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The Splendid Hour

The Executioner Knights, Book 7

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The Splendid Hour

By: Kathryn Le Veque
Narrated by: Brian J. Gill
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It’s Christopher de Lohr’s bastard son, Peter, in a tale that could change the stars of the House of de Lohr forever….

When religion and politics don’t meet, it’s an explosion that could tear the Executioner Knights–and England–apart forever….

Peter de Lohr is the illegitimate son of the greatest knight in the realm, though he has been accepted by his father. Not only accepted–embraced. Peter is well-loved by everyone, an enormous and powerful knight in the image of his famous sire. He is also an Executioner Knight, and one of the very best. A great marriage is expected of him, it is presumed, to the daughter of a high-placed warlord.

Until he meets Liora bat Thad.

Petite, raven-haired, and blue-eyed, Liora is the exquisite and glamorous daughter of a very prosperous goldsmith. She is also a Jewess, her father being a jeweler to the king. It is a time of great prosperity for the Jews of London, with King John being surprisingly fair to them, far more equitable than to some of his own barons. When Peter sees Liora, all other women–and quite possibly his plans for the future–cease to exist. But that comes at a price. The high-placed warlord and his daughter will not go quietly and they certainly will not relinquish a prize like Peter de Lohr to a woman of lesser social status. So begins a plot to separate Peter from Liora, a sinister plan that will threaten the House of de Lohr and the Executioner Knights…and everything they believe in.

One that puts Peter right in the line of fire.

Will two cultures, and two religions, and a royal order keep Peter and Liora apart? Or will their love find a way?

Watch the Executioner Knights take sides in this delicious–and unusual–love story.

©2021 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2022 Kathryn Le Veque
Historical Historical Fiction Romance England Royalty Middle Ages Ancient History

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Loved every second of it. Especially because most of the Knights of previous books were in the story. I love it when it's like that. Also all of the de Lohr family, children and all. I think that these books should ask be listened to/read in order if the years because all the series intertwine with each other. This is the 22nd book I have listened to of Kathryn Le Veque.
I think that Godspeed should be listened to/read next after this, but I listened to it before. So the next one I am listening to is Lord of the Sky, Kevin de Lara's story.

Brilliant

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