Lover Unbound

If you have not yet discovered J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood, run, baby, run, and find Lover Unbound. The incredibly popular series chronicles a world of humans, vampires and the enemies of the vampires, the lessers. Born to hunt the lessers are the members of the Brotherhood. This fifth installment revolves around the ruthless, brilliant Brotherhood member Vishous, or V. Tortured as a child, and tortured now with longings for one he cannot have, V vents his energy in extreme sexual practices and is sure he cannot find pleasure any other way. When the Scribe Virgin appears and gives V an extraordinary bit of information about himself, the brooding vampire gets himself entangled in a fight, and awakens in the hands of human surgeon Dr. Jane Whitlow. V is instantly possessive of the spare, unbeautiful Jane, and even though there is no place for her in his destiny, he kidnaps her. Very sexy, very intense and deliciously over the top, V is an absolutely absorbing alpha male character. It isn't necessary to read the previous books to dive into Ward's intricately imagined world. Just walk right in, sit right down and let yourself be blown away.

In addition to her women's fiction, Barbara Samuel writes romances as Ruth Wind for Silhouette. Miranda's Revenge, the third book in a trilogy, is now available.