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Dark Destiny
From Publishers Weekly
Prolific Feehan (Dark Melody, etc.) continues her supernatural Dark series with this 13th installment, the first to feature a female Carpathian. Though Carpathians roam the streets at night and gain strength from feeding on blood, they only kill evildoers and vampires. Transformed into a night creature when she was a child, Destiny is unlike any of Feehan’s previous heroines. Her physical strength is equal to that of her Carpathian counterpart, Nicolae Von Shrieder, but she’s horrified by what she is and haunted by memories of her parents’ brutal murder. Nicolae merged his mind with hers when she was first transformed, and through their mental connection, he taught her how to survive. Now Nicolae must find Destiny and make her his lifemate, or he will succumb to darkness and become a vampire. Feehan’s protagonists and prose can be overwrought (“His body was hard and full, aching for her…. and deep within, the crouching beast lifted its head and roared for release”), and inconsistencies litter the text (Destiny can supposedly read Nicolae’s mind, but it takes her eons to trust him and stop threatening to kill him). However, the story has sufficient sensuality to keep readers sated, and fans should appreciate Feehan’s unusual pairing of two Carpathians.
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Dark Symphony
From Publishers Weekly
Feehan’s followers will be well sated by the latest addition to her Dark series (after Dark Guardian), set in modern-day Italy. This time around the focus is on Carpathian vampire hunter Byron Justicano, a “good” vampire who feeds only to sustain himself. He is drawn to the haunting music created by Italian concert pianist, Antonietta Scarletti, the woman he has chosen to be his “lifemate.” Blinded and orphaned as a child by an explosion on the family yacht, Antonietta, a strong psychic, is heir to the Scarletti family fortune and the massive Scarletti palazzo, which accommodates all her relatives. When Byron learns that someone within the family is siphoning off the family treasures and slowly poisoning Antonietta, her grandfather and her cousin, he draws upon his supernatural powers to catch the villain. Feehan’s prose is smoothly laced with romance and erotica, and the subject matter is titillating. But new readers may be daunted by the complexity of the Carpathian world, which has its own set of rules (e.g., Carpathian males can mate for life only with mortals who are psychic, and if they don’t mate, they lose their emotions). Once readers gain a foothold in Feehan’s fictional realm, however, they’ll be roped in by this unconventional and intriguing installment.
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Viking Unchained
Sandra Hill unleashes her best novel yet.
Searching for his little boy, 11thcentury Viking Thorfinn lands in modern times, where he stumbles upon a dead wringer for his cheating ex-wife. Single mom Lydia Denton mourns the loss of her SEAL husband. Then she meets a man who resembles him. Despite Thorfinn’s strange accusations, Lydia finds it impossible to ignore the chemistry between them. And as she gets to know this handsome Viking, she can’t help but wonder whether two souls, separated by time, have found their way back together.
Dark Guardian
The eighth entry in Feehan’s popular vampire series (Dark Legend; Dark Fire) follows the same formula as her previous books a Carpathian (an immortal vampire hunter) meets his “lifemate,” binds himself to her through an ancient ritual involving blood-letting and hot sex, and together they battle the undead. This time around, Feehan spices up her stale story line with her smart and spunky heroine, police officer Jaxon Montgomery. Former Navy SEAL Tyler Drake, Jaxon’s maniacal stepfather, has made it his mission to kill anyone she befriends, which has made her equally determined not to form any close ties. Nevertheless, she can’t help feeling intimately connected to Carpathian Lucian Daratrazanoff, who takes her into his care when she is shot while searching a warehouse. Convinced that Jaxon is his life mate, Lucian binds himself to her and brings her “over to the Carpathian race.” Together, Jaxx and Lucian destroy vampires, battle Drake and read each other’s minds. Their romance is heartfelt and convincingly portrayed. Less believable, however, is the fact that Jaxx doesn’t object to her Carpathian transformation, especially considering her independent nature. Nevertheless, Feehan’s newest is a skillful blend of supernatural thrills and romance that is sure to entice readers who can stomach the occasional gory scene.
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Dark Legend
Gabriel wakes deep within the ground, and the first sensation he feels is an overwhelming hunger for blood. But as he hunts the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice calls to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving. Francesca Del Ponce is a healer, a woman who radiates goodness as powerfully as the sun does light. Though Gabriel knows she will be like hot silk in his arms, though he knows the taste of her will be addictive, he fears for her life and his soul if he takes her. Then with one mind-shattering vow she gives herself– I offer freely, without reservation, I offer my life for yours as is my right–and with a firestorm of long-forgotten feelings, he glimpses salvation. Love Spell Book Club selection!
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