In this heart-pounding instalment in J. R. Ward's #1 New York Times bestselling series, a long-lost member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood finds true love-and evil incarnate-in Caldwell, NY.

Sahvage has been living under the radar for centuries-and he has every intention of staying "dead and buried." But when a civilian female sucks him into her dangerous battle with an evil as ancient as time, his protective side overrides his common sense.

Mae has lost everything, and desperation sets her on a collision course with fate. Determined to reverse a tragedy, she goes where mortals should fear to tread-and comes face-to-face with the Brotherhood's new enemy. She also discovers a love she never expected to find with Sahvage, but there can be no future for them.

Knowing they will part, the two band together to fight against what Mae unknowingly unleashed-as the Brotherhood closes in to reclaim one of their damned, and the evil vows to destroy them all. . . .

Praise for J. R. Ward:

'Utterly absorbing and deliciously erotic' Angela Knight

'Hot, sexy, unique, intriguingly wicked' Christine Feehan

'To die for' Suzanne Brockmann

'Wickedly sexy' Lisa Gardner

'Mesmerising' Lynn Viehl