The King's Falcon - Roundheads & Cavaliers Book Three

By Stella Riley

Epic tale of the Cavaliers last stand and subsequent exile. Romance, espionage and the world of the theatre set in England and Paris.
213,600 words. B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.

A tale of war and witchcraft ... plots and playhouses ... love and loyalty.
Following his coronation in Scotland, Charles II leads an army south to reclaim his throne but the dream ends in a crushing defeat at Worcester, leaving no alternative but flight. With nothing but the clothes on their backs, Ashley Peverell and Francis Langley manage to reach Paris where Ashley, known to some as The Falcon, resumes his unpaid covert work for the King.
Beautiful and street-wise, Athenais de Galzain has risen from the slums of Paris to become the Marais Theatre's leading actress. Unfortunately, this brings her to the attention of the Marquis d'Auxerre - an influential nobleman of unsavoury reputation who is accustomed to taking what he wants.
From the first, Ashley and Athenais are drawn together with the force of two stars colliding; a force which Ashley, lacking both money and prospects, resolves to conceal. He has only two priorities; his work for Charles II and his determination to protect Athenais from the Marquis d'Auxerre. Both are to test him to the limits.

The King's Falcon follows the Cavaliers' last crusade and their subsequent bitter, poverty-stricken exile. There is danger, intrigue and passion in this sequel to The Black Madonna and Garland of Straw.