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  1. Rec 3

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    Part V of my "By Arrow and By North" series.
    The mission is simple: escort a thirteen-year-old Comtesse to the border, and Athos gets his reinstatement back after months of suspension. Four Musketeers, one translator, a pleasant trip through the French countryside. What could go wrong? As it turns out: drugged wine, a kidnapping, and a band of outlaws led by a teenage girl. Claire and Athos have survived worse. Neither of them is thinking about that night by the campfire. Obviously.

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    07 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 3

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    Part VI of my "By Arrow and By North" series.
    A valuable Spanish hostage has vanished from under the Musketeers' noses, and the diplomatic fallout is already underway. Richelieu wants results. Enlisting Claire d'Arville's help is simply the most logical course of action, and if Athos has his own reasons for agreeing, he keeps them to himself.
    The road from Paris to the Norman coast and back again will cost more than any of them anticipated. Some things cannot be buried deep enough.

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    07 Jun 2026

  3. Rec 3

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    Part IV of my "By Arrow and By North" series.
    After his latest encounter with Milady, Athos has decided to focus on one thing: drink himself into a stupor. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. A clandestine meeting of Spanish spies, a tavern full of Red Guards, and Claire d’Arville caught in the middle of it all: in the space of a single night, the Musketeers find themselves accused of treason and become fugitives in their own city. All because of the woman Athos is trying very hard to stay away from.

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    17 May 2026

  4. Rec 8

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    It’s 1920, and ex-soldiers Porthos, Athos and Aramis have gone to work as gardeners on the big Cornish estate owned by their old Major-General, Treville.

    In the shadow of WW1 they attempt to turn to the business of growing instead of killing, of nurturing and tending instead of fighting. But their experiences at war and the loss of d’Artagnan is quite literally haunting them, and the past refuses to stay as buried as they would like.

    The third and final in my Musketeers-ex-soldiers-turned-gardeners AU.

    Title from the poem ‘Everyone Sang’, by Siegfried Sassoon (who might just make a cameo in future chapters…)

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    17 May 2026

  5. Rec 3

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    Part III of my "By Arrow and By North" series.
    When a gunshot disrupts the royal celebrations, the court is quick to find its culprit: a Protestant fanatic, an attack on the Crown. Everyone agrees. Cardinal Richelieu is already making use of the outrage.
    Claire d'Arville doesn't quite believe the official version. Neither does Athos. Paris risks burning for a crime it doesn't understand, and they are running out of time to prove it.

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    10 May 2026