Lover mine. [Bk. 8] : a novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

Return to the seductive—and dangerous—world of J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood as the fever rises in the war between the vampires and slayers...John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was—or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call up on both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate...and rescue his one true love. John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was- or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war, he will need to call up on both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate. Xhex, a symphath assassin, has long steeled herself against the attraction between her and John Matthew. Having already lost one lover to madness, she will not allow the male of worth to fall prey to the darkness of her twisted life. When fate intervenes, however, the two discover that love, like destiny, is inevitable between soul mates. In The Shadows Of The Night In Caldwell, New York, There's A Deadly War Raging Between Vampires And Their Slayers. And There Exists A Secret Band Of Brothers Like No Other - Vampire Warriors, Defenders Of Their Race ... John Matthew Has Been Through His Vampire Transition And Taken To The Life Of The Brotherhood With A Vengeance, But He Still Can't Shake The Nightmare Of His Past And Is Unsure Of His Future As A Warrior Hero. He's Made A Promise To Honour The Brotherhood And Their Fight With The Slayers At All Costs, Until The Love Of His Life Is Kidnapped And He Is Forced To Make A Choice That Could Change His Life And The Brotherhood's Forever ... J.r. Ward. JOHN MATTHEW HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE HE WAS found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown to himself and to those around him. After he was taken in by the Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was -- or his true identity. Indeed, the fallen Brother Darius has returned, but with a different face and a very different destiny. As a vicious personal vendetta takes John into the heart of the war between vampires and their enemies, he will need to call upon both who he is now and who he once was in order to face off against evil incarnate -- and rescue his one true love. Newly made vampire John Matthew vows to free his mate, the symphath Xhexania, from Lash, a paranoid coke addict who's transmuting into a nontemporal entity like his vampire-killer father, the Omega. Once freed, Xhexania joins the Brothers in battling the Omega, but refuses to acknowledge her emotional connection to John. Meanwhile, sexually promiscuous Qhuinn, shockingly jealous of his cousin Saxton's new lover, wonders whether he should have seduced Saxton when he had the chance EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The hot new novel in the Black Dagger Brotherhood by the #1 *New York Times* bestselling author ** John Matthew has come a long way since he was found living among humans, his vampire nature unknown. Taken in by The Brotherhood, no one could guess what his true history was-or his true identity. Xhex has long steeled herself against the attraction to John Matthew. Until fate intervenes and she discovers that love, like destiny, is inevitable. John Matthew, having learned of his true vampire nature, is drawn into a war as one of the Brotherhood while Xhex, a "sympath" assassin, struggles against her attraction to John while destiny brings them together