Topped by the Fool

The fool claimed the monarch's seat. Tonight the king discovers what else he's willing to surrender.

It's Carnival, the one feast when the court may mock its sovereign, and Queen Marguerite has dressed her husband's double in motley and bells. King Reynald plays along — cedes his throne, stands among the squires, and watches the fool charm Margot at the high table. Reynald has endured worse for his people.

Then the fool's hand slips beneath the table, and the conqueror who scaled fortress walls is across the hall before he can think. He arrives jealous, and for one appalling moment cannot say of whom.

In the royal chambers, the fool unseats the king with the same sure hand that once breached the queen. Reynald never imagined being taken himself. Now he learns to yield, and grinds back for more. By firelight, Marguerite takes her pleasure astride her husband while the fool fills him in turn.

The king who knelt before no man has finally found one worth surrendering to.

Topped by the Fool is the 12,000-word fourth story in The Queen's Men, a five-part MMF historical erotic romance series. The books stand alone, but read in order for the sweet and filthy HEA awaiting the king, his queen, and the imposter who came between them.