Background
J.R. Ward was born in April of 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She is the daughter of W. Gillette Bird Jr. and Maxine F. Bird.
J.R. Ward is the woman behind the bestselling paranormal romance series Black Dagger Brotherhood. Photo by Chris Witzke.
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Bird attended Smith College where she double majored in history and art history, concentrating on the medieval period.
2011
J.R. Ward at the signing event.
2015
Jessica Bird with Russ Smith, a fantastic Cardinal basketball player who came over tonight out of the goodness of his heart.
Jessica Bird
J.R. Ward is the author of over thirty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood.
J.R. Ward is the author of over thirty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood.
J.R. Ward, an American bestselling author. Photo by Chris Witzke.
Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore is a #1 New York Times bestselling American novelist.
Ward with her dog Naamah.
2011
J.R. Ward at the signing event.
2015
Jessica Bird with Russ Smith, a fantastic Cardinal basketball player who came over tonight out of the goodness of his heart.
2019
J.R. Ward after winning the RWA Award.
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
Bird attended Smith College where she double majored in history and art history, concentrating on the medieval period.
Jessica Bird
J.R. Ward is the author of over thirty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood.
J.R. Ward is the author of over thirty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood.
J.R. Ward, an American bestselling author. Photo by Chris Witzke.
Ward with her husband Neville Blakemore III and their dog.
Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore is a #1 New York Times bestselling American novelist.
Ward with her dog Naamah.
Ward with her husband Neville Blakemore III.
Gary Edlin, Bird’s friend and St. Matthews veterinarian.
(The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the lead...)
The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago. But when his most trusted fighter is killed - orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate - Wrath must put down his dagger and usher the beautiful female into another world. Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn’t there before, Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes to her at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of the Brotherhood and blood frighten her. Yet his touch ignites a dawning new hunger - one that threatens to consume them both...
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Lover-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B000PDYVU2/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-14
2005
(Within the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Rhage is the warrior...)
Within the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Rhage is the warrior vampire with the strongest appetites. He’s the deadliest fighter, the most voracious lover, the quickest to act on his impulses. He’s also been cursed with two hundred years of hell. Possessed by a beast, he lives in fear of the times when his inner dragon comes out and he’s a danger to everyone around him. Mary Luce has unwittingly found herself in the vampire world and under Rhage’s protection. With her own life-threatening curse to bear, she’s not looking for love. Besides, she’s stopped believing in saving grace and miracles long ago. But when Rhage’s intense sexual attraction turns into emotional bonding, he knows he must have her for his mate.
https://www.amazon.com/Lover-Eternal-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B000OVLIRE/ref=sr_1_24?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-24
2006
(Butch O’Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex–hom...)
Butch O’Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex–homicide cop, he’s the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world. He’s got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who’s way out of his league. If he can’t have Marissa, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers. Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, he’s found by a miracle, and the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back.
https://www.amazon.com/Lover-Revealed-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B000Q9J0M4/ref=sr_1_18?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-18
2007
(Ever since the birth of his daughter, Nalla, Zsadist has ...)
Ever since the birth of his daughter, Nalla, Zsadist has been regressing further and further into the life he led before he met Bella, his beautiful shellan. He has been waking up in cold sweats due to nightmares from his past, hasn't made love to his wife, and won't hold his baby girl, for fear that he might hurt her. While Nalla's presence had consisted of only joy and excitement in the first couple months of her life, now it seems to be driving the couple apart. Bella is afraid that she and Nalla just may need to leave her hellren. But then Zsadist gets injured on a mission to fight the lessers and because he hasn't been feeding on Bella, almost loses his life.
https://www.amazon.com/Father-Mine-Zsadist-Brotherhood-Novella-ebook/dp/B001HQHCBQ/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-8
2008
(Caldwell, New York, has long been the battleground for th...)
