• Lover Avenged

  • A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
  • By: J. R. Ward
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (5,122 ratings)

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Lover Avenged

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

J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood novels have introduced readers/listeners to a "different, creative, dark, violent, and flat-out amazing" (All About Romance) world.

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.

Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood - even though his sister is married to a member - for he harbors a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their war against the lessers. As plots within and outside of the Brotherhood threaten to reveal the truth about Rehvenge, he turns to the only source of light in his darkening world: Ehlena, a vampire untouched by the corruption that has its hold on him - and the only thing standing between him and eternal destruction.

Listen to another Black Dagger Brotherhood chiller.
©2009 J. R. Ward (P)2009 Penguin

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loved the book!

this was an awesome audible! i have read the books but have to do audible now and i am really loving it! thanks JR Ward!

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Awesome,words cannot express

You just can't stop listening and reading JR. Ward.
Just simply masterful storytelling. With
Jim Frangione narrating, it's c'est magnifique!!!

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Awesome Series.Amazing Book

I really love this series and this book was really exciting and complex. Well done!

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Awesome book

Would you listen to Lover Avenged again? Why?

Yes very good story well read.

Have you listened to any of Jim Frangione’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes all the previous Black Dagger Brothers books. He is a very captivating narrator all books are worth a listen:)

If you could take any character from Lover Avenged out to dinner, who would it be and why?

John read the book and you will see why!

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I loved it.

This book was great! It sets up John Mathew’s book. It is more diverse as it covers more material. Five Fantastic Stars on this one!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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loving this series!

I couldn't put it down. It's a very good series, the narrator is great too.

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So happy we got back to Wrath and Beth, the brotherhood, and Rehvenge’s story was just WOW

This book was MUCH BETTER than the last 3…..,by far. It was a nail biter I couldn’t stop listening to whether it was about Wrath’s struggles with his blindness and keeping things from Beth, Rehvenge unexpectedly falling for the nurse Ehlena, secrets revealed, disgusting insects and abhorrent violence, all of it was spellbinding. Might be my favorite book yet in this series. And again the narrator is top notch.

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Best series that I have every read!

A must read for all in the Brotherhood series.

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As good as the others, but, the EDITING!! Geez!

Can you say William Shatner lives in whoever edited this performance? Everytime I expected, and frankly NEEDED a pause, there wasn't even a breath, just mow it on through... It made the performance sound stilted at times, rushed at others.

Otherwise, another great installment in the series.

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Terrific Book

Rehvenge has never been one of my favorite characters in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, so I was surprised that I liked this book so much. Rehv is dealing with a plot to kill Wrath, the on-going blackmail from the Symphath princess with the possibility of his symphath identity being revealed, and his love for Ehlena, a nurse at Havers' clinic. We learn a lot about Rehv and what makes him tick. The romance between him and Ehlena and the revelation that he is a Symphath is well-written and interesting.

Other stories are advanced, including Wrath & Beth, Tohr, and Xhex & John Matthew. I loved this story and I'm ready to read the next book in the series; but it looks like I'll have to wait a whole year. My rating: 5 Stars.

2023 Re-read: I'm re-reading the series, this time by audiobook. I'm surprised that I forgot so much of this story. So much happens in this book. Along with Rehv and Elena's romance, many story threads were advanced, setting up the next book in the series. As usual, Jim Frangione's narration was perfect for this series. My rating is still 5 Stars.

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