From New York Times bestselling author Lex Croucher comes a queer historical YA romance,with all the swoonslaughsand heart-pounding moments you’d expect from a story about the granddaughter of Robin Hood and the girl she’s accidentally kidnapped. ΓÇÿYou arenΓÇÖt merryΓÇÖ Clem said to her captor. ΓÇÿAnd you arenΓÇÖt all men. So thereΓÇÖs been some marketing confusion somewhere along the line.ΓÇÖ Mariela newly blooded and perpetually grumpy captain of the Merry Menis desperate to live up to the legacy of her grandfatherthe legendary Robin Hood. Clema too-perky backwoods healer known for her new-fangled curesjust wants to help people. When Mariel’s ramshackle band of bandits kidnap Clem as retribution for her guardian helping the Sheriff of Nottinghamall seems to be going (sort of) to plan … until Jack HartleyMarielΓÇÖs father and Commander of the Merry Menis captured in a deadly ambush. Determined to prove herselfMariel sets out to get him back ΓÇô with her annoyingly cheerful kidnappee in tow. But the wood is at war. Many believe the Merry Men are no longer on the right side of history. Watching Clem tend the partyΓÇÖs wounds and crack relentlessly terrible jokesMariel begins to doubt the noble cause to which she has devoted her life. As the two of them grow closerforced by circumstances to share a single horse and bedone thing is clear. They must prepare to fight for their lives and for those of everyone theyΓÇÖve sworn to protect. Lex Croucher’s Not for the Faint of Heart is a thrilling adventure full of hijinksfound familyand romance destined to change the lives of the inhabitants of the Greenwood Forest forever.