The Dark Lord Battle Lords of De Velt by Kathryn LeVeque
The Dark Lord Series: Battle Lords of de Velt Series Book #1 on May 31, 2014
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Medieval
Pages: 304
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The year is 1180 A.D.
And times are very dark. England is lawless for the most part and the people live in fear. Rising to power during this time is the vicious and brutal knight Ajax de Velt. His mission is to conquer a large stretch of the Scots and Welsh border, commandeering wealth and property along the way. He wants to be the most feared and powerful warlord in all of England, Wales and Scotland, and he is well on his way.
The last in a long line of dark and brutal warriors, Ajax is the most ruthless and ambitious knight in the Isles; even the heartiest warriors fear the man for his cold blooded tactics. More than that, his bloodlust, as well as his sheer skill with a blade, is legendary. But as Ajax and his army conquer the latest castle in his plans to secure the borders, he unexpectedly meets his match in a spitfire of a woman named Kellington Coleby.
Beautiful, intelligent and feisty, Lady Kellington refuses to surrender to the man as handsome as he is brutal.
The warlord and the maiden go head to head in this unforgettable story of love, battle, devotion, fear and adventure.
The Dark Lord is book one in The Battle Lords of de Velt series by Kathryn Le Veque. Le Veque is truly one of the very best authors of Medieval Romance out there today. She made me feel like I was stepping back in time to the brutality of that age. Whenever I need a story that I can’t put down, I will pick up one of Kathryn’s historical romances. I am rarely disappointed. The Dark Lord is a magnificent story of brutality, war, romance, love and redemption. The story has an overwhelming amount of violence that lines up with the way knights battled in the medieval age. Ajax de Velt is one of the most cruel, savage and ferocious knights of all of her stories. However, he is actually one of my favorite Le Veque heroes. Brutal beyond belief, I wondered how I would ever grow to like him. But his character has rapidly become one of my very favorites. I am definitely a fan. Enjoy a really breathtaking ride back to the age of knights and damsels.
