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An incomparable gift for Christine Feehan fans, Dark Prince returns in a new, author’s cut special edition. #1 New York Times bestseller Feehan revisits her classic tale of paranormal romance—the breathtaking story of a beautiful hunter with extraordinary telepathic abilities captivated by the powerful allure of a tormented prince of the mysterious Carpathians—expanding the beloved story by 100 never before seen pages! Here is your golden opportunity to experience the first book in Christine Feehan’s remarkable Dark saga as you never have before, whether it’s a glorious re-entrance into this writer’s mystical, unforgettable world…or your very first visit!

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Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels...' (Publishers Weekly) satisfying action adventure romance ... Love and danger are a winning combination in Feehan's latest (Booklist) The exciting and multifaceted world that impressive author Christine Feehan has created continues to improve with age (Romantic Times) --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Christine Feehan has had more than forty novels published, including four series which have hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. She is pleased to have made it onto numerous other bestseller lists as well, including Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Washington Post, BookScan, B. Dalton, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, Ingram, Borders, Rhapsody Book Club, and Walmart. In addition to being a nominee for the Romance Writers of America’s RITA^® Award, she has received many honors throughout her career, including a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times and the Borders 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Enter Feehan's world of the paranormal, where Carpathians fight vampires and telepaths communicate with both. Raven Whitney, a telepathic hunter of serial killers, travels to the Carpathian Mountains for a little rest, hears telepathically Mikhail Dubrinsky's cries of loneliness and answers, only to find she is his life mate. Dubrinsky, Prince of the Carpathians, enchants Raven, while fending off a group of vampire killers who are attacking Carpathians. Juanita Parker performs Feehan's tale with wonder in her voice and passion at just the right parts. Sometimes the narration is matter-of-fact, but mostly it is laced with the enchantment Feehan brings to all her paranormal tales. Beware, the Dark Prince will enthrall you. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Enter the enchanting world of the Carpathians, where dark adventure, mystery, and love await, and the desires of two daring hearts unite in one irresistible passion

A telepathic hunter of serial killers, Raven Whitney’s work has drained her body and spirit, and now, in need of rest and rejuvenation, she embarks on a vacation far from home.

The powerful leader of the Carpathians—a wise and secret ancient race that thrives in the night—Mikhail Dubrinsky is engulfed by despair, fearful of never finding the mate who can save him from the encroaching darkness.

From the moment they meet, Raven and Mikhail are helpless to resist the desire that sparks between them. But just as fate unexpectedly brings these life mates together, malevolent forces threaten to destroy them and their fragile love.

With an additional 100 pages of new material, Christine Feehan’s magnificent tale of forbidden love mesmerizes as never before. Experience Dark Prince as it was always meant to be!

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Publication Date : March 8, 2011
File Size : 1290 KB
Publisher : HarperCollins e-books; Special, Reprint Edition (March 8, 2011)
Language: : English
ASIN : B004FEF6EM
Word Wise : Enabled
Print Length : 497 pages
Screen Reader : Supported
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Lending : Not Enabled

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Jennifer

Are there some better ones out there

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2018

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I think people forget that this author was one of the breakout writers in paranormal/vampire romance back in the day. And that day was a loong, long time ago.

I read this series when there were only a handful of books and got an itch one night for a reread. Then saw some harsh reviews which I think were unfair. The romance paranormal/vampire genre has blossomed and changed since this novel was written. Are there some better ones out there? Sure. But considering the time in which it was written its still fantastic.

There's a history with a solid background on where the vampires came from and a plot/romance that moves along at a great pace. An alpha male that is trying to save his people and a woman that knows how to handle herself.

Still a good read many years after publication and still a fan.

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Childish impulsive Heroine Fatherly hero

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2015

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I read this book when it first came out. I am recently reading again since it is on sale and I am rebuying old books in e-form.
I didn't realize before what a dumb childish, impulsive broad Raven was. She irritated me to no end.
There was nothing about her character that was appealing. All she was, was a blow up cute doll come to life, who happened to be psychic and therefore could be converted from human to Carpathian successfully without becoming a deranged vampiress.

