxious for our heroes as the story unfolded. The world building was done organically through the character's experiences and there weren't any long, complicated sections that were staged in a way so you could understand how things worked in this world. Things just were and you followed and learned about witches, griffins, knights and other fantastical things. The love story was beautiful and heartachingly difficult at times but as any good novel I was rooting for them. The narration was very much on point, passionate with each character distinct, nice cadence and emotions beautifully portrayed to bring this story to life. I would recommend this to fantasy and non fantasy aficionados alike.

Charming Escape

Pretty sweet little story. I typically go for longer books, but I did enjoy this one. I'm looking forward to more books if the series continues

So sweet

It was such a good story with some great quotes and while it stirs a lot of emotions, overall it’s such a feel good story. I want more from this author for sure!

amazing story

gut-wrenching, entertaining and fulfilling. fantasy lesbian romance at it's finest. highly recommend this audiobook.

love

This is an amazing book! The character build the slowish burn romance, the passion, deception. simply amazing