A Bloom in Winter
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4.6 • 8 Ratings
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- $24.99
Publisher Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward brings the heat in the depths of winter with another sizzling Black Dagger Brotherhood holiday book!
For his entire life, and especially during his century in the prison camp, Apex never believed the bonded-male vampire myths. But when he crossed paths with a sexy wolven, the assassin was done being a lone wolf himself. Tragically, fate had other plans for them, and in the decades since, the world has held little interest—and even less warmth—for him.
He has never forgotten the male, however...
Even after all this time, Callum remains haunted by the horrible abduction that destroyed him down to his marrow those many years ago. Living as a loner, drifting from place to place, the wolven has finally returned to upstate New York—and he is not expecting to see the vampire who has always been on his mind.
As a plot to overthrow the King threatens the Brothers down in Caldwell, Apex and Callum find themselves face to face—and caught up in a deadly, treasonous plot. Can two lonely, lost souls find a way back to each other...or will destiny once again condemn their hearts to cold isolation?
Customer Reviews
Dramatic, captivating, entertaining
A BLOOM IN WINTER by JR Ward is an adult, paranormal, romance story line set in the author’s Black Dagger Brotherhood World.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from several omniscient third person perspectives A BLOOM IN WINTER, following two time lines and several intersecting pathways includes a plot to take down Wrath the Blind King, and the Black Dagger Brotherhood. Mahricelle ‘Mahrci’ Whestmorel is in seclusion, hiding in her family’s summer home Camp Ghreylke, in the wake of an arranged mating she does not want. Her father has sent his head of security, vampire Apex, and his assistant Mayhem, to set up a new security system, in an effort to retrieve his wayward daughter, and bring her home. Mayhem finds himself pulled into the aura that is our story line heroine, a woman who is struggling in the face of potential betrayal.
Meanwhile, Apex comes face to face with his past, a male he once loved, a male who continues to struggle with the demons from years before. Enter Wolven Callum, the male Apex thought he had lost. As each couple dances with their attraction to their significant others, the BDB begin an investigation into the murder of a once prominent member of the original Glymera, a society of rich vampires who appear to be on the rise, taking aim at Wrath and the Black Dagger Brotherhood.
A BLOOM IN WINTER is a story of a building betrayal, one developing relationship, and a rekindling romance. Mayhem has fallen for a female promised to someone else; Apex struggles with his attraction to a male who is too broken to let go of the past. The relationship between Mayhem and Mahrci is one of immediate attraction but Mayhem’s time at the Whestmorel summer residence is limited, and Mahrci is biding her time before she has to run again. Apex stood by Callum thirty years earlier, in the wake of Callum’s torture and abuse at the Wolven prison camp but Callum ran, and Apex has been hoping for the male’s return. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate and intense.
The dynamic secondary and supporting characters include several members of the BDB including Wrath, Tohr, V,, Rhage, Qhuinn, and Saxton. We are quickly introduced to Sympath Blade, Mahrci’s ex Remis, and her father Whestmorel.
A BLOOM IN WINTER is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, greed and obsession, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, entertaining and captivating; the romances are fated and impassioned; the characters are determined and charismatic.