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The bestselling author J.R. Ward delivers the first novel in a new spin-off series featuring the recruits to the Black Dagger Brotherhood--where romance is high and the stakes are even higher.

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The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in this gripping spin-off series from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.

Paradise, blooded daughter of the king´s First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood´s training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself...be herself. It´s a good plan, until everything goes wrong. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies, and it´s very clear that the Brother in charge, Butch O´Neal, a.k.a. the Dhestroyer, is having serious problems in his own life.

And that´s before she falls in love with a fellow classmate. Craeg, a common civilian, is nothing her father would ever want for her, but everything she could ask for in a male. As an act of violence threatens to tear apart the entire program, and the erotic pull between them grows irresistible, Paradise is tested in ways she never anticipated--and left wondering whether she´s strong enough to claim her own power...on the field, and off.

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Praise for the Novels of the Black Dagger Brotherhood

"Delicious, erotic, and thrilling."-New York Times bestselling author Nicole Jordan

"Dark fantasy lovers, you just got served."-New York Times bestselling author Lynn Viehl

"To die for. I love this series!"-New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann

"J. R. Ward´s urban fantasy romance series is so popular I don´t think there´s a reader today who hasn´t at least heard of the Black Dagger Brotherhood."-USA Today

"Hold on tight for an intriguing, adrenaline-pumping ride."-Booklist

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J. R. Ward ist in den USA eine der erfolgreichsten Bestseller-Autorinnen für die Mischung aus Mystery und Romance. Nach einem Studium der Rechtwissenschaften war sie zunächst im Gesundheitswesen tätig, wo sie unter anderem die Personalabteilung einer der renommiertesten Klinken des Landes leitete. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann und ihrem Hund lebt J. R. Ward im Süden der USA.

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