Caldwell, New York, has long been the battleground for the vampires and their enemies. It’s also where Rehvenge has staked out his turf as a drug lord and owner of a notorious nightclub that caters to the rich and heavily armed. His dangerous reputation is exactly why he’s approached to kill the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood - Wrath, the Blind King. Rehvenge is used to living in the shadows and keeping his distance from the Brotherhood. As a symphath, his identity is a deadly secret - the revelation of which will result in his banishment. But as Rehvenge is pulled into plots both within and outside of the Brotherhood, he turns to the only source of light in his darkening world. Ehlena is a vampire untouched by the corruption that has its hold on him - and the only thing standing between Rehvenge and eternal destruction...
https://www.amazon.com/Lover-Avenged-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood/dp/045122857X/ref=sr_1_19?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-19
2009
(Among the new recruits, Axe proves to be a cunning and vi...)
Among the new recruits, Axe proves to be a cunning and vicious fighter - and also a loner isolated because of personal tragedy. When an aristocratic female needs a bodyguard, Axe takes the job, though he’s unprepared for the animal attraction that flares between him and the one he is sworn to protect. For Elise, who lost her first cousin to a grisly murder, Axe’s dangerous appeal is enticing - and possibly a distraction from her grief. But as they delve deeper into her cousin’s death, and their physical connection grows into so much more, Axe fears that the secrets he keeps and his tortured conscience will tear them apart. Rhage, the Brother with the biggest heart, knows all about self-punishing, and he wants to help Axe reach his full potential. But when an unexpected arrival threatens Rhage and Mary’s new family, he finds himself back in the trenches again, fighting against a destiny that will destroy all he holds most dear.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Vow-Black-Dagger-Legacy-ebook/dp/B01CWZGA4U/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-20
2009
(Redemption isn’t a word Jim Heron knows much about - his ...)
Redemption isn’t a word Jim Heron knows much about - his specialty is revenge, and to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. And failure is not an option. Vin diPietro surrendered himself to his business - until fate intervenes in the form of a tough-talking, Harley-riding, self-professed savior, and a woman who makes him question his destiny. With an ancient evil ready to claim him, Vin has to work with a fallen angel not only to win his beloved over… but redeem his very soul.
https://www.amazon.com/Covet-Fallen-Angels-J-R-Ward-ebook/dp/B002QYM1GO/ref=sr_1_32?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-32
2009
(John Matthew has come a long way since he was found livin...)
John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was - or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call upon both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate... and rescue his one true love.
https://www.amazon.com/Lover-Mine-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood/dp/0451231554/ref=sr_1_30?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-30
2010
(Seven deadly sins. Seven souls that must be saved. One mo...)
Seven deadly sins. Seven souls that must be saved. One more no-holds battle between a fallen angel with a hardened heart and demon with everything to lose. Isaac Rothe is a black ops solider with a dark past and a grim future. The target of an assassin, he finds himself behind bars, his fate in the hands of his gorgeous public defender, Grier Childe. His hot attraction to her is a totally wrong place/wrong time kind of thing - and that’s before Jim Heron tells him his soul is in danger. Caught up in a wicked game with the demon who shadows Jim, Isaac must decide whether the soldier in him can believe that true love is the ultimate weapon against evil...
https://www.amazon.com/Crave-Fallen-Angels-J-R-Ward-ebook/dp/B003ZK58VI/ref=sr_1_33?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579505873&s=books&sr=1-33
2010
(Imprisoned for eons by their mother, the Scribe Virgin, s...)
Imprisoned for eons by their mother, the Scribe Virgin, she finally frees herself-only to face a devastating injury. Manuel Manello, Doctor of Medicine, is drafted by the Brotherhood to save her as only he can-but when the human surgeon and the vampire warrior meet, their two worlds collide in the face of their undeniable passion. With so much working against them, can love to prove stronger than the birthright and the biology that separates them?
https://www.amazon.com/Lover-Unleashed-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B004IYITK2/ref=sr_1_27?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-27
2011
(As the son of a serial killer, homicide detective Thomas ...)
