“Book Descriptions: 1388 A.D. - The Lady Amalie de Vere is the sister to the Robert De Vere, Duke of Ireland, Earl of Oxford, and personal confident and lover to Richard II. When trouble arises between the king and Henry of Bolingbroke, the Duke of Ireland flees for his life, leaving his sister behind and at the mercy of his enemies. Bolingbroke confiscates Hedingham Castle, the duke's seat, and Lady Amalie along with it. The Bolingbroke commander of Hedingham is a vile man who punishes Robert de Vere by raping and beating his sister. A kind soldier takes pity on the lady and hides her until the commander is recalled by Bolingbroke and another is sent in his place.Enter Sir Weston de Royans. A powerful, pious knight from a good Yorkshire family, his first introduction to Lady Amalie is when she tries to kill herself. He saves her from death, repeatedly, and comes to know a beautiful, intelligent and humorous young woman who is in great torment. He knows she was treated less than kindly by his predecessor but no more than that; as he falls in love with this lovely, distraught woman, Amalie comes to feel the same way but knows that it can go no further. Unbeknownst to anyone, the brutal rape resulted in a pregnancy and Amalie feels her only recourse is to commit herself to the convent. Weston, distraught to realize the woman he loves has secretly committed herself, goes to the convent daily for months with the intention of proposing to Amalie, but Amalie sends him away day after day. He finally sneaks into the convent to confront her and Amalie's dark secret is apparent to him. Now the pious knight with the high moral standards must decide if his heart can overcome his sense of morality. When Amalie confesses that the pregnancy is the result of the rape, all is forgiven and Weston happily marries her. They live happily for for four years until the situations changes; Weston, in fact, has a dark secret of his own. Years ago, Weston's father committed suicide because his wife, Weston's mother, left him for his own father. Now Weston's grandfather, his mother's husband, has died and Weston is the heir to a great baronetcy in North Yorkshire. Weston, Amalie and their two children travel north to assume their seat at Netherghyll Castle. Complicating the issue is Weston's mother, still living at Netherghyll Castle. Weston has not spoken to his mother since he was six years old and Amalie finds herself in the difficult position between her husband and his mother. Only Amalie gentle nature can convince Weston that perhaps it is time to forgive his mother after all of these years. He finally makes the attempt, demanding an explanation as to why Lady Elizabeth de Royans left her husband for his father, and Weston comes to understand a very difficult and complicated story from those years ago, one worth of his forgivness. As Weston and his mother re-establish their long-dormant relationship, Weston decides to compete at a local tournament in order to announce himself as the new Baron Cononley. Many houses are competing in this tournament and he comes to discover that his predecessor at Hedingham Castle, the very man who raped and humiliated his wife, is in attendance. Now Weston is focused on bringing about justice for his sweet Amalie and once and for all punishing the man who very nearly ruined her life. In a brutal showdown on the tournament fields of Keighley, Weston de Royans seeks vengeance and fights for his life against a man so dark, so evil, that he can only be described and kin and kith to the Devil himself.” DRIVE
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