In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Now, an ally of the Black Dagger Brotherhood will face the challenge of his life and the evil of the ages. Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard living, ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world - to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. If he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers...Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, found by a miracle, the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back, though even her love may not be enough to save him...
For those unfamiliar with the Black Dagger Brotherhood world vampires live unknown among humans. Within the vampire race, the Brotherhood, sworn to protect humans and vampires alike from the Omega and his group of vampires known as the Lessers. Few people know about the vampires, and ex-homicide detective Butch O'Neal is one of them. In fact, he lives with them. Butch has been in love with Marissa, a vampire aristocrat since almost the beginning, but interference and miscommunication have kept them apart. In Lover Revealed we finally get their story.
Ward once again gives us multiple perspectives from those of the Lessers, Butch, Marissa, John a young deaf man born with the mark, and from others in the brotherhood. While the heart of the story is the romance, we still get plenty of plot advancement in the fight against evil. The Omega is searching for the one of prophecy and causes some series problems for Butch and the brothers. We got to know Vishous better, and I wanted to give this dark vampire a hug. Despite his internal struggles, he is there for Butch making him a stand-up guy even if at times he made me shiver. I am looking forward to his story.
Both Marissa and Butch transform in Lover Revealed. We see growth, acceptance and discovery for both. Marissa comes into her own through help from the Queen and King. Butch who struggles with alcohol and a sense of not belonging finally puts down some roots. Their romance and developments provided plenty of emotions as I read which included anger, fear, laughter and a few swoons. I did want to slap them both on the back of the head a time or two, but friends intervened. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Book Reviewer
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