The Savage Curtain

The Dragonblade Trilogy, Book 3

By: Kathryn Le Veque

Narrated by: Tim Campbell

The year is A.D. 1333. At the conclusion of the English victory of Halidon Hill, King Edward appoints Stephen of Pembury the Guardian Protector of the newly captured city of Berwick. To cement this victory, he orders Stephen to marry the defeated Scottish commander's daughter, the Lady Joselyn de Velt Seton. In a marriage meant to symbolize the English domination over the Scots, Stephen is nonetheless attracted to his new bride; a petite, raven-haired beauty with pale blue eyes. Joselyn is a lady with a horrific past and dark secrets of abuse. She is resistant to the marriage at first but eventually her attraction to Stephen proves too much to resist and the pair fall deeply in love. But even as their love blossoms, Scots insurgents counter attach Berwick and Stephen is taken prisoner. As the Guardian Protector of Berwick, he is a mighty prize for the Scots and his public execution has been ordered. Stephen's old friends, Tate de Lara (Dragonblade) and Kenneth St. Hever (Island of Glass) must plot Stephen's rescue even as Joselyn and unexpected allies launch their own rescue attempt. It's a race against time to save Stephen from the executioner's sword in this tale of conquest, dark secrets, and everlasting love.

©2012 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2014 Kathryn Le Veque

A whole new level of Awesome Author/Narrator!

I am so happy to find Katheryn le Veque's novel's . It's the first time in a while I have been able to listen all the way through a book without feeling anxious (due to boredom or there is to much inner dialog that never ends) Katheryn has so much in her books that keeps me listening or reading.
Thank you Katheryn !

A Nice Medieval Romance....

Any additional comments?

This book was a great listen and made me happy after my disappointment of Kenneth's story (the heroin of the story was a fetus and extremely annoying). Anyway,I really loved this one. I loved the Scottish aspect and the h/h were great. Stephen's compassion was heart touching. He was a great hero, the best of the 3 IMO. I love that all 3 were heavily involved in this book, I felt like it was one big reunion! I would have given this a 5 star review if not for the 58 times "cornflower" blue was mentioned to describe the heroes eyes and the over description of the heroes frame, particularly his hands (I searched the book on Amazon and cornflower bought up 58 results). His hands were often described as 'great, large or massive' every time he touched the heroin--his body was described as well but not so much as the hands. Other than those annoyances, this was a great read.

4.5 read for me.

Good story but sick of the constant eye color mention.

Sick of the cornflower blue eyes. Geez that’s a bit of overkill. But the story was good.

cornflower blue eyes

This is the second time I've read this series but the first time on audible. I loved this story and would have really liked to give it 5 stars, the only thing holding me back was the overuse of the description of Stephens eyes. I know it sounds petty but it really dogs detract from my overall enjoyment of the story. I do enjoy the narrator and have listened to several of his interpretations and I will continue to and Katgryn le Veque is still up there with my favourite authors but please I get that his eyes were gorgeous.

OK read

I suppose if the book is taken without the history given to the heroine it would be a v. good read but seems the author kept changing her mind about the history of the heroine as if she is trying to find the worst kind of back ground … first we hear she was raped, then turns out she was 'offered' by her father in due of payment then turns out her father raped her - a bit too much!

Cornflower eyes!

I didn’t count how many times Stephen’ s eyes were described but it must have been at least once or twice a page.

wonderful series

I have thoroughly enjoyed every book and audio version of Kathryn Le Veques. Amazing and well written. brought to life.

Still a fan of Le Veque

Any additional comments?

The only complaint with the series is that Kathryn Le Veque seemed to have a fixation of repetitively describing each character's eye color. It became annoying after awhile hearing "cornflower blue" eyes. I wish the heroines were stronger and not so naive and clueless at times. Otherwise, a good series.

The Savage Curtain

The book was an excellent listen. The narrator has a good voice. The story flows. The characters are all endearing.

Amazing roller-coaster to end the trilogy!

Where does The Savage Curtain rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Around the middle of my short list. It's a great novel & I love how it wraps up the trilogy in the epilogue!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jo-jo. She was strong & sweet in spite of the horrible childhood/adolescence she had.

Have you listened to any of Tim Campbell’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes I've listened to his prior 2 narrations of the books from this trilogy - "Dragonblade" & "Island of Glass." I think he changes his voice very well between different characters while speaking their dialogue, but I've always felt his English accent was kind of fake, or at least it doesn't sound very natural to me. But I really did like his Scottish accent in this audiobook. He can definitely do a Scots accent.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Love saves them both!