Blood, Love and Steel: A Musketeer’s Tale, by Jennifer M. Fulford: The Romantic Sequel to The Three Musketeers
You don’t need to read “The Three Musketeers” to enjoy this first in the Musketeers Trilogy.
He who loves not is but half man. Athos, the famed Musketeer, seeks the ultimate release from heartbreak — death. Cruel memories of his first love, Milady de Winter, torture Athos to near madness. At the end of a streak of wagers to end his misery, Athos attempts a suicidal dare that gamblers in Paris, including the Musketeer, believe he cannot survive. When his plan backfires, he lands at the country château of Nicole Rieux, the pious Comtess de Rochefort. To save his reputation and please the King, he is bound by a bet to seduce her. Nicole shows compassion. She sees through his pain as she tries to forget her own. Athos must decide whether to love…
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