Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher (the pen name of Ursula Vernon) is a charming, quirky, and slightly absurdist cozy fantasy romance. It is the first book in her Saint of Steel series, set in a rich fantasy world where the characters are grounded, practical adults in their thirties dealing with a surprisingly high count of severed heads.

Stephen is a paladin whose god, the Saint of Steel, mysteriously died three years ago. When a god dies in this world, their paladins are thrown into a mindless, uncontrollable berserker rage; most died or killed themselves, leaving only seven survivors. Broken, grief-stricken, and terrified of slipping back into that violent "black tide," Stephen now works for the Temple of the White Rat (the god of lawyers, clerks, and advocates) doing mundane security work and knitting socks to keep his hands busy.