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  • Bibliography:
    55 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2005
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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About the Author

J.R. Ward is a #1 New York Times and USAToday Best Selling author of erotic paranormal romance. She lives in the south with her incredibly supportive husband and her beloved golden retriever. After graduating from law school, she began working in healthcare in Boston and spent many years as Chief of Staff of one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation. Writing has always been her passion and her idea of heaven is a whole day of nothing but her computer, her dog and her coffee pot.

Full Series List in Order

Black Dagger Brotherhood

1 - Dark Lover (Sep-2005)
2 - Lover Eternal (Mar-2006)
3 - Lover Awakened (Sep-2006)
4 - Lover Revealed (Mar-2007)
5 - Lover Unbound (Oct-2007)
6 - Lover Enshrined (Jun-2008)
6.5 - An Insider's Guide: Father Mine (Oct-2008)
7 - Lover Avenged (May-2009)
8 - Lover Mine (May-2010)
9 - Lover Unleashed (Apr-2011)
10 - Lover Reborn (Apr-2012)
11 - Lover at Last (Apr-2013)
12 - The King (Apr-2014)
13 - The Shadows (Apr-2015)
14 - The Beast (Apr-2016)
15 - The Chosen (Apr-2017)
15.5 - Dearest Ivie: A Novella (Mar-2018)
16 - The Thief (Apr-2018)
16.5 - Prisoner of Night: A Novella (Jan-2019)
17 - The Savior (Apr-2019)
18 - Where Winter Finds You (Nov-2019)
19 - The Sinner (Mar-2020)
19.5 - A Warm Heart in Winter (Dec-2020)
20 - The Jackal (Aug-2020)
21 - Lover Unveiled (Apr-2021)
22 - The Wolf (Nov-2021)
23 - Lover Arisen (Apr-2022)
23.5 - Darius (Jul-2022)
24 - The Viper (Sep-2022)
24 - Lassiter (Apr-2023)
25 - The Beloved (Apr-2024)

Black Dagger Legacy

1 - Blood Kiss (Dec-2015)
2 - Blood Vow (Dec-2016)
3 - Blood Fury (Jan-2018)
4 - Blood Truth (Aug-2019)

Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp

1 - The Jackal (Aug-2020)
2 - The Wolf (Nov-2021)
3 - The Viper (Sep-2022)

Bourbon Kings

1 - The Bourbon Kings (Aug-2015)
2 - The Angels' Share (Aug-2016)
3 - Devil's Cut (Aug-2017)

Fallen Angels

1 - Covet (Oct-2009)
2 - Crave (Oct-2010)
3 - Envy (Sep-2011)
4 - Rapture (Oct-2012)
5 - Possession (Oct-2013)
6 - Immortal (Oct-2014)

Firefighters

1 - Consumed (Oct-2018)

Lair of the Wolven

1 - Claimed (Aug-2021)
2 - Forever (Apr-2023)
3 - Mine (Jan-2024)

The Wedding from Hell

1 - The Rehearsal Dinner (Jul-2018)
2 - The Reception (Aug-2018)

Book List in Order: 55 titles



  • In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly turf war going on between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other--six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Yet none of them relishes k...



  • In the shadows of the night in Caldwell New York, there's a deadly turf war raging between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other--six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Possessed by a deadly beast, R...



  • In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, a deadly turf war rages between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other--six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Of these, Zsadist is the most terrifyi...



  • In the shadows of the night in Caldwell New York, there's a war raging between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other--six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. But now an ally of the Brotherhood is abou...



  • In Caldwell, New York, war rages between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers--six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Now the cold heart of a cunning predator will be warmed against its will... Ruthless and br...



  • In this paranormal romance saga, there's a war raging between vampires and their slayers. Here are the stories of a secret band of brothers like no other--six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. And now a dutiful twin must choose between two l...



  • From #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward comes a once-in-a-lifetime event: a unique volume that delivers, a behind-the-scenes look at Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Prepare to enter the dark, passionate world of the Black Dagger...



  • Claire Stroughton is a beautiful lawyer who would rather spend the night with a legal brief than the man of her dreams. Then a routine client meeting turns dangerous--and deeply sensual--when she is held captive by a gorgeous man with an unworldly hu...



  • Now, as the vampire warriors defend their race against their slayers, one male's loyalty to the Brotherhood will be tested-and his dangerous mixed blood revealed... Caldwell, New York, has long been the battleground for the vampires and their enem...






  • 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. An...



  • 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. In...



  • Seven deadly sins. Seven souls that must be saved. One more no-holds-barred battle between a fallen angel with a hardened heart and a demon with everything to lose. Isaac Rothe is a black ops soldier with a dark past and a grim future. The target o...



  • Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, warrior cloth as her brother: A fighter by nature, and a maverick when it comes to the traditional role of Chosen females, there is no place for her on the Far Side… and no role for her on ...



  • A man and a woman tread the lines of danger, desire, and deliverance in the new novel of the Fallen Angels from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. As the son of a serial killer, homicide detective Thom...



  • Black Dagger Brotherhood series continues as a vampire warrior crosses the line between life and death…into a world of dark dreams and darker desires. Ever since the death of his shellan, Tohrment has been a heartbroken shadow of the vampire lea...



  • Out of the wickedly inventive imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward comes a world where sin and salvation collide in a battle for the future of mankind -- where a cynical fallen angel struggles against the seven deadly sins an...



  • Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against the Lessening Society. But his life is not complete. ...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward explores what really happens when good and evil toy with humanity in her new novel of the Fallen Angels, as the salvation of a doomed soul depends once again on a crossroads... When Cait Douglass reso...



  • J.R. Ward's # 1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood continues as a royal bloodline is compromised by a grave threat to the throne. Long live the King... After turning his back on the throne for centuries, Wrath, son of Wrath, f...






  • From J.R. Ward, the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has kept readers on the edge of their seats with her phenomenal Fallen Angels novels, comes one of the most heart-stirring and eagerly anticipated events in that acclaimed series. This i...



  • The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood as two brothers bound by more than blood fight to change a brutal destiny. Sold by his parents to the Queen of the s’Hisbe as a child, Trez escaped th...



  • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood delivers the first novel in an enthralling new series set amid the shifting dynamics of a Southern family defined by wealth and privilege -- and compromised by secrets, deceit, ...



  • The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author… Paradise, blooded daughter of the king’s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocrati...



  • Rhage and Mary return in a new novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. After avoiding war with the Shadows, alliances have shifted and lines have been drawn. The slayers of the Lessenin...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward delivers the second novel in her Bourbon Kings series -- a sweeping saga of a Southern dynasty struggling to maintain a façade of privilege and prosperity, while secrets and indiscretions threaten its ...



  • J. R. Ward returns with an all-new tale of paranormal passion in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. The Black Dagger Brotherhood continues to train the best of the best to join them in the deadly battle against the Lessening Society. Among...



  • A scorching forbidden love threatens to tear a rift through the Black Dagger Brotherhood in J. R. Ward’s newest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Xcor, leader of the Band of Bastards, convicted of treason against the Blind King,...



  • In J. R. Ward’s thrilling finale to her Bourbon Kings series, the Bradford family dynasty teeters on the edge of collapse after the murder of their patriarch -- and a shocking arrest. At first, the death of William Baldwine, the head of the Bra...



  • In this sexy paranormal romance novel set in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward tells the story of two couples -- both fighting to find love in the midst of the war with the Lessening Society. ...






  • In an exclusive ebook novella set in the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward tells the story of a fiery couple . . . doomed by an undeniable passion. Features a special preview of J. R. Ward's upc...



  • New enemies rise and desire burns in the next thrilling novel of the paranormal romance series the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Sola Morte, former cat burglar and safecracker, has given up her old life on the wrong side of the law. On the run from ...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward’s The Wedding From Hell is an exclusive three-part prequel to her standalone suspense novel Consumed. Taking us back to where it all started, arson investigator Anne Ashburn and ‘bad boy’ firefight...



  • The Wedding from Hell, Part 2: The Reception is the exciting second adventure in J.R. Ward’s three-part ebook serialization: The Wedding From Hell. This exclusive prequel to her upcoming standalone suspense, Consumed (available in October 2018) tak...



  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the popular Black Dagger Brotherhood series comes a brand-new novel about arson investigator, Ann Ashburn, who is consumed by her troubled past, her family's scorched legacy, and her current case: chas...



  • From #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward comes an unforgettable story of passion and vengeance in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world. When Ahmare’s brother is abducted, there is nothing she won’t do to get him back safely. She is un...



  • A vampire and a scientist’s fates are passionately entwined in a race against time In the venerable history of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, only one male has ever been expelled -- but Murhder’s insanity gave the Brothers no choice. Haunted by...



  • As a trainee in the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s program, Boone has triumphed as a soldier and now fights side by side with the Brothers. Following his sire’s unexpected death, he is taken off rotation against his protests -- and he finds himself w...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward is heating things up this winter with a holiday novel featuring some of her most iconic Black Dagger Brothers. When Trez lost his beloved to a tragic death (The Shadows, Black Dagger Brotherhood #13),...



