Sherwood Ltd. — Anne R. Allen

This is the second episode in the hilarious misadventures of Camilla Randall, downwardly mobile manners expert and amateur sleuth, but it can be read as a stand-alone. In this installment, the suddenly-homeless Camilla becomes a 21st century Maid Marian -- living rough near the real Sherwood Forest with a band of outlaw English er*tica publishers -- led by Peter Sherwood, a charming, self-styled Robin Hood who unfortunately may intend to kill her. When Camilla is invited to publish a book of her "Dr. Manners" columns with UK publisher Sherwood, Ltd, she lands in a gritty criminal world -- far from the Merrie Olde England she envisions. The staff are ex-cons and the er*tica is kinky. Hungry and penniless, she camps in a Wendy House built from pallets of porn while battling an epic flood, a mendacious American RenFaire wench, and a mysterious killer who may be Peter himself.