J.R. Ward discusses CROWN OF WAR AND SHADOW at BNUSQ

Schedule

Wed Jul 15 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Barnes & Noble | New York, NY

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B&N Union Square in New York City welcomes J.R. Ward to discuss CROWN OF WAR AND SHADOW on Wednesday, July 15th at 6PM.
About this Event

Join in New York City on Wednesday, July 15th at 6PM as we welcome author of #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, the Black Dagger Brotherhood, , for her romantasy debut, . In order to save the world from destruction, Sorrel must strike a deal with Merc, a mercenary with deadly secrets that just might be the undoing of them both.

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ABOUT :
An outcast burdened with a curse. A mercenary out for himself. A kingdom that must be saved.
In the deep, dark, dead of night, passions rise, and empires fall…
The Fulcrum is failing, and demons are slipping into the mortal world.
No one is safe.
Especially not Sorrel. An orphan and an outcast within the walls of her small village because of her mystical abilities. She wants to survive…and find somewhere she can call her true home. But Fate has other plans.
Sorrel has been chosen. Cursed.
She must cross the Badlands to return the Queen's crown and convince the fearsome female to save their world from destruction.
Well aware she’s no brave hero, Sorrel makes a dangerous deal with Merc, a brooding, commanding mercenary known only by his unscrupulous profession.
The deal? A night in his bed that she will never forget, in exchange for her safe passage.
But Merc has secrets of his own, and even though desire runs hot between them, adventure, danger, and betrayal lurk around every corner.
Crown of War and Shadow is the first book in the Kingdoms of the Compass series.
Crown of War and Shadow
*Forced proximity/Only one bed
*Chosen mates
*Dark mercenary
*Who did this to you?
*Touch her and die
*I'll die for you
*Hidden magic

ABOUT :

J.R. WARD is the author of more than sixty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, the Black Dagger Brotherhood. There are more than thirty million copies of Ward’s novels in print worldwide and they have been published in twenty-five different countries around the world.

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