Review: Loved this story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2012
I mentioned in another post (see Blaze review) how I feel about covers with half-naked men on them, so I was a little hesitant in reading this one. I had looked up Michelle's books because I knew she was a friend to Misty Evans.  I noticed that Michelle wrote erotic romance books and Ellora's Cave was a big publisher of erotic romance, so I wasn't interested at first, thinking this might an erotic romance.  Well, after interacting with Michelle a little on twitter I decided to give this one a try. I am so glad I gave this book a shot, as it is not an erotic romance (sorry for those that like erotic romance and were hoping this one was).This book starts out in the present day (21st century) with Maggie who was then taken back to Medieval times. She wakes up in castle of a Knight - Sir Finian (Finn for most of the story). A Faery princess, Elyne had cursed Finn for killing Elyne's betrothed, Sir Derron, even though Finn denied it. The curse says that Finn will live between the human and Otherworld until a human of pure heart comes to break the curse.  Maggie is that human. From this point, the story takes off and is hard to put down.  Maggie knows that the Faery princess brought her back in time to change events, but Elyne doesn't tell Maggie exactly what those events are and how Maggie is supposed to change them. She only knows it has to do with Finn. Finn knows nothing about this because it is the Medieval times Finn in the story - not the future Finn. He thinks Maggie is merely a spy. It is quite the adventure to follow.Finn is a strong knight who likes to gamble and joust. He lost his family's estate to Lord Litonshire in the gambling tents and is also accused of attacking Lady Juliet, so Lord Litonshire has quite the beef with Finn. Finn must win the current jousting tournament or he loses everything. He takes Maggie with him to the jousting tournament because he wants to keep her close since he isn't sure who she is yet.I just loved Maggie, who decided to introduce herself as Lady Margaret throughout the story. She was such a woman of the 21st Century - not letting anything stop her if she saw someone that needed to be helped. Maggie meddled in others affairs to make things right even if it wasn't acceptable for a lady to do so in the Middle Ages. I loved how Maggie helped Lady Juliet when she was being held against her will and mistreated by her brother Lord Litonshire (Lord Vile to Maggie).  I also enjoyed watching Maggie meddle in the lives of Elyne and Sir Derron. Finn constantly told Maggie to stay out of trouble, but she just kept finding it.Michelle wrote the romance between Finn and Maggie so well. It was a slow build and very appropriate for the story and the characters. The intimate scenes were very clean and left more to the imagination than anything, which I thought was perfect for the story.One Knight Only has suspense, romance, friendship, magic, jousting, betrayal, kidnapping and lots of Knights in shining armor. I highly recommend you give this series a try. I can't wait to read Derron and Elyne's story next!