As the son of a serial killer, homicide detective Thomas “Veck” DelVecchio, Jr., grew up in the shadow of evil. Now, on the knife-edge between civic duty and blind retribution, he atones for the sins of his father - while fighting his inner demons. Assigned to monitor Veck is Internal Affairs officer Sophia Reilly, whose interest in him is both professional and arousingly personal. And Veck and Sophia have another link: Jim Heron, a mysterious stranger with too many answers to questions that are deadly. When Veck and Sophia are drawn into the ultimate battle between good and evil, their fallen angel savior is the only thing that stands between them and eternal damnation.
https://www.amazon.com/Envy-Fallen-Angels-J-R-Ward/dp/0451229452/ref=sr_1_36?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579505873&s=books&sr=1-36
2011
(Mels Carmichael, a reporter for the Caldwell Courier Jour...)
Mels Carmichael, a reporter for the Caldwell Courier Journal, gets the shock of her life when a man stumbles in front of her car outside the local cemetery. After the accident, his amnesia is just the kind of mystery she likes to solve, but she soon discovers they’re in over their heads with his past. Over their heads with passion, too. As shadows walk the line between reality and another realm, and her lover’s memory begins to come back, the two of them learn that nothing is truly dead and buried. Especially when you’re trapped in a no holds barred war between angels and demons. With a soul on the line, and Mels’s heart at risk, what in Heaven - or in Hell - will it take to save them both?
https://www.amazon.com/Rapture-Fallen-Angels-Book-4/dp/0451414799/ref=sr_1_34?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579505873&s=books&sr=1-34
2012
(After turning his back on the throne for centuries, Wrath...)
After turning his back on the throne for centuries, Wrath, son of Wrath, finally assumed his father’s mantle - with the help of his beloved mate. But the crown sets heavily on his head. As the war with the Lessening Society rages on, and the threat from the Band of Bastards truly hits home, he is forced to make choices that put everything - and everyone - at risk. Beth Randall thought she knew what she was getting into when she mated the last pure blooded vampire on the planet: An easy ride was not it. But when she decides she wants a child, she’s unprepared for Wrath’s response - or the distance it creates between them. The question is, will true love win out... or tortured legacy take over?
https://www.amazon.com/King-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood/dp/0451417062/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-9
2014
(It's bad enough that Alex Moorehouse has always yearned f...)
It's bad enough that Alex Moorehouse has always yearned for his best friend's wife, Cassandra Cutler. When a boating accident makes her a widow, the grief - and the guilt - threaten to sink him. But his self-imposed reclusiveness is about to be destroyed by the arrival of the last person in the world he ever wants to lay eyes on again. As they reluctantly work together to rebuild his family's bed-and-breakfast, and his anguished heart in the process, will their growing bond be strong enough to survive both of their secrets?
https://www.amazon.com/Renegade-Moorehouse-Legacy-Book-ebook/dp/B0140RNAW8/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-11
2015
(Available for the first time ever as a standalone ebook, ...)
Available for the first time ever as a standalone ebook, get lost in the sinful pleasures of a vampire so obsessed with one woman, he will relinquish her blood, if only he can have her heart... Held captive by a dark, seductive vampire with an unworldly hunger, the beautiful Claire Stroughton fears her life as a lawyer has irrevocably taken a turn for the worse. But when this deeply sensual-and highly dangerous-vampire convinces Claire that his desire for her is stronger than his lust for blood, she is compelled to give everything up to him, body and soul... in The Story of Son.
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Son-Dark-Vampire-Romance-ebook/dp/B00UE3T6AI/ref=sr_1_17?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-17
2015
(Paradise, a blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor,...)
Paradise, a blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself...be herself. It’s a good plan until everything goes wrong. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies, and it’s very clear that the Brother in charge, Butch O’Neal, a.k.a. the Dhestroyer, is having serious problems in his own life. And that’s before she falls in love with a fellow classmate. Craeg, a common civilian, is nothing her father would ever want for her, but everything she could ask for in a male.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Kiss-Black-Dagger-Legacy-ebook/dp/B00UG8RBGC/ref=sr_1_21?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-21
2015
(Sold by his parents to the Queen of the s’Hisbe as a chil...)
