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  • A Black Dagger Brotherhood Love Story
  • Written by: J.R. Ward
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (71 ratings)

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Darius

Written by: J.R. Ward
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
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Publisher's Summary

#1 New York Times bestseller J.R. Ward shares the powerful star-crossed love story of fan favorite, and original member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Darius.

Darius, son of Marklon, isn’t looking for love the night destiny comes to claim him. He’s also not interested in crashing his new car. But when a human woman runs out into the road and he must swerve to avoid killing her...everything goes off course.

Disillusioned by his King’s lack of leadership and the losses in the war against the Lessening Society, Darius finds purpose in protecting a woman he cannot make his own. Love finds a way, however—until the truth of what he is comes out and she leaves him in horror.

Unbeknownst to them both, Anne is carrying his young, a female who is destined to be Queen—and after a tragic reunion, he vows to protect their daughter. Resigned to perpetual sadness, he is determined to serve the memory of his beloved no matter the cost...unless by some miracle, fate sees fit to once again bring them together.

©2022 Love Conquers All, Inc. All rights reserved. (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

What the critics say

"Narrator Jim Frangione returns the listener to the vampire world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Frangione brings edginess to his performance. In the past, before the other vampires found happiness, vampire Darius encountered a human named Anne when he accidentally hit her with his car. His world was changed forever. Frangione expresses the happiness Darius now feels as he comes to realize that Anne is his fated mate. This is in stark contrast to how he feels when he loses her, scenes that Frangione delivers with all of Darius’s grief and anguish. Adding depth to the narration, Darius's butler, Fritz, is given a helpful tone that demonstrates his eagerness to please. Listeners will enjoy this glimpse of Darius’s world."AudioFile Magazine

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incredible

absolutely amazing. brought to tears. just incredible. one of the best in the series

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Great Character Origin

Story about one of the main characters that was killed but living in secret. Great love story. You know how it will conclude but it’s still one that will make you misty eyed.

Performance was really good. There were times it was very difficult to distinguish which character was talking as the voices created were too close. Always difficult to have a guys voice for a female, would be great if could collaborate to have a female voice over. It’s one main reason why I don’t normally do audio books as it takes you out of the story. Otherwise it’s easy to listen too.

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Loved it!

I finished it in one day. I love Darius so much! I loved a prequel with some insight into his life. the ending gave me so many feels! prequels are awesome. It would be great to read about when the mansion they live in now was being built.

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Best Character Conclusion!

Learn the (extremely happy) ending to Darius story! Great performance and a total tear jerker.

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J.R.Ward never disappoints

loved it!. Finally got to hear his story. i named my cat after him. J.R.Ward never stop writing about the boys. I always look forward to reading about them.

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BDB never gets old.

J.R Ward does it again! As she always does. I need say no more. Thanks.

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Amazing

i debated this book for weeks, read the reviews, continued to debate. Finially i just did. it wasn't exactly what I expected, but it answered questions I had and couple I didn't know i had.

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Good reading

Could be excellent if it was done with a female and male voices. Loved the story and the final closure it gave

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Prequel

DO NOT listen to this book (# 0.5) till you have finished the black dagger brotherhood series and the black dagger legacy series.
It is about Darius; but would be very confusing and ruin the story line.
I loved this book, Jim Frangione reads all J R Ward novels and he is fantastic. Also J R Ward is an amazing author. Highly recommend.

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Me, it's fine.

I've been reading JR Ward books since 2006, I pre-order them at this point. I was skeptical of this story and I wish I hadn't spent the credit. Nothing amazing happened that you don't already know, and if the "new" character that she threw in there is who I think he will turn out to be, then we didn't need this intro of him, he's been a slow burn secret since Lover Revealed. Still better than Lover Reborn, but at least that had plot movement. Still love the writing and Jim Frangione is amazing as always. These wouldn't be the same without him.

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