This school is perfect! Her mother is happy and Tania can become a more elegant female and catch a husband.When Tania arrives in Paris, she quickly discovers that the school is not a finishing school. Thankfully, Tania's father requested that Tania attend a finishing school in Paris if he were to die. When her father dies (is murdered), Tania's mother fails to be a strong mother. Her mother wants her married but believes no one will marry a sickly girl. When she's too weak, she fences from a chair when she's really weak, she stays in bed for however long it takes. She faints easily and often her legs won't hold her. She loves it, but she can't train like others. Tania's father was a Musketeer he moved his family to the country (even though his wife would prefer the city) and trains Tania in the barn. This novel is a 2023 Lone Star selection.Tania desires to be a Musketeer despite her disability. This debut novel is a fierce, whirlwind adventure about the depth of found family, the strength that goes beyond the body, and the determination it takes to fight for what you love. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion, Tania will have to decide where her loyalties lie … or risk losing everything she’s ever wanted. He’s kind and charming, and he might have information about But then she meets Étienne, her target in uncovering a potential assassination plot. With her newfound sisters at her side, Tania feels that she has a purpose, that she belongs. And they don’t shy away from a sword fight. Surface but strap daggers under their skirts, seduce men into giving up dangerous secrets, and protect France from downfall. t’s a secret training ground for new Musketeers: women who are socialites on the But L’Académie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school.

Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand.Įveryone in town thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but “a sick girl.” But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father-a former Musketeer and her greatest champion.

One for All by Lillie Lainoff