Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 3)

#1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward’s wildly erotic and 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...

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• Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4)
• Lover Unbound (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 5)
• Lover Enshrined (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 6)
• Dark Lover: The First Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
• Lover Avenged (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 7)
• Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 8)
• Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 9)
• Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
• Lover At Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood)