Lover Unbound ~ J. R. Ward

This is the fifth book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, This book takes place about 2 weeks after the previous novel.

Vishous has been having nightmares, he keeps seeing himself being shot. It is the only vision he has had in ages. While he is out hunting Lessers one night he is shot in the chest and ends up in a human emergency room, where he is operated on by a human surgeon. As his brothers are rescuing him from the recovery room, V has his first vision in ages, Jane, the surgeon must go with them.
Jane quickly realizes that V is very different. She is unsure what to do about it. But she feels she must do something.

Lover Revealed ~ J. R. Ward

This is the fourth book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, This book takes place about 3 months after the previous novel.

Butch has been living with the Brotherhood for almost a year, since Beth was mated to Wrath, He feels like he has finally found his family. The only problem is Marissa, he has been trying for months to see her again, and finally given up. He has decided that if she wants nothing to do with him, he will have nothing to do with her. Until he is captured by the Lesser, and tortured, and as he tries to recover the damage the Lesser did to him, he discovers that she wasn't avoiding him, she had no clue he ad been trying to see him. Now, how does a vampire woman mate to a human male, but is he really human?

Lover Awakened ~ J. R. Ward

This is the third book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, This book takes place about 6 weeks after the previous novel.

Bella has been captured by the Lesser, the group of men dedicated to hunting down and killing the vampire race. She has been missing for 6 weeks, and given up for dead by most. Except Zsadist, he just can't manage to give up, he is also determined to avenge her. When suddenly she is found alive, Zsadist will not allow anyone else to care for her, even if it means facing some of his own demons at the same time.

Lover Eternal ~ J. R. Ward

This is the Second book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, it takes place only a few months after the first novel. Mary has made a life for herself since her lukemia went into remission, only now, it appears it is back, and just as she meets Rhage. Rhage is a member of the Brotherhood, who over a hundred years ago was cursed, and now carries a beast with him at all times. Rhage is terrified that the beast will kill someone he cares for, whether one of his brothers or Mary. Between the two of them can they manage to tame the beast?

Dark Lover ~ J. R. Ward

This is the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Beth is a reporter in a small town in New York, Wrath is the leader of the group of men who are charged with protecting the small group of vampires who live in the area. The time approaches when Beth will go through the transition, and her father, whom she has never met, asks Wrath to see her through it, shortly before he is murdered. Though Wrath had refused, now that her father is dead, he feels he needs to do this favor for him now.