Once A Knight

Description for ONCE A KNIGHT by Christina Dodd:

A LADY'S CHAMPION

Only a threat to her life could have made strong-willed Lady Alisoun hire Sir David of Radcliffe to protect her castle. Although he had once been a hero and master swordsman, the good life had been a little too good to the lord, and his warrior skills had become as rusty as an old suit of armor. But he needed the money to support his motherless daughter, and Alisoun was in no position to haggle.

At Alisoun's grand estate, Sir David did indeed discover mischief-makers afoot. But what surprised him most was how quickly his own well-protected heart was in danger of falling to the fiery damsel who brought him to his knees.

This is #1 in Good Knights Series.