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Plot Summary
With this fifth installment of the paranormal romance series Black Dagger Brotherhood, J.R. Ward continues to mesmerize her audience with these multi-layered tales of seductive vampires and immortal intrigue. In Lover Unbound, a murderous vampire Vishous lands in the care of, if not the embrace of, a human surgeon.
Cold and emotionless, Vishous has until this point only lived to avenge the death of his family. His childhood haunts him, and, as the son of a Bloodletter in his father's war camp, he plans revenge with an order of death to the vampire-hunting Lessening Society. That is, until the mortal doctor Jane Whitcomb tends to his wounds.
What begins as a healing on the physical plane soon extends its tender reach to soulful pleasures, that of which Vishous could have never before imagined.
J. R. Ward is the pen name for Jessica Rowley Pell Bird for her paranormal romance series. She uses her maiden name Jessica Bird for romance novels. Her relationship with writing began when she was a young girl, scribbling thoughts and musings in her diaries alongside short stories. Before she went to college, she wrote her first romance novel. Continuing to write during school, she majored in art history, concentrating on the medieval period. Later she received a law degree and was employed in healthcare administration. Once married, her husband encouraged her to publish her work. She enjoys writing series novels which tie together characters of previous stories.
"Although V got his happy ending (kind of, sort of) my heart still aches for him. So far he has fought harder and faced more barriers to happiness than any of the brothers. I loved that Jane was willing to give up all for him and accepted him for all that he was. And as much as unwanted to hate the Scribe Virgin, I understand now that she's as miserable as she deserves to be. Amazing story, writing, character development... It keeps getting better and better ! Moving on to Phury.."
— miss♥k (5 out of 5 stars)
Publisher Summary
New York Times best-selling author J. R. Ward has blown away fans with layered, titillating tales of sexy vampires and supernatural intrigue. Here, the son of a Bloodletter falls into the care-and possibly the arms-of a mortal surgeon. "The series [has] earned Ward an Anne Rice -style following, deservedly so."-Publishers Weekly
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Lover Unbound Listener Reviews
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James Hart, 12/24/2022
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Nancy Loucy, 4/22/2018
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" Oh my gosh! Cannot wait to read the next one. usually I get bored with a long series, but this one I LOVE! "
— Lisa, 2/20/2014 -
" This was a good one but I'm not sure I liked the ending. I definitely liked looking into V's past and I liked Jane as a person, her intelligence and courage refreshing compared to marissas weaker will "
— Keeley, 2/17/2014 -
" My favorite book. Why are all the hard ones to write my favourite ones to read? "
— Tricia, 2/17/2014 -
" OMG! This was awesome. I loved it and am so happy for Vischous. Vishous rocks. "
— Wendy, 2/7/2014 -
" One of the better books of the series. "
— Arienne, 1/17/2014 -
" Five stars, but for me books about Rhage and Zsadist were better. BUT i LOVE Jane, she is so sarcastic and just great! :-D And we can see that Vishous is good in the inside. :) "
— Maggie, 1/9/2014 -
" Book was great, loved the characters. "
— Sandi, 1/9/2014 -
" Another great book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series!! Can't wait to read Phury's story next!! :) "
— Kristi,, 1/1/2014 -
" Not my favorite BDB book... Honestly I had to push myself to even finish it. I just couldn't connect with V's story the way I did the previous books in the series. "
— Brandi, 12/9/2013 -
" ok I was a little hesitant with V's book. cause if the v/butch thing. but wow from start to finish u was enthralled. n Jane jumped off the page taking lead as my favorite female "
— *Earth, 12/3/2013 -
" Second fave in the series after Z. "
— Edna, 8/23/2013 -
" Seriously, these books just keep getting better and better!! "
— Alisha, 6/16/2013 -
" I so love VISHOUS!!!!! I don't know why but when I read vishious's story I was so caught up in it its my favotite among the rest I think Jane and vishous's relationship is so cute!!!! I soooooooo love them that is all I can say!! Oh! and I love the use of the word MINE!!!whenever he thinks of JANE!! "
— Edrillan, 5/28/2013 -
" I was just not feeling this one. So bored. Maybe it was just me. "
— Kristi, 3/29/2013 -
" Thank you JR Ward! I have lost many hours of sleep with these books! Love them! "
— Alexandra, 3/6/2013 -
" The ending of this one was a little weird..but I still enjoyed it. Onto book 6 :) "
— Megan, 9/5/2012 -
" weird ending. think I would have given four stars otherwise. definitely unconventional but should be interesting to see where this leads "
— Marcy, 6/17/2012 -
" Loved this one. It was great to see V find what he needed. "
— Kellie, 1/16/2012 -
" Not the best of the series. Vishous has too many issues for me. This one was way too dark and negative for me. "
— Monique, 8/28/2011 -
" after my nook died, and I had to wait for a new one, I finally finished the book today. Love it! "
— Brad, 7/23/2011 -
" Eh, I have to say V isn't my favorite character, and this book was my least favorite ending so far. That said, JR Ward is still the best plot lady in the business if you ask me! "
— Alverna, 7/19/2011 -
" I liked this story. I wasn't expecting the ending at all. I had read other's reviews on how Vishous was cheated out of a mate, but I don't think that is true. Not only that, but we discover more about Vishous and his bizarre past and why he has not been seeing the future. <br/> <br/> "
— Dorothy, 5/23/2011 -
" I didn't really like the ending. It was just too out there, which is really saying something in a vampire series. "
— Sara, 5/22/2011 -
" SPOILER ALERT: In my opinion, this is the best book of the series and I hate to admit this, but I compare the latest novels in the series to THIS book! It's just that good! Especially towards the ending when I actually got emotional while reading the shot scene. =P "
— D'mi, 5/19/2011 -
" I liked this one because AGAIN J.R Ward knows how to write a good book , But i hate the way things turned out. Even though they get to be together , it not how i want them together. Well Right now this is my least FAVE "
— Aylene, 5/15/2011 -
" Another recommend series to read if you like paranormal vamp books. It's one of those series that hard to put down! "
— Beckey, 5/15/2011 -
" Yeah, I'II have a piece of that any day. True? "
— Lily, 5/15/2011 -
" Vishous...love him and his BDSM ways! Jane's an intelligent woman that doesn't take any of his crap, which I thought was fantastic. "
— Heather, 5/14/2011 -
" My favorite brother.Very anxious to start this one... "
— Laura, 5/10/2011 -
" I really liked V's story but I was a little disappointed with the end. "
— Julie, 5/10/2011
About J. R. Ward
J. R. Ward is the author of more than forty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. There are more than fifteen million copies of her novels in print worldwide, and they have been published in more than two dozen countries around the world.
About Jim Frangione
Jim Frangione is an actor and audiobook narrator who won AudioFile magazine’s 2011 Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense for his reading of Philip Carter’s The Altar of Bones and Spencer Quinn’s To Fetch a Thief. He has won numerous Earphones Awards and has been was a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. His theater credits include the off-Broadway production of Scrambled Eggs and the New York premiere of David Mamet’s plays The Old Neighborhood, Romance, and Oleanna, in which he also performed with the national tour. His film and television appearances include Joy, Transamerica, Spartan, Heist, Brotherhood, The Unit, and Law & Order.