Review: review of to the lady born
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2012
Ms. Kathryn Le Veque has written another splendid adventure! This book and the story just touched me!  I felt a wave of emotions from anger, pain, depression and joy.  I smiled, was astonished and cried over situations the characters were facing and living through.  The story was one big emotional roller coaster that I just couldn't help the influx of feelings bombarding me.The story starts brutally of the physical beatings and repeated sexual abuse of the heroine Lady Amalie De Vere from a vicious knight and garrison commander of the keep John Sorrell.  Amalie is the sister of an earl Robert De Vere who flees their castle to escape the wrath of the king.  Sorell attacks her so badly that another soldier takes pity on her and hides her from Sorrell until another knight and garrison commander takes his place the hero of the story Weston de Royans a valiant and righteous knight.  Weston saves Amalie from repeated attempts to commit suicide. Amalie wants to be dead due to the fact that the rape has resulted in her becoming pregnant.  Weston can't understand why she would want to kill herself and tells her how wrong this is but eventually learns the truth of why she wants to die.  The understanding he feels for her causes him to connect and fall in love with Amalie even though it is against his nature he just can't help it.  Amalie is scared of her feelings for Weston but eventually realizes that Weston would never harm her and wants to marry her so they get married.  While living happily at Amalie's castle Weston's brother Sutton pays a visit to bring tragic news of Weston's grandfather who has died and that Weston is now a baron.  So they leave Amalie's castle and move to Weston's castle whose mother still resides there.  Weston's mother and him had a falling out since she left Weston's father for his grandfather.  Amalie helps him patch things up with his mother.  The whole big family leaves to attend a tournament that both Weston and Sutton are competing in.  Problem is John Sorrell is also there and plans to enact vengeance on Amalie but doesn't get very far.  Sorrell mistakenly kills Weston's mother and attempts to destroy Weston.  Several others friends of Weston like Heath de Lara. Hmmm... another de Lara must be related to the de Lara's in lord of the shadows Sean de Lara and dragonblade Tate de Lara also from Ms. Le Veque; and Richmond Le Bec, wait a minute wasn't he the hero in another of Ms. Le Veque's book great protector or maybe a relation of that same hero?  Well anyway they attempt to save Weston but in the end Amalie saves him and he is able to defeat Sorrell.Despite the horrendous act and delicate subject matter of rape Ms. Le Veque writes with such candor that being witness to this act was hard to stomach at first.  What she put the hero and heroine through was astounding!  I rated this book 4 stars not because I didn't appreciate the tale it was just heart rending. I almost prefer the way she writes of battles as opposed to assualt and revenge.  I however think this is a superb book and I do recommend it even though the content is very off putting.  I would definitely purchase and read another novel of Ms. Le Veque!