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J.R. Ward

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J.R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She lives in the South her family.

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Average rating: 4.27 · 2,525,061 ratings · 143,797 reviews · 174 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 359,275 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 204,466 ratings — published 2006 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #3) 4.43 avg rating — 191,124 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #4) 4.28 avg rating — 145,972 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 142,619 ratings — published 2007 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #7) 4.36 avg rating — 121,482 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #8) 4.39 avg rating — 118,507 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #6) 4.11 avg rating — 124,057 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #9) 4.28 avg rating — 98,652 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #10) 4.33 avg rating — 87,564 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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BLOOD KISS, the first in my new BDB Legacy series, is out today- and I thought I'd reflect a little on how this spin-off came to my tiny mind.

I don't read reviews; it's true. For one, you can't write by committee- reading is very subjective and what one person likes is what annoys another. Two, the stories aren't interested in even my opinion of them- if I try to make plotlines or people do things Read more of this blog post »

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Series by J.R. Ward

Black Dagger Brotherhood (24 books)
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J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author)

4.30 avg rating — 2,112,352 ratings

Bratstvo crnog bodeža (12 books)
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J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author),

Ana Katana (Translator)

4.15 avg rating — 360,993 ratings

Black Dagger (43 books)
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J.R. Ward (Goodreads Author),

Astrid Finke (Translator)

4.30 avg rating — 160,831 ratings

Fallen Angels (6 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 148,378 ratings

Black Dagger Legacy (4 books)
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4.36 avg rating — 89,202 ratings

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“Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee.”
― J.R. Ward, Dark Lover

tags: humor, jealousy, love

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“I was dead until you found me, though I breathed. I was sightless, though I could see. And then you came...and I was awakened.”
― J.R. Ward, Lover Awakened

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“You've won the evolutionary lottery: You're a vampire. Let's go to Disneyland!”
― J.R. Ward, Dark Lover

tags: paranormal-romance

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Which March New Release would you like to read in May?

Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "Most Popular Books Published In March" list.

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The Unleashing (Call of Crows, #1) by Shelly Laurenston

The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston
(Call of Crows, #1)

4 votes, 40.0%

The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire (Half-Moon Hollow, #3) by Molly Harper

The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire by Molly Harper
(Half-Moon Hollow #3)

2 votes, 20.0%

The Shadows (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #13) by J.R. Ward

The Shadows by J.R. Ward
(Black Dagger Brotherhood, #13)

1 vote, 10.0%

Shadow Scale (Seraphina, #2) by Rachel Hartman

Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
(Seraphina #2)

1 vote, 10.0%

Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega, #4) by Patricia Briggs

Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs
(Alpha & Omega, #4)

1 vote, 10.0%

Vision in Silver (The Others, #3) by Anne Bishop

Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop
(The Others, #3)

1 vote, 10.0%

Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1) by Gail Carriger

Prudence by Gail Carriger
(The Custard Protocol, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen, #1) by Jodi Meadows

The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
(The Orphan Queen #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2) by Marie Rutkoski

The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
(The Winner's Trilogy #2)

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The Witch of Painted Sorrows (The Daughters of La Lune, #1) by M.J. Rose

The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose
(The Daughters of La Lune, #1)

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