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The Story of Son

A Story of Dark Vampire Romance

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The Story of Son

By: J.R. Ward
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
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"Frangione's performance adds a deeply passionate element to the narration as Claire and Michael fall in love. Once again, Frangione gives a fine glimpse of J.R. Ward's paranormal world."- AudioFile

First released in the anthology Dead After Dark, dive into this hot novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward. Available for the first time ever as a standalone audiobook, get lost in the sinful pleasures of a vampire so obsessed with one woman, he will relinquish her blood, if only he can have her heart...

Held captive by a dark, seductive vampire with an unworldly hunger, the beautiful Claire Stroughton fears her life as a lawyer has irrevocably taken a turn for the worse. But when this deeply sensual—and highly dangerous—vampire convinces Claire that his desire for her is stronger than his lust for blood, she is compelled to give everything up to him, body and soul...in The Story of Son.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2015 J. R. Ward (P)2022 Macmillan Audio Fantasy Paranormal Paranormal & Urban Paranormal Romance Romance Fiction Heartfelt Vampires
Entertaining Storyline • Emotional Depth • Excellent Narration • Hilarious Moments • Passionate Romance • Happy Ending
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Enjoyable and a quick read!
The story line is truly a happy ever after sexy fairy tale!
It would of been good to explain where the butler came from and was he human at one time! Why his mother aged and why she treated her son badly!! Where was vampire dad!
This could of easily been a full length book!!

Quick read that had many holes

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such raw passion and power but yet tender. no sacrifice is too much. get ready!

Great love prevails evil.

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Although reminiscent of a BDB vampire this seems to be a complete stand-alone not associated with the series.
Those of us who read BDB and are familiar with Ward's vampires will find this an easy entertaining read with no need for a backstory. Others should enjoy it as well and may find it an interesting introduction to Ward's world.

Because of the nature of short stories, I find it hard to ever rate them more than 3.5 stars, but with this being an audible it gets an overall of 4.

Pretty good for a short story

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I hope this story is expounded on. Would like for the Brotherhood to find him and expose him to his vampire side.

Unique Novela

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The only thing I disliked was that it wasn't longer. I wanted more of these 2. I was hoping they'd run into the brotherhood. I wanted to know why the mother would allow this to happen to her son...I totally know it's a novella, but I'm greedy for another JR Ward masterpiece!

SO SWEET!

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JR’s characters and story were excellent as always. I wouldn’t have bought such a short book if I hadn’t already trusted the author.

So sweet, but so short!

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I've read all of her black Dagger Brotherhood series, and I just love her style of writing. She is an amazing writer. Jim Fragione is an outstanding narrator. I highly recommend reading any and all of her books.

JR Ward

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Please say there will be more Michael, Claire and let’s not forget about the kids in the distant near future!!! We need to know all about Michael’s past and how they could possibly be tied into the BDB series!

We need more!

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Too short, more please. Well worth the read. Great narrative and story. Please write more of Clare and Michael’s story!

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Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Heat Rating: 🔥🔥🔥
Narrator Performance: 🎧🎧🎧🎧

This novella by J.R. Ward was rather interesting. I quite enjoyed it although it leaves both the reader and characters with unanswered questions. That’s a bit disappointing. I had wished to learn more of Michael’s beginnings.

I love how the story ended. There was definitely a few twists that I wasn’t expecting.

As a long time reader of Ward’s I found this story a bit frustrating. It’s a vampire romance although it’s not part of her Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Or is it? The bulk of the story takes place in Caldwell NY which is where the BDB series is set. Plus Michael’s powers seem to be the same as the vampire powers in that world. However Michael himself is different than the vampires of that world and in fact would not be alive if he was a vampire from the BDB universe. Frankly? It’s just confusing.

Jim Frangione is one of the OG narrators of today’s age. He’s been around for a while now and is beloved by many. I’ve always liked his narration but he’s never been a favorite of mine. He doesn’t really do voices for the characters which is what I prefer. I found that this time around he had more pronunciation mistakes in his performance than usual.

Enjoyable yet Confusing

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