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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 9, 2025

The aristocracy is making a run for the throne…

When Lyric goes out for the night, she’s not ready for a brush with death—and she’s really not ready for the male who comes out of nowhere and saves her. Her family, especially her father, Qhuinn, are so relieved she’s okay, but all she can think about is her mysterious savior.

Without telling anybody, she seeks out Devlin, and they are immediately drawn to one another. Her near-death experience has given her a fresh appreciation for life and the desire to live it to its fullest, but she has no idea that he’s hiding a secret—or that he could be the key to ending the war between the Black Dagger Brotherhood and the lessers forever.

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REVIEW:LOVER FORBIDDEN is the twenty-third instalment in JR Ward’s contemporary, adult BLACKDAGGER BROTHERHOOD paranormal, romance series focusing on a group of vampire warriors known as the Blackdagger Brotherhood, and their King Wrath, son of Wrath. This is Lyric, daughter of Quinn, Blay, the Chosen Layla, and her hellren Xcor, and Devlin aka Dev’s story line.LOVER FORBIDDEN can be read as a stand alone but I recommend some working knowledge of the series, especially the last few instalments for back story and cohesion.

Told from several omniscient third person perspectives including Lyric and Dev, LOVER FORBIDDEN follows several paths including the building but ultimately forbidden romance between our story line couple. Lyric is a popular social media influencer who has come to the decision she wants something more, but a stormy wintery night, finds our heroine rescued by the man with whom she will fall in love. Dev is struggling with a direction in life, and rescuing Lyric from a falling billboard finds our hero pulled into the aura that is our story line heroine but both Lyric and Dev keep secret about who and what they are, something that will eventually split our couple apart when secrets revealed threaten any possibility of a future together.

Meanwhile, LW aka Little Wrath, heir to the vampire throne is embattled in his own personal and private war. A near fatal injury finds Little Wrath rejecting the female who is hoping for a future with LW, but LW struggles with the possibility that his future is compromised, and no longer his own.

The Lessening Society, determined to eradicate the vampire hierarchy and take control, found themselves a new leader, a new Omega, and with it, but ultimately the same target. The Omega is using the vampire aristocracy in his war against the people in charge, a war Lash and Devina’s story continues to build since their relationship jump off in LASSITER, wherein the vampire and demon’s fight for power is only the beginning.

The complex world building focuses on the second generation of vampire warriors, sons and daughters of the Blackdagger Brotherhood. Expected to follow in their parents’ footsteps, a different future may await as life changes set each on a different path.

There is another large ensemble cast of colorful, familiar and powerful secondary and supporting characters including many of the original BDB vampires, their shellans, and hellrens, and second generation vampires and warriors.

LOVER FORBIDDEN is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, acceptance and love. The premise is detailed, dramatic and edgy; the romance is fated but struggles in the face of perceived betrayal and revelations of heartbreak and lies; the characters are numerous, charismatic and energetic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

J.R. Ward is the author of over thirty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood. There are more than 15 million copies of Ward’s novels in print worldwide and they have been published in 25 different countries around the world.

After graduating from law school, Ward 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. She lives in the south with her incredibly supportive husband and her beloved golden retriever. 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.

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