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“A happy ending? Why, my boy, I positively guarantee it!” — Gilles, in Masters: The Archers of Saint Sebastian III 16-year-old Marieke is hoping against hope that these words can somehow prove prophetic. But things are looking grim for her and her beloved Tristan, the boy for whom she’s been serving as a squire while in disguise as a boy at the elite Archers’ Guild of St. Sebastian. She’s sworn a sacred vow to help Tristan win the guild competitions to become the prince’s newest Guardsman, without ever letting him discover that she’s really a girl — a girl who loves him. With the final Journeyman competitions fast approaching, time is running out for Marieke to find a way to keep her oath, and to accomplish the goal for which she went to St. Sebastian’s in the first place: to learn the truth about what really happened there long ago to her father. But the hardest thing of all will surely be figuring out an answer to the question she’s been avoiding ever since she stepped foot inside the guild: what in the world can come ‘after,’ once she has to leave St. Sebastian’s? It's time for answers, revelations, and confessions — it’s time for confrontations, catastrophes, and triumphs — And most of all, it’s time for there to be a winner, and to find out once and for all who is really the best shot who’s ever been at St. Sebastian’s. Guards: The Archers of Saint Sebastian IV is the conclusion of the Archers of Saint Sebastian tetralogy. This series is a continuous story, so you’ll want to have read Journeys, Squires, and Masters, before reading Guards. The saga of Marieke concludes in this final installment of the Archers of Saint Sebastian series, the story of a girl in disguise in an all-male archers’ guild in 14th-century Belgium. For fans of Robin Hood, Mulan, Twelfth Night, and Princess Bride, Squires is a light-hearted historical adventure with all the action and humor of Journeys, Squires, and Masters, and a satisfying ending! Praise for Journeys and the Archers of Saint Sebastian series: “This storytelling has you like a fly on the wall!” – Amazon reviewer “An absolute favorite. I just finished the three first books and I haven’t had so much delight in reading I think EVER! Funny, exhilarating, suspenseful, roooommmaaanntic. (Not in a smutty way… a melt your heart, will they or won’t they kind of way.) I am dying for book 4! … I’ve fallen in love with each of these characters and feel like I’ve been on this “journey” with them.” – Amazon reviewer “One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. The novel is so finely crafted I savored every page … the plot holds mystery, intrigue, romance, and plenty of action. I really didn’t know what was coming next most of the time and appreciated that.” — Claudia Oltean, the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union “I couldn't stop reading. The characters are so fun to read.” — Goodreads reviewer “The tension is breathtaking at every turn.” – Goodreads reviewer “It felt like I was reading the most romantic prose in my life.” – Goodreads reviewer “This story is riveting. So well written with deep characters and realistic adventures. I get tired of the same old plots. This is refreshingly new. The angst. . . Oh the angst.” – Amazon reviewer “This is the best series of books I’ve read on Kindle Unlimited! I can’t believe I got to read them for free ... No cookie cutter plot or characters in these books, just great originality and superb writing. I’ve read each multiple times!” — Amazon reviewer “A MASTERPIECE that ranks among ALL beautifully-written books, right up there with the literary jewels of the masters.” – Amazon reviewer

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