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  • Executioner Knights, Book 1
  • By: Kathryn Le Veque
  • Narrated by: Dene Woods
  • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)
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Summary

Spies. Killers. Gentleman knights. Medieval England is about to face the Unholy Trinity.

You read/listened about them in Lord of Winter. Now discover Book One in 2019's exciting new Medieval series!

1200 AD - In the time following the death of Richard the Lionheart and the ascension of his brother, John, to the throne of England, a plot against the new king is hatched from an unexpected place - deep within the bowels of The Lateran Palace in Rome. It is rumored that the Pope himself is behind it. It is a plot so dark, and so dastardly, that William Marshal needs men who specialize in dark and dirty games in order to save a king they all hate, yet a king that England desperately needs.

The Marshal needs the men known as The Unholy Trinity - the Executioner Knights.

Sir Maxton of Loxbeare is the leader of this unholy band of cutthroats. A big man with dark hair and dark eyes, Maxton fostered in the finest houses, but there is something unsettling about him. He is a man who easily kills without remorse, and he never questions an order, no matter how unsavory it is. William Marshall tasks Maxton and his comrades with seeking out the papal assassins, and the duty soon becomes a high-stakes game of chess, with checkmate being the life of the King of England.

Enter Lady Andressa du Bose. A great heiress who was cheated out of her inheritance by a conniving aunt, Andressa has spent unhappy and bitter years serving in the convent she was essentially sold to. A chance meeting with Maxton introduces Andressa to a world she wants to be part of, and a man she is greatly attracted to, but in that meeting, she has unknowingly given Maxton a lead on something he very much wants - a clue to who the assassins really are. All signs point to papal operatives. Maxton has a job to do, and he’ll use anyone he can to complete it, including the lovely pledge who is increasingly on his mind...and in his heart.

Join Maxton and Andressa in a deadly game of cat and mouse, where all is not what it seems, and even those most devout can sometimes hold a terrible secret. It soon becomes clear that Maxton must make a choice...give in to his feelings for Andressa, or save a king, and with that, England’s sovereignty. 

It’s a showdown of good against evil, and the power of love against a knight’s sense of duty, in this larger-than-life medieval romance.

Note: Listen to Lord of Winter by Kathryn Le Veque as a prequel to this series!

©2019 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2019 Kathryn Le Veque

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Dreadful narration

Unfortunately I couldn't finish this book due to the dreadful narration so couldn't really rate the story. All the sentences seemed to run into each other with no pauses and the accents were awful. Very disappointed as I have enjoyed several of Kathryn le Veques books on Audible in the past but just couldn't get on with this one.

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