Sold by his parents to the Queen of the s’Hisbe as a child, Trez escaped the Territory and has been a pimp and an enforcer for years. On the run from a destiny of sexual servitude, he’s never been able to rely on anyone... except for his brother, iAm. iAm’s sole goal has always been to keep his brother from self-destructing - and he knows he’s failed. It’s not until the Chosen Selena enters Trez’s life that the male begins to turn things around... but by then, it’s too late. The pledge to mate the Queen’s daughter comes due, and there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no negotiating.
https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood/dp/0451417089/ref=sr_1_25?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-25
2015
(Among the new recruits, Axe proves to be a cunning and vi...)
Among the new recruits, Axe proves to be a cunning and vicious fighter - and also a loner isolated because of personal tragedy. When an aristocratic female needs a bodyguard, Axe takes the job, though he’s unprepared for the animal attraction that flares between him and the one he is sworn to protect. For Elise, who lost her first cousin to a grisly murder, Axe’s dangerous appeal is enticing - and possibly a distraction from her grief. But as they delve deeper into her cousin’s death, and their physical connection grows into so much more, Axe fears that the secrets he keeps and his tortured conscience will tear them apart. Rhage, the Brother with the biggest heart, knows all about self-punishing, and he wants to help Axe reach his full potential.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Vow-Black-Dagger-Legacy-ebook/dp/B01CWZGA4U/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-20
2016
(Xcor, leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treaso...)
Xcor, leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treason against the Blind King, is facing a brutal interrogation and torturous death at the hands of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Yet after a life marked by cruelty and evil deeds, he accepts his soldier’s fate, his sole regret the loss of a sacred female who was never his: the Chosen Layla. Layla alone knows the truth that will save Xcor’s life. But revealing his sacrifice and his hidden heritage will expose them both and destroy everything Layla holds dear - even her role of mother to her precious young. Torn between love and loyalty, she must summon the courage to stand up against the only family she has for the only man she will ever love. Yet even if Xcor is somehow granted a reprieve, he and Layla would have to confront a graver challenge: bridging the chasm that divides their worlds without paving the way for a future of even greater war, desolation, and death.
https://www.amazon.com/Chosen-Novel-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B01IZTCC2G/ref=sr_1_28?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-28
2017
(The Bradford family is the crème de la crème of high soci...)
The Bradford family is the crème de la crème of high society in Charlemont, Kentucky - just like their exclusive brand of bourbon. But no one is above suspicion once the apparent suicide of the family patriarch begins to look like murder - especially the eldest Bradford son, Edward. The bad blood between his father and him is known far and wide. As the investigation intensifies, he keeps himself busy at the bottom of a bottle - and with two women who may or may not have his best interests at heart...
https://www.amazon.com/Angels-Share-Bourbon-Kings/dp/0451475291/ref=sr_1_31?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-31
2017
(The last place Ivie expects to be approached by a devasta...)
The last place Ivie expects to be approached by a devastatingly handsome male is in a crowded, smoky cigar bar rarely frequented by vampires - yet here he stands. Silas is flirtatious, gallant, and, above all, mysterious. Ivie is anything but. A nurse at the healer’s clinic and the daughter of a biker, Ivie is accustomed to speaking her mind. So she does. Since aristocrats rarely pick up females of her class, Ivie asks Silas just what kind of game he thinks he’s playing. Despite her guarded exterior, Ivie surrenders to the fierce desire she feels for Silas. And yet, just as their courtship is heating up, he reveals that it cannot last, for he is bound to return to the Old Country. Their bond only deepens as they make the most of their precious time together.
https://www.amazon.com/Dearest-Ivie-Novella-Dagger-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B0796F4874/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-6
2018
(A vampire aristocrat, Peyton is well aware of his duty to...)
