Lover Awakened

#1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward s ferociously inventive series continues as the most fearsome member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood discovers just how tempting the night can be A former blood slave, Zsadist still bears the scars from a past filled with suffering and humiliation. Renowned for his unquenchable fury and sinister deeds, he is a savage feared by humans and vampires alike. Anger is his only companion, and terror is his only passion until he rescues a beautiful female from the evil Lessening Society. Bella is instantly entranced by the Brother s seething power. Except even as their desire for each other begins to overtake them, Zsadist s thirst for vengeance against her abductor drives him to the brink of madness. Now Bella must help her lover not only overcome the wounds of his tortured past, but find a future with her...