Dark Lover

Title: Dark Lover
Author: J.R. Ward
Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood, book 1
Copyright: ebook 2005
Source: Library

published description: The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago. But when his most trusted fighter is killed—orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate—Wrath must put down his dagger and usher the beautiful female into another world.

Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn’t there before, Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes to her at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of the Brotherhood and blood frighten her. Yet his touch ignites a dawning new hunger—one that threatens to consume them both....

Read an article where Darynda Jones (Charley Davidson / Grave series, which I love!) said her book boyfriend was Zsadist from the Black Dagger Brotherhood series - she described him awesomely so, I had to check out the series. Zsadist's book is book 3 but, I have a thing with reading a series in order, even if it 'doesn't matter' for the stories so, checked it out from the library and will go get the second one now. Took a little bit to get into it but, then, liked it a lot.