Introduction: The legacy of the Black Dagger Brotherhood continues in a spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Paradise, blooded daughter of the king鈥檚 First Advisor, is ready to break free from the restrictive life of an aristocratic female. Her strategy? Join the Black Dagger Brotherhood鈥檚 training center program and learn to fight for herself, think for herself鈥?e herself. It鈥檚 a good plan, until everything goes wrong. The schooling is unfathomably difficult, the other recruits feel more like enemies than allies, and it鈥檚 very clear that the Brother in charge, Butch O鈥橬eal, a.k.a. the Dhestroyer, is having serious problems in his own life. And that鈥檚 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鈥攁nd left wondering whether she鈥檚 strong enough to claim her own power鈥?n the field, and off....