  • A sinner’s only hope is true love in this passionate new novel in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Syn has kept his side hustle as a mercenary a secret from the Black Dagger Brotherhood. When he takes ...






  • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sinner brings another hot adventure of true love and ultimate sacrifice in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world. The location of the glymera’s notorious prison camp was lost after the raids. When a f...



  • #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward is heating things up this winter with a holiday novel featuring some of her most iconic Black Dagger Brothers. Featuring one of the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s most iconic couples, Blay and Qhuinn fi...



  • In this heart-pounding installment in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, a long-lost member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood finds true love -- and evil incarnate -- in Caldwell, New York. Sahvage has been living under the radar f...



  • A heart-pounding new series set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, about a scientist fighting to save the gray wolves -- and getting caught in a deadly trap herself... Lydia Susi is passionate about protecting wolves in their natural habitat. ...



  • Return to the sizzling glymera’s prison camp in this dark and sexy second novel in the new Black Dagger Brotherhood Prison Camp spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward. In the next installment of bestselling autho...



  • But here she was, standing in her house in the middle of the night, following not the sighting of a ghost, but the feeling of one."Eddie," she whispered. ***"It's not you in the dark room, Eddie. It's your dad. The dark room is a place...



  • True love brings a deadly threat to the Black Dagger Brotherhood in this sizzling new novel in J.R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. Possessed by the demon Devina, Balthazar is once again on the hunt for the Book of Spells -- and fig...



  • In this powerful audio exclusive, #1 New York Times bestseller J.R. Ward shares the star-crossed love story of reader favorite, and original member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Darius. Darius, son of Marklon, isn’t looking for love the night...



  • In this newest Prison Camp installment, #1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward pens a heart-wrenching tale of love and betrayal in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world…Framed for the grisly murder of his shellan, Kane is condemned to the not...



  • The latest steamy adventure in the Wolven spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward. Lydia Susi and Daniel Joseph are back in another thrilling installment of J.R. Ward’s bestselling Wolven series....






  • The next book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.In the next epic installment in J. R. Ward’s #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series, a fallen angel finds love with ...



  • "There are consequences for changing the past." Jim Radcliffe thought he had a comfortable, easy life until a drug-addled stranger stumbles into his backyard during a family cookout and predicts a devastating tragedy that will befall Jim's ...



  • The hotly anticipated thrilling conclusion of the Lair of the Wolven series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.In this finale, Lydia and Daniel are bracing themselves for his inevitable decline but first, they must go on a rescue...



  • The thrilling and highly anticipated next installment in the bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series!When Zsadist’s daughter, Nalla, falls in love, the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s deadliest fighter has to confront the future and the reality th...





  • Another sexy, high-stakes holiday spinoff installment of the New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing warms a cold heart like true love, and in this newest Black Dagger Brotherhood winter book, a fighter who has never been ...


Award-Winning Books by J.R. Ward

The Beast
2016 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Paranormal Romance
Dark Lover
2005 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Alternate Reality
Dearest Ivie: A Novella
2019 Rita Award -- Paranormal Romance
Lover at Last
2013 Goodreads Choice Award -- Romance
Lover Avenged
2009 All About Romance Reader Award -- Guiltiest Pleasure Romance
Lover Awakened
2006 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Alt Reality/Paranormal
2006 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Romance
2006 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Villain
2006 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most Tortured Hero
2006 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most-Hanky Read
2006 All About Romance Reader Award -- Strongest Heroine
2006 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Vampire Romance
Lover Enshrined
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Best Paranormal Romance
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Guiltiest Pleasure Romance
2008 All About Romance Reader Award -- Worst Romance
Lover Mine
2010 All About Romance Reader Award -- Guiltiest Pleasure Romance
2010 Goodreads Choice Award -- Romance
Lover Revealed
2007 All About Romance Reader Award -- Guiltiest Pleasure Romance
2007 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most Annoying Lead Character
2008 Rita Award -- Futuristic/Fantasy/Paranormal
Lover Unbound
2007 All About Romance Reader Award -- Biggest Wallbanger or I Tried, I Really Did"
2007 All About Romance Reader Award -- Least Believable HEA
2007 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most Disappointing Read
2007 All About Romance Reader Award -- Most Tortured Hero
2007 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Vampire Romance
Lover Unleashed
2011 All About Romance Reader Award -- Guiltiest Pleasure Romance
2011 Goodreads Choice Award -- Romance
2011 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Vampire Romance


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.R. Ward has published 55 books.

The next book by J.R. Ward, A Bloom in Winter, will be published in November 2024.

The first book by J.R. Ward, Dark Lover, was published in September 2005.

Yes. J.R. Ward has 8 series.