Elsabeth Soesten is always in trouble. But what began as a simple good deed to recover stolen church property (with a bit of church coin as incentive) soon has her in over her head as she finds herself swept up into a conspiracy pitting the ambitious Abbot of Friuli against the powerful Prince-Bishop of Bremen. Her only hope of escape is a deal with an agent of the Bishop to unravel the Abbot's plot, and determine how it connects to the reclusive Baron of Leyen. And just maybe she can work her way out of the whole mess with her purse a little fatter and head still attached. Set in a world based upon mid-15th Century Western Europe, No Good Deed... is the first volume in The Adventures of Elsabeth Soesten. The series follows the travels and travails of mercenary adventuress Elsabeth Soesten through genre-blending encounters with unscrupulous clergy, manipulative lords, and dangerous outlaws. Armed with only the skill of her own sword-arm and the sharpness of her wit, Elsabeth seeks to make her fortune on her own terms, while wreaking havoc on a society where few things are more certain to cause a scandal than an independent woman.