Tender is the Knight

By: Kathryn Le Veque

Narrated by: Daniel Dorse

1228 A.D. - After a vicious battle with old adversaries that sees his father killed, Sir Dennis d’Vant finds himself the head of the House of d’Vant. A house descended from the kings of Cornwall, they are a proud but warring people. Their most hated enemy is their neighbor to the north, the rich and cunning Earl of Cornwall. Dennis, however, is not like his forefathers; a giant of a man and a skilled warrior, he is also quiet and gentle. He does not possess the same fiery instincts of his family and for that, he is often looked upon as weak.

But Dennis is anything but weak; he is brilliant and introspective. Dennis is trustworthy; the earl is not. Little does Dennis realize that his offer to marry a woman of the earl’s choosing will change his life more drastically than he could ever imagine, and put the House of d’Vant in danger of being wiped from the face of the earth.

The Lady Ryan de Bretagne is the daughter of the earl’s captain. Having no daughters himself, the earl chooses Ryan to marry into the hated House of d’Vant. Ryan is a feisty, head-strong woman and wants no part of the marriage, but is forced to wed the giant knight with the mysterious gray eyes. When he takes her back to St. Austell Castle, she is introduced to a shocking new world of women who dress and fight as knights, of filthy keeps and filthy men, and of a people who want to hate her simply because she is related to the Earl of Cornwall. As Ryan struggles to become acclimated to her strange and frightening new world, the Earl of Cornwall works in secret to destroy the treaty he has agreed to fulfill, thereby eliminating the House of d’Vant once and for all so he can confiscate their lands. At the heart of all of the earl’s animosity is a terrible secret that binds Cornwall to the House of d’Vant, something so awful that it cannot be spoken of. But those who know the secret know how very shameful it is to both sides.

©2013 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2014 Kathryn Le Veque

Heartfelt story

Great story from Kathryn Le Veque and smooth narration by Daniel Dorse. Daniels voice coincides with Dennis d’Vant’s demeanor.

Story is great, narrator is horrible

While I loved the story and it is really tender with strong and witty heroine and a kind tender hero …. all the good work the writer did went away with a horrible narrator - you really should re-record the book!

Hard to sit through entirely

The narrator sounds like a really old man- and the different voices he acted out per each character was annoying. Ryan is nuisance and whiney.

Please don't use this narrator again!

A large part of the reason I enjoy LeVeque in audiobooks are the excellent male narrators, but this narrator was a very poor choice. He speaks as is he has been awake for 72 hours straight, almost slurring the words. I found it very difficult to listen to, but the book started mid-morning while I was at work, and by the time I got home, I was halfway through and wanted to see what happened in the book, so I suffered through it. I will be sure to resist purchasing books with this narrator in the future!

Snore

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

The book to read, yes but to listen, no

Who was your favorite character and why?

Bute before he died because he couldn't talk.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Daniel Dorse?

Brad Wills or Jim McCabe

Do you think Tender is the Knight needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I have not completed the book yet. I quit listening and haven't had time to sit and read to the end.

Any additional comments?

I did not look to see who the narrator was before purchasing this book. I wish I had. I listened to him narrate Archangel by Kathryn Le Veque and didn't care for his narration but I gave him a chance and bought Spectre of the Sword also by Kathryn Le Veque. I didn't like that narration either. He is so slow and the characters sound so slow witted, especially the women. This is not what Kathryn writes!

Tender is the Knight.

I have listened to this book several times. It is a fairly good story, what I mean is it does have lagging portions. I sincerely didn’t like the orator. This man ‘s voice is just irritating.

I usually love Kathryn's books...Hated heroine.

Okay, really?

It is funny to that multiple reviews list the narrator as the reason they didn't like the book. While he isn't my favorite of her narrators, I don't think any of them could have made this heroine likeable to me.

During the times when men had to leave to fight, you give us a spoiled, weak heroine who is so selfish she can't bear to be alone. She has to put herself in danger so her husband has to save her rather than concentrate on what is important.

After getting in trouble multiple times when she didn't listen, she has to be defiant one more time and get herself kidnapped. Strength isn't doing what you want without regard to consequences, this is not a strong heroine. She is a whiny, weak, spoiled princess who throws tantrums when she doesn't get her way. In real life I would bet money she would have died an early death.

loved it as always.

loved the story, and I can just picture Denis DeVants cornflower blue eyes. one of my favorites.

So Good!

I dearly love this book! I have listen so many historical romance book but I have to say Kathryn Le Veque is fast turning into one of my favorites. The story has so much adventure and deceit, it's one you could listen to again and I will!

A WONDERFUL STORY RUINED AGAIN BY NARRATOR...

I could not wait for this audio to be over...I have never felt that about a Katherine LeVeque book. She is definitely one of my top five authors. This narrator was awful and ruined the entire listen for me. Terrible female voices...whiny men's voices...terrible whispering narration and just bad experience. Please Katherine..I don't mean to be unkind to this man, however, please don't use him for your wonderful books again... I'm sorry, however, that was almost painful to listen to. Love you KL...keep those wonderful books coming!!