Reckless Splendor

She starts out the book with a BANG. Madeleine Poquelin witnesses her father's death. From then on, she is trying to avenge his death and bring the perp to justice in King Louis XIV's France and everyone knows how dangerous the times were then. She is in danger at every turn and sometimes just barely escapes with her life. Naturally she falls in love with one of the courteir's of the kings court. Madeleine and Germain's love story is very good and sometimes heart rendering. I truly enjoyed the book, was surprised it was so good.