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Fourth in the Black Dagger Brotherhood paranormal-romance series set in upper state New York.

In 2008, Lover Revealed won the RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Paranormal Romance.

My Take
Oh this is so good! I love all the comeuppance that crops up all over the place in Lover Revealed! YES!

Two of my very favorite things about this series is Ward's use of language in the brothers' dialog. It's unique and consistent. The second is the loyalty and friendship amongst them. Considering who and what they are, they are actually good role models.

Of course, I also enjoy all that testosterone and hunky description…when is some TV producer gonna discover the Brotherhood anyway!??!

The Story
Butch is at a crisis point in his life. Marissa doesn't want him. And, to be fair, he is so far out of her league…heck, he's out of the brothers' league. He can't even fight alongside them. He isn't pulling his weight. About the only skill he seems to have kept is the drinking. Lots and lots of drinking at ZeroSum, the Reverend's place. Marissa is at the same crossroads. Butch doesn't love her. Her life is empty with the aristocracy to which she belongs looking anywhere but at her, shunning her.

Until the night Butch is kidnapped, tortured, and booby-trapped. All that keeps him alive is Marissa's presence and V's hand. Even that isn't enough until the brothers discover just what has been done to Butch. Then they discover the Lesser prophecy…

The Cover
The cover continues the metallic sheen of previous covers. I do love the pose. It feels so very Butch and Marissa. Nice job!

ravenrayless's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

samanthaweigt's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5

yodamom's review against another edition

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4.0

Oh, This was fantastic, I was not really looking forward to reading about Butch. Not my favorite in past books, but boy did she pull out his charater ! Oh V !!!!! He is down right hot in this, true ? Love the tie to him and Butch, light and dark in a new way. Can't wait to read V's story.

chelsiemarie1218's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Kindle - such an emotional train wreck Marissa and Butch have such a great relationship

can’t believe Butch is blood of wrath but makes sense why wrath made so many concessions for him in book 1. And of course the other brothers shellan’s would talk sense into Marrisa. She not the first or last to love a brother.

so many years while reading this book.

theluminarylibrary's review

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

ddog8's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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