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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA:
Names: Ward, J. R., 1969– author. Title: The beast: a novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood/J. R. Ward. Description: New York: New American Library, [2016] | Series: Black Dagger Brotherhood; 14 | Identifiers: LCCN 2015050391 (print) | LCCN 2015045714 (ebook) | ISBN 9780698192973 (ebook) | ISBN 9780451475169 (hardcover) Subjects: LCSH: Vampires—Fiction. | Paranormal romance stories. | BISAC: FICTION/Romance/Paranormal. | FICTION/Romance/General. | GSAFD: Romantic suspense fiction. | Fantasy fiction. | Occult fiction. | Horror fiction. Classification: LCC PS3623.A73227 (print) | LCC PS3623.A73227 B43 2016 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015050391
INTERNATIONAL EDITION ISBN 978-0-399-58304-9
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
