J. R. Ward
Born 1969
Jessica Rowley Pell Bird was born on 1969 in Massachusetts, USA. She is the daughter of Maxine F. and W. Gillette Bird, Jr. She began writing as a child, penning her thoughts in diaries as well as inventing short stories. She read her first Harlequin Presents novel in a rose garden when she was in her teens. She was hooked immediately. By the time she went to college, she had boxes and boxes of Harlequins and Silhouettes. Every year, her mother would ask why all those books had to live in the house and Jess would reply that if even one of them disappeared she would know. (She'd catalogued them.)
Jess finished her first romance manuscript the summer before her freshman year of college. She attended Smith College and graduated with a double major in history and art history. She then received a law degree from Albany Law School. Shortly after that, she began working in the healthcare industry in Boston. She spent many years as one of the premier medical center’s Chief of Staff. While working as a lawyer in Boston, she completed two novels more and started a number of partials. In 2001, Bird married John Neville Blakemore III. Both her mother and her new husband kept telling her to send something in to an agent, a publisher, the Tooth Fairy, anyone. She thought they were nuts, but eventually got her nerve up and bought a lot of stamps. Since getting published, she has written contemporary romances as Jessica Bird and paranormal romances as J. R. Ward.
Books by J. R. Ward in order
Books by J. R. Ward in the order they were published, from Dark Lover (2005) to Wolf (2021).
- 1Dark Lover
Dark Lover2005 - 2Lover Awakened
Lover Awakened2006 - 3Lover Eternal
Lover Eternal2006 - 4A Man In A Million
A Man In A Million2007 - 5Lover Revealed
Lover Revealed2007 - 6Lover Unbound
Lover Unbound2007 - 7The Billionaire Next Door
The Billionaire Next Door2007 - 8Lover Enshrined
Lover Enshrined2008 - 9The Black Dagger Brotherhood
The Black Dagger Brotherhood2008 - 10Covet
Covet2009 - 11Lover Avenged
Lover Avenged2009 - 12Lover Mine
Lover Mine2010 - 13Lover Unleashed : A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
Lover Unleashed : A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood2011 - 14Lover Reborn
Lover Reborn2012 - 15Lover At Last
Lover At Last2013 - 16Blood Kiss C
Blood Kiss C2015 - 17Blood Vow
Blood Vow2016 - 18The Beast
The Beast2016 - 19Blood Fury
Blood Fury2017 - 20The Chosen
The Chosen2017 - 21The Savior
The Savior2019 - 22Wolf
Wolf2021 - 23Lover At Last A Novel Of The Black Dagger Brotherhood
Lover At Last A Novel Of The Black Dagger Brotherhood - 24The Shadows
The Shadows