A Bloom in Winter

By: J.R. Ward

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Another sexy, high-stakes holiday spinoff installment of the New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Nothing warms a cold heart like true love, and in this newest Black Dagger Brotherhood winter book, a fighter who has never been a savior finds himself falling in love—and trying to rescue—a male who’s lost all hope.

With the BDB training center reopening, and the Brothers looking to add more soldiers in the war against the Lessening Society, fan favorite Callum decides to find his purpose in fighting. Apex knows what suffering the male has survived, and he joins the program just to make sure Callum doesn’t get himself killed. As the two hit the streets, and the danger gets real, Callum must decide whether he can open himself up to love or if he will give in to his inner darkness and spiral down into an abyss of hatred and death...forever.

©2024 J.R. Ward (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

Another home run :)

The continuation of the BD series. Got a bit of updates on our favorite characters.

Apex and Callum 🩷🩷🩷🩷

There is nothing like a true love BL book.
I absolutely adored Apex from day first prison camp - the Jackal. Upon meeting Callum in the Wolf you could tell it would be a thing between them and gosh JR didn’t disappoint. I loved how honest, real and connected Apex felt, his patience his complete love for Callum. Just another hit out the park and amazing narration as expected from Jim.
No one else can read her books lol 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

Apex & Callum

❤️ Apex & Callum’s their Story … it ended way too soon.. Mayhem & Marisol’s story needed more details about Mayhem.. who is He?
BDB should never been a side note .. MORE 💕🔥

On point!

The overall story, the romance all enhance by the narrator! Immensely enjoyable!! I highly recommend this entire series!

So good!

OMG so good! JR Ward is a genius! I loved this story! Can’t wait for more!

🥰

It's as good as all the rest. I love the storyline. The now and then. The blind king scares me and I'm only listening.

🌻Much better than the last book🌻

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻V from Kansas🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

This book is a bridge between the original BDB series and the Prison Camp series. There are two relationships explored, in this book, Callum(the Wolven) and Apex and Mayham and a new female character.

Callum and Apex’s story started in the Prison Camp series. Callum had be physically and sexually abused, and nearly died, at the hands of the woman who ran the Prison. Apex stays at Callum’s side during Callum’s recovery, however, when Apex is gone one day, Callum disappears without a word. This book start thirty years after that event when they stumble across each other, again.

Although this book does not have the long, detailed courtship of the early novels, this book seems complete, where the previous did not.

The enemy is not Lessors, this time, but rather the new glimmera that has formed.

I was glad to finally experience the resolution of Callum and Apex’s story.

With that being said, I was very confused with the author’s summary. The summary did not describe this book, at all?

Perfect as always

JR Ward delivers a HEA like no other, this book is no exception. With heaps of action, drama and love, sprinkled with humor and wonder, a JR Ward book is always going to be on my pre order.

wow.

absolutely loved this. another great chapter in the BDB world. loved the characters highlighted in this story.

Goodness, I So Needed This!

What beautiful gifts this author and this narrator are to their many devotees. I am certainly one. If you're new to J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood, welcome! I suggest starting with Darius or Dark Lover and journey through until you reach Bloom in Winter. If you've made the BDB trip through over 20 exciting novels, you will certainly adore Bloom in Winter. It connects the wolven and vampire worlds and gives the readers two couples to follow and enjoy. It is also a joy to listen to the ever talented Jim Frangione. It is a treat that Audible releases his version on the same release day as the Kindle version. When it comes to the Black Dagger Brotherhood, I must have both versions! In this time, when so many of us could really use an exciting and lovely escape, the autumn release of Bloom in Winter truly warms the heart. Thanks you to J. R. Ward and Jim Frangione. I really needed this! Sigh...