Medieval Ever After
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Authors: Kathryn Le Veque,Barbara Devlin,Keira Montclair,Emma Prince
MEDIEVAL EVER AFTER
KATHRYN LE VEQUE
KEIRA MONTCLAIR
EMMA PRINCE
BARBARA DEVLIN
COPYRIGHT
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
The Savage Curtain Copyright © 2010, 2014 Kathryn Le Veque
Rescued by a Highlander Copyright © 2013, 2015 Keira Montclair
Highlander’s Reckoning Copyright © 2015 Emma Prince
Demetrius Copyright © 2016 Barbara C. Noyes
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written permission of the publisher.
Published by Dragonblade Publishing
The Brethren of the Coast Badge is a registered trademark ® of Barbara Devlin.
Cover art by Kim Killion
THE SAVAGE CURTAIN
KATHRYN LE VEQUE
TITLES BY
KATHRYN LE VEQUE
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
THE DE RUSSE LEGACY
The White Lord of Wellesbourne
THE DE LOHR DYNASTY
While Angels Slept
(Lords of East Anglia)
GREAT LORDS OF LE BEC
To the Lady Born
(House of de Royans)
LORDS OF EIRE
The Darkland
(Master Knights of Connaught)
Echoes of Ancient Dreams
(time travel)
DE WOLFE PACK SERIES
Scorpion
(Saxon Lords of Hage – Also related to The Questing)
ANCIENT KINGS OF ANGLECYNN
BATTLE LORDS OF DE VELT
REIGN OF THE HOUSE OF DE WINTER
Swords and Shields
(also related to The Questing, While Angels Slept)
DE REYNE DOMINATION
The Fallen One
(part of Dragonblade Series)
UNRELATED CHARACTERS OR FAMILY GROUPS
The Gorgon
(Also related to Lords of Thunder)
The Warrior Poet
(St. John and de Gare)
Tender is the Knight
(House of d’Vant)
The Questing
(related to The Dark Lord, Scorpion)
The Legend
(House of Summerlin)
THE DRAGONBLADE SERIES
(Great Marcher Lords of de Lara)
Island of Glass
(House of St. Hever)
The Savage Curtain
(Lords of Pembury)
The Fallen One
(De Reyne Domination)
Fragments of Grace
(House of St. Hever)
Queen of Lost Stars
(House of St. Hever)
LORDS OF THUNDER: THE DE SHERA BROTHERHOOD TRILOGY
TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE
(Saxon Lords of Hage)
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
KATHLYN TRENT/MARCUS BURTON SERIES
THE AMERICAN HEROES SERIES
OTHER CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
MULTI-AUTHOR COLLECTIONS/ANTHOLOGIES
With Dreams Only of You
(USA Today bestseller)
Sirens of the Northern Seas
(Viking romance)
NOTE:
All Kathryn’s novels are designed to be read as stand-alones, although many have cross-over characters or cross-over family groups. Novels that are grouped together have related characters or family groups.
Series are clearly marked. All series contain the same characters or family groups except the American Heroes Series, which is an anthology with unrelated characters.
There is NO particular chronological order for any of the novels because they can all be read as stand-alones, even the series.
For more information, find it in
A Reader’s Guide to the Medieval World of Le Veque
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FOREWARD
The battle of Halidon Hill was fought during the second Scottish War of Independence near Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumbria, England. It is an interesting and particularly brutal chapter of history when the entire city of Berwick, held by the Scots, was under siege by the forces of Edward III. The city’s defenses were placed under the command of Sir Alexander Seton, a Scotsman loyal to the underage King David II, son of Robert the Bruce.
Although Seton led a strong defense, it was a long and bloody conflict that finally forced the Scots to ask for a temporary truce. King Edward agreed to this providing that Seton supplied hostages. Seton did, one being his own son, Thomas. There are conflicting reports that he actually supplied two sons. There was a deadline on this truce, however, and when the Scots refused to surrender the city at the deadline, Edward began hanging the hostages in full view of the city walls. The first one hanged was young Thomas Seton, said to have been somewhere around fourteen years of age. His father and family watched him die.
This event, and many others, culminated in the battle of Halidon Hill, which was a decisive English victory. Berwick surrendered the following day on July 20, 1333.
This is a tale of a love story set within the chaos of a city fallen. In every hour of darkness, there is still hope.
THE SAVAGE CURTAIN
CHAPTER ONE
July 20, 1333 A.D.
Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England