#1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Wardβs βinstantly addictiveβ* novels of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continue as an ally of the Brotherhood must face his own dark desires....
Butch OβNeal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living exβhomicide cop, heβs the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world. Heβs got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, an aristocratic beauty whoβs way out of his league. If he canβt have Marissa, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers.
Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, heβs found by a miracle, and the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back. But even her love may not be enough to save him.