Jackaroo

There is much want in the kingdom, and the tales of Jackaroo, the masked outlaw who helps the poor in times of trouble, are on everyone's lips. Gwyn, the innkeeper's lively daughter, pays little attention to the tales — until she is stranded during a snowstorm in a cabin with the lordling Gaderian and finds a strange garment that resembles the costume Jackaroo is said to wear.

As she uncovers the legend behind the outlaw, Gwyn becomes inspired to take on the persona herself: a sword-wielding, cape-clad figure moving between the kingdom's rigid classes. Book one of the Tales of the Kingdom series.