Posts Tagged With: Jim Frangione

Audio Review: Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward

Posted on January 19, 2016 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Lover Avenged
Author: J.R. Ward
Narrator: Jim Frangione
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #7
Hero/Heroine: Rehvenge/Ehlena
Genre: MF Paranormal
Length: 23 Hours, 6 Minutes
Publisher: Recorded Books
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Available at: Amazon and Audible
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Blurb: Caldwell, New York, has long been the battleground for the vampires and their enemies, the Lessening Society. It’s also where Rehvenge has staked out his turf as a drug lord and owner of a notorious night club that caters to the rich and heavily armed. His shadowy reputation is exactly why he’s approached to kill Wrath, the Blind King and leader of the Brotherhood.

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.
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Categories: Audio Review, M/F, Published Before 2010, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Abuse, audio book, disability, Drug Lord, Drug/Alcohol Use, Existing Characters, Grief, J.R. Ward, Jim Frangione, Kidnapping, Lover Avenged, MF, paranormal, Rape, Revenge, Series - Black Dagger Brotherhood, Shadows, The Blogger Girls, Undead, vampires, Violence | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward

Posted on January 14, 2016 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Lover Enshrined
Author: J.R. Ward
Narrator: Jim Frangione
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #6
Hero/Heroine: Phury/Cormia
Genre: MF Paranormal
Length: 17 Hours, 44 Minutes
Publisher: Recorded Books
Release Date: December 15, 2008
Available at: Amazon and Audible
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Blurb: Fiercely loyal to the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Phury has sacrificed himself for the good of the race, becoming the male responsible for keeping the Brotherhood’s bloodlines alive. As Primale of the Chosen, he is obligated to father the sons and daughters who will ensure that the traditions of the race survive, and that there are warriors to fight those who want all vampires extinguished.

As his first mate, the Chosen Cormia wants to win not only his body, but his heart for herself. She is drawn to the noble responsibility behind the emotionally scarred male. But Phury has never allowed himself to know pleasure or joy. As the war with the Lessening Society grows grim, tragedy looms over the Brotherhood’s mansion, and Phury must decide between duty and love….
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, M/F, Published Before 2010, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Usage, Angels, audio book, bisexual, Coming Out, drug addiction, Gay, J.R. Ward, Jim Frangione, Lover Enshrined, M/M, MF, Murder, paranormal, Reunited, Series - Black Dagger Brotherhood, Sexual Assault, The Blogger Girls, Undead, vampires, Violence, war | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward

Posted on January 9, 2016 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Lover Unbound
Author: J.R. Ward
Narrator: Jim Frangione
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #5
Hero/Heroine: Vishous/Jane
Genre: MF Paranormal
Length: 17 Hours, 25 Minuttes
Publisher: Recorded Books
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Available at: Amazon and Audible
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Blurb: 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 brilliant, Vishous, son of the Bloodletter, possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a pretrans growing up in his father’s war camp he was tormented and abused. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the battle with the Lessening Society. But when a mortal injury puts him in the care of human surgeon, Dr. Jane Whitcomb compels him to reveal his inner pain and taste true pleasure for the first time—until a destiny he didn’t choose takes him into a future that cannot include her…
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, M/F, Published Before 2010, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Alpha Males, audio book, BDSM, bisexual, Bonded, death, Doctor, Family Drama, Grief, J.R. Ward, Jim Frangione, Lover Unbound, MF, paranormal, Past Abuse, Series - Black Dagger Brotherhood, tattoos, The Blogger Girls, Undead, vampires, Violence | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward

Posted on January 8, 2016 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Lover Revealed
Author: J.R. Ward
Narrator: Jim Frangione
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #4
Hero/Heroine: Butch/Marissa
Genre: MF Paranormal
Length: 16 Hours, 19 Minutes
Publisher: Recorded Books
Release Date: September 24, 2009
Available at: Amazon and Audible
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Blurb: 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—to engage in the turf war with the lessers. 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. But even her love may not be enough to save him…
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, M/F, Published Before 2010, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Aristocrats, audio book, bisexual, Family Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Illness/injury, J.R. Ward, Jim Frangione, Lover Revealed, MF, paranormal, Series - Black Dagger Brotherhood, The Blogger Girls, Undead, vampires, Violence | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward

Posted on December 31, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

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Title: Lover Awakened
Author: J.R. Ward
Narrator: Jim Frangione
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #3
Hero/Heroine: Zsadist/Bella
Genre: MF Paranormal
Length: 15 hours, 13 minutes
Publisher: Recorded Books
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Available at: Amazon and Audible
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Blurb: In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other – six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Of these, Zsadist is the most terrifying member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood.

A former blood slave, the vampire Zsadist still bears the scars from a past filled with suffering and humiliation. Renowned for his unquenchable fury and sinister deeds, he is a savage feared by humans and vampires alike. Anger is his only companion, and terror is his only passion—until he rescues a beautiful aristocrat from the evil Lessening Society.

Bella is instantly entranced by the seething power Zsadist possesses. But even as their desire for one another begins to overtake them both, Zsadist’s thirst for vengeance against Bella’s tormentors drives him to the brink of madness. Now, Bella must help her lover overcome the wounds of his tortured past, and find a future with her…
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, M/F, Published Before 2010, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: audio book, Damaged Character, Existing Characters, Grief, Hurt/Comfort, J.R. Ward, jealousy, Jim Frangione, Lover Awakened, MF, paranormal, Past Abuse, Rape, Recorded Books, Separation, Series - Black Dagger Brotherhood, Sexual Abuse, The Blogger Girls, Twins, Undead, vampires, Violence | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Dark Lover by J.R. Ward

Posted on December 25, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Dark Lover
Author: J.R. Ward
Narrator: Jim Frangione
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood #1
Hero/Heroine: Wrath/Beth
Genre: MF Paranormal
Length: 13 Hours, 35 Minutes
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Available at: Amazon and Audible
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Blurb: 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 killing more than Wrath, the leader of The Black Dagger Brotherhood.

The only purebred vampire left on earth, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents centuries ago. But, when one of his most trusted fighters is killed-leaving his half-breed daughter unaware of his existence or her fate-Wrath must usher her into the world of the undead-a world of sensuality beyond her wildest dreams.

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