by Christine Feehan (Author)
#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan returns to her uniquely sensual Carpathian world in a novel about the nature of true love and the unnatural forces that could destroy it...
Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was to catch the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney. MaryAnn is human, but she knows all too well the overwhelmingly aggressive instincts of Carpathian males. And they're not exactly the kind of men she'd prefer to be bound to for life.
A dedicated counselor for battered women, MaryAnn has a fulfilling life with no room for someone like Manolito, born and bred in the Carpathian mountains, a law unto himself. But when MaryAnn agrees to go to South America to offer guidance to a brutalized young woman, she has no idea of the trap that awaits her in the sweltering thick of the jungle. She has been lured there by Manolito himself, who has seductive plans for the unaware, irresistibly human female...
INCLUDES BONUS CONTENT!
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 335
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 30 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 0515145351
ISBN 13: 9780515145359
The queen of paranormal romance! The one who started it all! The erotic, gripping series that has defined an entire genre. I love everything she does. --J. R. Ward, #1 New York Times bestselling author
After Bram Stoker, Anne Rice and Joss Whedon (who created the venerated Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Christine Feehan is the person most credited with popularizing the neck gripper. --Time
Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels. --Publishers Weekly
Red-hot romance and great storytelling...a treat you can't refuse...Thrill-a-minute fantasy with complex characters and a story that captivates from beginning to end. --Fresh Fiction