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Ali Hazelwood
The King: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
by J.R. Ward
About this book
J.R. Ward's 1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood continues as a royal bloodline is compromised by a grave threat to the throne.
Long live the King…
After turning his back on the throne for centuries, Wrath, son of Wrath, finally assumed his father’s mantle--with the help of his beloved mate. But the crown sets heavily on his head. As the war with the Lessening Society rages on, and the threat from the Band of Bastards truly hits home, he is forced to make choices that put everything--and everyone--at risk.
Beth Randall thought she knew what she was getting into when she mated the last pure blooded vampire on the planet: An easy ride was not it. But when she decides she wants a child, she’s unprepared for Wrath’s response--or the distance it creates between them.
The question is, will true love win out... or tortured legacy take over?
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B00HX1BXR8
Reader Reviews
April 1, 2014
I have had my kindle for two years now, have over twelve hundred books on it, and have read over a thousand of them. I have never before written a review, and I would not have bothered to write this one had not the idiocy of the other reviews (8 posted at the time of this writing) sent me over the edge. I'm selfish, I guess, because I do rely on reviews when choosing a book to purchase, and don't offer my own in return. However, the quality of the review itself is far more important to me than...
April 18, 2014
The King. Pretty self explanatory. I was super excited to start this book. We get to go back! Wrath hasn't had his own book since the very first one. We see bits and pieces, of course, of him and Beth but a whole book? Yay! My poor beautiful blind king. He has had some hard times. He never did want to be king. That's what his father was good at. Him? He was always good at being a brother and kicking ass. But now that there is dissent and his place as King is being threatened? He has the chance...
August 5, 2016
FINAL DECISION: I loved this book. Returning to the beginning, Ward revisits the story of Wrath, king of the vampires, and his shellan/wife Beth. I loved these characters when I read DARK LOVER and I loved that their story continues to evolve. I especially loved that the guts of this story began and ended in this book. THE STORY: After being together for two years, Beth desperately wants a child with her husband Wrath. Wrath, however, intends never to have children not wanting to sentence them...
April 7, 2014
Rating: A- Enjoyed A Lot Originally posted at That's What I'm Talking About JR Ward’s twelfth endeavor in her extremely popular Black Dagger Brotherhood, The King, is the ambitious tale covering the lives of several key characters: most notably Vampire King Wrath and his lovely Queen, Beth. The pair was the focus of the first book, Dark Lover, and they have played central rolls in a number of the subsequent stories. However, this time around we get up close with Wrath and Beth as they deal with...
April 9, 2014
I've got to be honest. I was losing faith in The Warden. The last few books in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series just didn't seem to have the same spark as those that came earlier. It seems as if ever since the new baddies on the block, the Band of Bastards (or, BOB), hit the scene, the story lines seemed to multiply and fragment, which detracted from the main Brother we were supposed to be focusing on. After reading The King, though, it truly felt like the magic was back. After trying,...
