Fun use of non-sexual “penetration” and “ramifications.” Kudos for not using the word “length” all the time.

It was sooo much better than her early “Main character/Lesser/Main character/Lesser” format. Overall the Warden did a great job of balancing the main components of the BDB Series. Sorry, once one brings a new person in the room I want to say hi and ask how life has been! 😉 At times it felt like there were too many story lines going on (long setup with the ghost hunters- perhaps a separate novella?) and too many brief mention of other brothers. When fate intervenes, however, the two discover that love, like destiny, is inevitable between soul mates. Having already lost one lover to madness, she will not allow the male of worth to fall prey to the darkness of her twisted life.

Xhex, a symphath assassin, has long steeled herself against the attraction between her and John Matthew. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call up on both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was- or his true identity. John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. Long divided as a terrifying battleground for the vampires and their enemies, the city is home to a band of brothers born to defend their race: the warrior vampires of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. In the darkest corners of the night in Caldwell, New York, a conflict like no other rages.

Lover Mine by J.R. Ward