Review: The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward

The Bourbon Kings #1

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood delivers the first novel in an enthralling new series set amid the shifting dynamics of a Southern family defined by wealth and privilege—and compromised by secrets, deceit, and scandal....

For generations, the Bradford family has worn the mantle of kings of the bourbon capital of the world. Their sustained wealth has afforded them prestige and privilege—as well as a hard-won division of class on their sprawling estate, Easterly. Upstairs, a dynasty that by all appearances plays by the rules of good fortune and good taste. Downstairs, the staff who work tirelessly to maintain the impeccable Bradford facade. And never the twain shall meet.

For Lizzie King, Easterly’s head gardener, crossing that divide nearly ruined her life. Falling in love with Tulane, the prodigal son of the bourbon dynasty, was nothing that she intended or wanted—and their bitter breakup only served to prove her instincts were right. Now, after two years of staying away, Tulane is finally coming home again, and he is bringing the past with him. No one will be left unmarked: not Tulane’s beautiful and ruthless wife; not his older brother, whose bitterness and bad blood know no bounds; and especially not the ironfisted Bradford patriarch, a man with few morals, fewer scruples, and many, many terrible secrets.

As family tensions—professional and intimately private—ignite, Easterly and all its inhabitants are thrown into the grips of an irrevocable transformation, and only the cunning will survive.

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Leave it to JR Ward to deliver an epic saga and leave you yearning for more! I can't wait for more!  I need more!  Forget Dallas, this bunch have set a new bar for epic family sagas.  JR. Ward will surprise and shock you from begin to end of this book.  You think you know what's going to happen, but you have no idea.  Tortured characters leave you with lingering thoughts of what may come.  A must read. 

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Publisher: NAL

Pub Date: July 28, 2015

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The Angel's Share (The Bourbon Kings #2)
Expected publication: 2016

This Title was purchased by RA