"Intense Read!"

Nicolas De La Cruz, has been sent to the Carpathian Mountains by his four brothers to reveal the source of the plot to destroy the Prince and ultimately the Carpathian people. Nicolas gladly accepts this mission, for it gives him the opportunity to complete a more personal mission of his own. Once he has completed his mission to the Carpathian people, while away from the protective circle of his brothers and their mates, he plans to face the sun.

Lara Calladine has known fear and pain. A direct descendant of the Dragonseeker line, she was raised in the shadow of the ice-cave, she is a merging of Mage and Dragonseeker blood. Drawn by memories of the Aunts who aided her escape, Lara is determined to return to the Carpathian Mountains and rescue the only family she has left from the clutches of Xavier.

Together Nicolas and Lara must find a way reconcile the instinct that draws them together with their own survival instincts. Lara has the clues that will save the Carpathian race, and Nicolas must chose between her survival or the survival of his people.

DARK CURSE Curse is a very intense book. While not as sensual, as Feehan's previous Dark books, this book begins to tie together answers that readers have been asking since DARK PRINCE was first released. More of the Carpathian and Mage cultures are revealed, as the reader is drawn into heated arguments that are beginning to rage between the last survivors of the Carpathian race. This is book is not a light read, but it is an excellent book. The characters are well developed and become very real. Their experiences draw the reader into a world where there is something more evil than the dreaded vampire.

Reviewed by Carrie Lower
Posted September 9, 2008

Summary

A new Carpathian novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling "queen of paranormal romance." (USA Today)

Born into a world of ice, slave to her evil father, Lara Calladine knew only paralyzing fear as a child. Only by escaping with her mysterious gifts unbroken would she survive to claim her great Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker...

Now, Lara is in search of the source of her nightmares—the cold, dark corners of her childhood just on the edges of her memory. Only one man has the power and the will to help her: dangerous, arrogant Nicolas De La Cruz.

Together, Lara and Nicolas search the treacherous Carpathian landscape for the truth about their pasts—and discover a passion that neither has ever known before.