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Black Dagger Brotherhood · Book 2

Dark Lover

by J. R. Ward

Published
6 September 2005
Pages
448
ISBN-13
9780451216953
Type
novel

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About this book

Dark Lover (2005) opens the Black Dagger Brotherhood series in Caldwell, New York, introducing the tattooed vampire warriors who wage a shadow war against the soulless Lessening Society. At 448 pages, it's the intended starting point -- publication order is how J. R. Ward built this series to be read, since the cast and their history accumulate book to book.

Its place in Black Dagger Brotherhood

Dark Lover is book 2 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. It follows Darius. It is followed by Lover Eternal. See the full Black Dagger Brotherhood reading order.

In Caldwell, New York, a secret brotherhood of massive, tattooed vampire warriors wages a shadow war against the Lessening Society, a cult of soulless slayers bent on wiping out the vampire race. Each book pairs one Brother (or an ally drawn into their world) with his fated mate, unfolding a slow-burn, often filthy-hot romance against a backdrop of gothic violence, blood bonds, and vampire aristocracy. J. R. Ward built an entire mythology around this world: a formal vampire caste system, a private glyph-based…

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