• Dark Lover

  • The Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1
  • By: J. R. Ward
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (10,844 ratings)

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Dark Lover

By: J. R. Ward
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
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Publisher's summary

The first novel of J. R. Ward's New York Times best-selling Black Dagger Brotherhood series features a unique take on vampire lore and heavy doses of sensuality.

The vampire Darius fears for the life of his half-breed daughter, who is unaware of her unusual destiny. To oversee her transformation, Darius seeks help from Wrath, a dangerous loner and the world's only purebred vampire.

©2005 J.R. Ward (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

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The two genres combined here—paranormal and romance—each have highly engaged, passionate fanbases who make finding quality recommendations easy. Listeners are enraptured by these stories. We too love the double escape provided by both fantastical and romantic elements, and for the countless ways authors continually play on listeners’ expectations to keep stories fresh. Whether you prefer werewolves, witches, or wyrs, there’s a listen for you.

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Great book

Loved this book. You can't help but to really get into the characters. Very hard to put down. The narrator is very good.

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Awesome...The ending was great twist

Would you listen to Dark Lover again? Why?

Yes, the first book capture my attention from beginning to end..can't wait to listen to the second book

What did you like best about this story?

When I realize that Beth man was blind..called the Blind king oh wow love it

What about Jim Frangione’s performance did you like?

Just awesome

If you could rename Dark Lover, what would you call it?

The Blind king

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Any chance of a movie?

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Marred by flat narration

Bad editing, and a little too much homophobia.
Otherwise, totally acceptable vampire fare. Also, just caught a look at the spellings and, well, they are awful. Listen, don’t read. No way to take the name seriously when it is spelled Zsadiszt. Ugh.

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vampires with a new twist!!

couldn't put it down! or find the next book fast enough!! picks up fast and doesn't stop!! sexy! action a little something for all of us I think on many levels!! a total must read!!

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okay vampire mate story just not my cup of tea

why the story start out good I felt it had to many players . A few of the vampires had too close of names and confused me a little. The vampire story was different but by the end I was bored and ready for the story to be over with.

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New and Awesome

This is another great start to a series. Wrath and the others are a new take on the supernatural world for me. The whole introduction to this world and characters was perfectly done and I'm wanting more.

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Excellent & suspenseful!

A great story with twists & turns. Loved the chemistry between the main characters but plots of sub characters interesting, too! Witty banter between characters was well-written. Great narration! Would definitely buy next book in the series!

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NOT BAD

It's a decent story. A little confusing at times due to the narrator not giving many different voices for the characters, but he reads sufficiently and I got used to it about half way through. I'll be listening to the next book and hopefully there will be a little more action in it. This one was a bit flat and when any drama would start it seemed to end quickly. Maybe it's just me. I just barely felt any tension or worry when listening to this book. Hope the second book has more excitement to it.

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Amazing series. And keeps getting better.

I love the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. I have read the book in a row 4 times. But this listening on line is wonderful. I can stop and start all the time. I can rewind when needed. The narrator's tone is so soothing. Buying 2 more right now.

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it says book 1

I loved it did not want to finish it I hope there is already Book 2 out. want more about these characters and how it all ties together does the baby live? does Elizabeth get pregnant? so many questions left unanswered. for me anyway. but I will probably listen to it again and again. ❤️❤️

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