<p><b>The latest steamy adventure in the Lair of the Wolven spin-off series from the No. 1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author J. R. Ward, set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, with a scientist fighting to save the timber wolves - and getting caught in a deadly trap herself . . .</b><br><br>For Lydia Susi, there is no sweet sorrow in saying goodbye to the man she loves. As a wolven hiding among humans, she became used to being alone - until destiny gave her the kind of love she didn''t dare hope for. But then came a devastating diagnosis that ended all her dreams. Grief is the only thing she sees in her future now.<br><br>Daniel Joseph, as an operative for a clandestine arm of the U.S. government, always expected to die an early death. He just assumed it would be out in the field . . . not in a hospital bed in an underground lab. With his time running out, he refuses a potentially lifesaving treatment to focus on making sure that Lydia finds her wolven clan. <br><br>Following