Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood #9) / J.R. Ward / 489 pgs

Payne, the twin sister of Brotherhood member, Vishous, suffers an injury that leaves her paralyzed.  Vishous, has to swallow his pride and reach out to his wife's ex-lover (and boss) Dr. Manuel Manello to ask him to help his sister.  Tempers and emotions run high which makes for an enjoyable read, as the reader can sit back and think, "yeah, at least my family life is not THAT messed-up-crazy".

Of Course! Payne and Dr. Manuel "hook up", and through Dr. Manny's "healing", Payne regains the ability to walk.  (now that is some kind of special healing!).  There is also a side story about a new group of villains that are entering into the series.  We shall see how this new threat plays out over the next few books.

Steamy, funny, and full of arguing, this was a fun read.  And although the healing through love bit was trite; I did find it refreshing that the characters Payne and Manny explored the possibility of living their lives with Payne remaining paralyzed.  The time Payne spends in her paralyzed state showed the reader that she can still carry on normal activities and relations and that she could be happy this way too.  

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