title: The Dark One: Dark Knight (The De Russe Legacy) (Volume 5)
author:  Kathryn Le Veque 
description: Kathryn Le Veque is one of Amazon's top selling Historical Romance authors, consistently ranked in the top 100 for Historical novels. On the Medieval front, she has a dominant presence in that category with 17 novels on Amazon's Top 100 Medieval Romance rankings. Kathryn has been featured regularly on Kindle Nation, Coastal Conversations, Confessions of Romaholics, Goodreads, and a host of other blogs and websites highlighting her novels. Kathryn is an award-winning author and has legions of dedicated fans all over the world. Kathryn's Medieval Historicals have been called 'detailed', 'passionate', and 'character-rich'. She believes that total immersion in a time period is essential to creating the perfect story. More than that, she writes for both women AND men - an unusual crossover for a romance author - and Kathryn has many male readers who enjoy her stories because of the action and adventure. Kathryn is a strong believer in a true and powerful storyline, full of action and passion, that can stand the test of both sexes. Although Kathryn's passion is her Medievals, she is very proficient at writing Contemporary Adventure Romances and one of her novels. "Fires of Autumn", received over 50,000 downloads on Bookbub in a two day period. Additionally, one of her novels, "Lady of Heaven", is currently being adapted into a screenplay.
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  RISE OF THE DEFENDER
  
  An Epic three-part Medieval Romance
  
  By Kathryn Le Veque
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A bloody Medieval Soap Opera!
  
  That's what the author thought after she read this novel recently after having
  not read it in many years. Along the lines of The Dark One: Dark Knight, Rise
  of the Defender is another million-page epic that narrates the adventures and
  trials of Christopher de Lohr and his wife, the Lady Dustin. It was written a
  very long time ago when the author believed that bigger – and longer - was
  better. The same agent who told her to cut down The Dark One: Dark Knight told
  her to cut this one down as well, but she refused. Now, it is presented to you
  in its full glory.
  
  It's not only epic, it's mega-epic. It's not only an adventure, it's a bloody
  soap opera of love, loss, deceit, betrayal, infidelity, politics, passion, and
  crime. This is ‘Game of Thrones' drama before there ever was such a thing.
  Although edited for some content and grammar, the author refrai