A vampire aristocrat, Peyton is well aware of his duty to his bloodline: mate with an appropriate female of his class and carry on his family’s traditions. And he thought he’d found his perfect match - until she fell in love with someone else. Yet when his split-second decision in a battle with the enemy endangers the life of another trainee, Peyton has to face the idea that his future, and his heart, actually lie with another. Novo, as a female in the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s training program, feels like she has to prove herself to everybody - and she has no interest in being distracted by falling in love. But when Peyton proves to be so much more than a rich playboy, she is forced to confront the tragedy that has broken her soul and closed her off from love. As the two grapple with Novo’s past and Peyton’s present, another couple must contend with a connection that is unparalleled - and potentially scandalous.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Fury-Black-Dagger-Legacy-ebook/dp/B06ZZ9Q9L5/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-10
2018
(Sola Morte, a former cat burglar, and safecracker have gi...)
Sola Morte, a former cat burglar, and safecracker have given up her old life on the wrong side of the law. On the run from a drug lord’s family, she is lying low far from Caldwell, keeping her nose clean and her beloved grandmother safe. Her heart, though, is back up north, with the only man who has ever gotten through her defenses: Assail, son of Assail, who never meant to fall in love - and certainly not with a human woman. But they have no future, and not just because she doesn’t know he is a vampire, but because he is not about to stop dealing arms to the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Fate, however, has other plans for them. When Assail falls into a coma and lingers on the verge of death, his cousins seek out Sola and beg her to give him a reason to live. The last thing she wants is a return to her past, but how can she leave him to die?
https://www.amazon.com/Thief-Novel-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood/dp/0451475224/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-12
2018
(Anne Ashburn is a woman consumed... By her bitter family ...)
Anne Ashburn is a woman consumed... By her bitter family legacy, by her scorched career as a firefighter, by her obsession with department bad-boy Danny McGuire, and by a new case that pits her against a fiery killer. Strong-willed Anne was fearless and loved the thrill of fighting fires, pushing herself to be the best. But when one risky decision at a warehouse fire changes her life forever, Anne must reinvent not only her job but her whole self. Shattered and demoralized, Anne finds her new career as an arson investigator a pale substitute for the adrenaline-fueled life she left behind. She doesn't believe she will ever feel that same all-consuming passion for her job again - until she encounters a string of suspicious fires setting her beloved city ablaze.
https://www.amazon.com/Consumed-Firefighters-Book-J-R-Ward-ebook/dp/B07BH4ZH9N/ref=sr_1_22?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-22
2018
(When Trez lost his beloved to a tragic death, his soul wa...)
When Trez lost his beloved to a tragic death, his soul was crushed and his destiny seemed relegated to suffering. But when he meets a mysterious female, he becomes convinced his true love has been reincarnated. Is he right? Or has his grief created a disastrous delusion? Therese has come to Caldwell to escape a rift with her bloodline. The revelation that she was adopted and not born into her family shakes the foundations of her identity, and she is determined to make it on her own. Her attraction to Trez is not what she’s looking for, except the sexy Shadow proves to be undeniable. Has fate provided a grieving widower with a second chance... or is Trez too blinded by the past to see the present for what it really is?
https://www.amazon.com/Where-Winter-Finds-You-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B07QCQG4S4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502217&s=books&sr=1-1
2019
(Doctor Sarah Watkins, a researcher at a biomedical firm, ...)
Doctor Sarah Watkins, a researcher at a biomedical firm, is struggling with the loss of her fellow scientist fiancé. When the FBI starts asking about his death, she questions what really happened and soon learns the terrible truth: Her firm is conducting inhumane experiments in secret and the man she thought she knew and loved was involved in the torture. As Murhder and Sarah’s destinies become irrevocably entwined, desire ignites between them. But can they forge a future that spans the divide separating the two species? And as a new foe emerges in the war against the vampires, will Murhder return to his Brothers... or resume his lonely existence forevermore?
https://www.amazon.com/Savior-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-Book-ebook/dp/B07HWZKL94/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-3
2019
(When Ahmare’s brother is abducted, there is nothing she w...)
