AUGUST 2020 - AudioFile
This audiobook starts off with a car accident—Nyx hits a young vampire in the road. As a result of the accident, Nyx learns the location of an underground prison where she believes her sister is wrongly imprisoned for murder. Tension mounts as she goes to find her sister and encounters the Jackal, who helps her with her quest. Narrator Jim Frangione gives the Jackal a deeply masculine pitch that matches his description. He voices Nyx as being fully capable of handling herself yet gives her believable vulnerability when the occasion requires it. This fantasy romance offers a roller coaster ride of passion and suspense. S.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
Publishers Weekly
06/29/2020
Ward spins off her long-running Black Dagger universe in this first Black Dagger Brotherhood: Prison Camp paranormal romance, a sultry dive into the depths of the glymera’s prison system. Fifty years ago, the glymera, vampire aristocracy, condemned Nyx’s sister Janelle to a top-secret, underground prison for a crime she did not commit, leaving Nyx determined to free her. After she finds the entrance to the prison camp, she quickly gets in over her head while trying to navigate its labyrinthine halls and avoid its brutal guards—until she meets the Jackal, a handsome fighter who’s been imprisoned for over a century. Against his better judgment, the Jackal’s drawn to the quarrelsome, alluring Nyx and agrees to help her. When their plan to find Janelle goes horribly awry, Nyx is trapped underground and forced to fight for her freedom—and freedom for the man she’s grown to love. Though newcomers to the universe may find it difficult to keep up with its many supernatural rules, an extensive glossary helps make sense of things, and the fiery repartee between the couple keeps the pages turning. This spicy new chapter is sure to delight Ward’s longtime fans. Agent: Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (Aug.)
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Praise for The Jackal
“[A] sultry dive into the depths of the glymera’s prison system...the fiery repartee between the couple keeps the pages turning. This spicy new chapter is sure to delight Ward’s longtime fans.” —Publishers Weekly
“The latest expansion of Ward’s elaborate world builds on its own mythology while introducing new characters and revisiting old favorites. A must-read for fans of this long-running series, and an accessible jumping-on point for newcomers.” —Library Journal
“Everything Ward brings here is big—the danger, the plot twists, the feelings, the secret prison hot springs—so the over-the-top, happily-ever-after ending fits right in. Plus, the involvement of one of the Brothers will thrill series fans, who will clamor for more.” —Booklist
Library Journal
08/01/2020
Ward's latest is both a continuation of her "Black Dagger Brotherhood" spin-off "Black Dagger Legacy" subseries (Blood Truth), and the start of a new line of stories and characters in the "Black Dagger Brotherhood Prison Camp" series. Nyx is on a rescue mission to save her sister, and to right what she believes to be a grave injustice. After decades, a random accident gives her the first clue to her sister's whereabouts. Nyx sets off on her mission and is soon in a prison camp with others of her kind. She meets the Jackal almost immediately and is drawn to his bizarre story and how he stays incarcerated seemingly by choice. VERDICT The latest expansion of Ward's elaborate world builds on its own mythology while introducing new characters and revisiting old favorites. A must-read for fans of this long-running series, and an accessible jumping-on point for newcomers.—Claire Brown, Red Deer P.L., Alberta, Canada
AUGUST 2020 - AudioFile
This audiobook starts off with a car accident—Nyx hits a young vampire in the road. As a result of the accident, Nyx learns the location of an underground prison where she believes her sister is wrongly imprisoned for murder. Tension mounts as she goes to find her sister and encounters the Jackal, who helps her with her quest. Narrator Jim Frangione gives the Jackal a deeply masculine pitch that matches his description. He voices Nyx as being fully capable of handling herself yet gives her believable vulnerability when the occasion requires it. This fantasy romance offers a roller coaster ride of passion and suspense. S.B. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
