Black Dagger Brotherhood · Book 30

Lover Forbidden

by J. R. Ward

Published
9 September 2025
Pages
432
ISBN-13
9781982179960
Type
novel

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About this book

Lover Forbidden is the twenty-third entry in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, published in September 2025 at 432 pages, continuing the shadow war between Caldwell's vampire Brotherhood and the Lessening Society two decades after Dark Lover.

Its place in Black Dagger Brotherhood

Lover Forbidden is book 30 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. It follows A Bloom in Winter. It is followed by Lover Enthroned. 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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