When Ahmare’s brother is abducted, there is nothing she won’t do to get him back safely. She is unprepared, however, for the lengths, she will have to go to save his life. Paired with a dangerous but enticing prisoner, she embarks on an odyssey into another world. Duran, betrayed by his father, imprisoned in a dungeon for decades, has survived only because of his thirst for vengeance. He has been biding his time to escape and is shocked to find unlikely and temporary freedom in the form of a determined young female. Battling against deadly forces and facing unforeseen peril, the pair are in a race to save Ahmare’s brother. As time runs out, and the unthinkable looms, even true love may not be enough to carry them through.
https://www.amazon.com/Prisoner-Night-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-ebook/dp/B07HXBK29X/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-7
2019
(Taking us back to where it all started, arson investigato...)
Taking us back to where it all started, arson investigator Anne Ashburn and ‘bad boy’ firefighter Danny Maguire finally explore their connection. The Wedding from Hell, Part 1: The Rehearsal Dinner: It’s a classic recipe for disaster: Take one bridesmaid who thinks pink is the root of all evil, mix with a best man who’s hotter than a four-alarm fire, add in their explosive sexual attraction, a nightmare bridezilla, two catfights, and an emergency call, and you have the wedding from hell. The Wedding from Hell, Part 2: The Reception: As the wedding from hell continues, Anne and Danny find themselves walking the delicate balance between professional distance and explosive attraction. Will the desire they feel last through the night and change their lives? Or are they doomed to part after one night of passion? The Wedding from Hell, Part 3: Exclusive excerpt of Consumed.
https://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Hell-Bind-Up-Firefighters-ebook/dp/B07PRDF9ZB/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-13
2019
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Truth-J-R-Ward/dp/0349423962/ref=sr_1_26?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579504323&s=books&sr=1-26
2019
(Syn has kept his side hustle as a mercenary a secret from...)
Syn has kept his side hustle as a mercenary a secret from the Black Dagger Brotherhood. When he takes another hit job, he not only crosses the path of the vampire race’s new enemy but also that of a half-breed in danger of dying during her transition. Jo Early has no idea what her true nature is, and when a mysterious man appears out of the darkness, she is torn between their erotic connection and the sense that something is very wrong. Fate anointed Butch O’Neal as the Dhestroyer, the fulfiller of the prophecy that foresees the end of the Omega.
https://www.amazon.com/Sinner-18-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood/dp/1501195093/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-2
2020
(Black Dagger Brotherhood spin-off series set in an underg...)
Black Dagger Brotherhood spin-off series set in an underground prison where only murderous and thieving creatures dwell.
https://www.amazon.com/Jackal-Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-Prison-ebook/dp/B081B9FNQC/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=jr+ward&qid=1579502280&s=books&sr=1-5
2020
(Michael “Spike” Moriarty has had a thing for Madeline Mag...)
Michael “Spike” Moriarty has had a thing for Madeline Maguire ever since she first walked up to him as if she wasn’t the most gorgeous woman on the planet and asked to see his tattoos. But he knows that the attraction can only go one way - he could never be the man for her. He has a dark history that very few know about, and even worse, it’s all about to come to the surface. Madeline’s been burned enough in the past to know better, but Spike is the only man that has caught her eye time and time again. For some reason, he’s determined to avoid her, but when she desperately needs help to ward off her scheming family, Spike is the one at her side. And even though he says they can only be friends, his actions tell a very different story…
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2020
J.R. Ward was born in April of 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She is the daughter of W. Gillette Bird Jr. and Maxine F. Bird.
Bird attended Smith College where she double majored in history and art history, concentrating on the medieval period. She then received a law degree from Albany Law School.
After graduating from law school, Ward began working in healthcare in Boston and spent many years as Chief of Staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Canter in Boston. While working as a lawyer in Boston, she completed two novels more and started a number of partials.
Both her mother and her new husband, whom she married in 2001, kept telling her to send something in to an agent, a publisher, the Tooth Fairy, anyone. She thought they were nuts, but eventually got her nerve up and bought a lot of stamps. Jessica Bird got her first novel published in 2002 and a few years later in 2004, she began writing as J.R. Ward where she writes about the paranormal, vampires and such.
Today, she juggles three series, writing three books a year - a substantial output at roughly 1,500 pages annually. Her biggest and longest-lasting series is The Black Dagger Brotherhood. The first volume, Dark Lover, was published in 2005, and the 14th, The Beast, was released in April of 2016. The second book in her newest series, the Black Dagger Legacy, came out in December of 2016.
J.R. Ward's major achievement is in becoming the woman behind the bestselling paranormal romance series Black Dagger Brotherhood that has more than 15 million copies in print in 25 countries.
In 2006 she received two RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice Awards for Best Vampire Romance for Lover Awakened and for Lover Unbound. She is a three-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award (2007, 2008, 2019), once as Bird for Best Short Contemporary Romance for From the First, once as Ward for Best Paranormal Romance for Lover Revealed. In 2008 and 2009 she received P.E.A.R.L. Awards (Paranormal Excellence Award for Romantic Literature) for Best Vampire Romance for Lover Enshrined and for Best Overall Paranormal Romance AND Best Vampire Romance for Lover Avenged. In 2010 Bird received the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Romance for Lover Mine, in 2011 the same award was given for Lover Unleashed. In 2013 she was the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Romance for Lover at Last. In 2011 Bird won the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice Award for Best Vampire Romance for Lover Unleashed. She was also number 2 on the New York Times Bestsellers List of 2014 and a HOLT medallion finalist.
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2010Bird likes to write series novels which incorporate characters from her previous books. She likens the process of creating a series to "meeting friends through other friends". Her heroes are most often alpha males, "the tougher, the cockier, the more arrogant, the better", while the heroines are smart and strong.
Quotations:
"What fascinates me about love stories is the drama that surrounds people when they lose their hearts to someone else. I've never seen a romance in real life that ran smoothly in the beginning because with great love comes great vulnerability. The question always in my mind is when two people get rattled like that, how do the pieces come back together? How are they united in spite of the forces, internal and external, which threaten to tear them apart?"
“I work all day, 365 days a year. I don’t take vacations.”
"I’m a businesswoman first. And writing is my business.”
"I sit back and watch and if I do my job right then my readers will experience what I experience when I see these pictures in my head."
"I write every day. I rarely leave the house. I just sit and describe these pictures in my head that are so much more exciting than my life of typing."
Writing has always been Bird's passion and her idea of heaven is a whole day of nothing but her computer, her dog and her coffee pot. She began writing as a child, penning her thoughts in diaries as well as inventing short stories. She read her first Harlequin Presents novel in a rose garden when she was in her teens. She was hooked immediately. By the time she went to college, she had boxes and boxes of Harlequins and Silhouettes.
Here is what Bird stated about her own personality: “I’m very disciplined. I’m very focused. I’m about performance, excellence, hitting goals. I am not really into people; I’m very introverted. You know, I fit the perfect profile for a creative person, but I don’t consider myself as creative.” She also said about her style of life the following: “I don’t eat in restaurants. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t do drugs. I’m not going to have an emotional relationship with food. I am not going to have guilty pleasures. I refuse to allow emotions to divert me from accomplishing my goals.”
She likes to collect art-deco jewelry, which she keeps not in her home but in a bank vault. She owns a Rolls Royce and proof perhaps that a thrill-seeker's heart beats beneath the polished exterior, a Porsche and Audi's high performance, powerful R8 complete her collection.
Physical Characteristics: Bird is a woman with a very slender voice, green eyes, and pale-pink, makeup-less skin.
In 2001, Bird married John Neville Blakemore III. Jessica Bird currently lives in Kentucky with her incredibly supportive husband and her beloved golden retriever. Ward credits her husband with bringing a balance to her life that has allowed her to explore that world while living more fully in a world beyond work.
Gary Edlin, Bird’s friend and St. Matthews veterinarian, is the model for Bourbon Kings master distiller Edwin “Mack” MacAllan Jr. Both the distiller and the veterinarian attended Auburn University and are dyslexic.