Sex, sex and more sex that's all she was good for. The author wrote her character as a mindless twit with the naivete and impulsive nature if a toddler. She demands that Mikhail, the lifemate understand her, but she makes no attempt at patience and understanding with him. She just whines and cries a lot about being independent, yet she show time and time again, she has no good judgment. Sounds like teenager behavior to me. Perhaps Christine was subconsciously incorporating the attitude and behaviors of her teenaged kids into Raven's character because in no way did she come off as the grown mature intelligent woman she kept declaring herself to be.

Even after getting stabbed in the stomach 5 times, the very next night she wakes she stupidly leaves the safety of the house for no reason other than she felt caged in.
She has no sense. She cried at the drop of a hat.
Seriously Raven irritated me to no end. She was too childish to be a lifemate.

Mikhail was controlling and domineering. The usual strongly protective dominent male of the Carpathian race. He was enraged over the thought of another man touching Raven even though he was a stranger to her and had no claims on her. He said she defied him early on in the novel when she hadn't done anything at that point but simply sit in the tavern with fellow patrons eating a meal. How was that defiance? Yet he was patient with Ravens childish silly ways. And despite his controlling ways, he didn't get in my nerves nearly as much as Raven.
This book was somewhat uncomfortable. The relationship is not that if equals, rather it is like a father daughter relationship but with sex involved. That's unsettling.
Raven pouting arguing crying, Mikhail indulging, guiding domineering, controlling and then they have sex.
I have to wonder about the minds of these authors to write the dynamics of a supposed, husband/wife relationship, that us anything but.

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Tatiana

Love the Series, This Book is Kinda OK

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2018

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I love Raven and Mikhail but this book is a little on the boring side. Sure, there are murderers and he is a prince, but you just aren't sucked in for the ride in this story. I can't explain it, but it just doesn't hook me like many of the others in the series.

I think that Raven is cool and I even like how they all protect her. Maybe it's because the writing style is a little dated? I don't know but I just don't find myself imagining myself as Raven. That's the mark of a great story, in my opinion, and this just doesn't do that for me.

It's still really worth reading, especially if you have ever read any of the other dark Carpathian series. I used to pick and choose books in the series, but reading it all the way through really was great! I highly recommend it, because the lore of the series is amazing when read like that. I love it. Christine hit gold with the overarching plotline but I am beginning to wonder if it ever ends... 😂

In case you don't know, this book is the first in a long series about the Carpathian race, a vampire like species whose males can go full evil Dracula if they don't find their soulmate. They're super powered, super passionate, and their lifemate is their whole reason for existence. That makes them overprotective, overbearing, and over-the-top controlling once they find them. The whole series centers on why they can't procreate like they used to, with the female population dropping alarmingly fast and no lifemates available to save the males from the dark sides of their own natures. They're dying and Mikhail is the man in charge of making sure that doesn't happen.

And Raven is just the woman to make sure that doesn't go to his head. Or let it rule his entire life. She's the perfect mate to a leader like Mikhail and I love the scenes they appear in in future novels. This book just isn't my favorite. I would give it 3.5 stars. Still recommend it, just don't give up on the series if it doesn't pull you in!

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Nel

Honestly I don't know what to think of it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2018

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I remember I got this for free last year or so. I still had it as unread in my library. It's a slow start about finding a life mate to push darkness away.
There are creatures there are more than vampire.
It's seems an interesting story, but I had problems to get connected with the characters.
Mikhail and Raven two characters find each other. Emotional, I felt jumbled. Description wise not much, I hope for more information and description about history and the surroundings in this area, but nothing it would have lifted the storyline a bit.
The storyline development is very slow, and I struggled to believe that a woman can follow so fast a total stranger. Raven seemed to be a strong character, but she lose her free will. Mikhail is demanding, arrogant and knows no bounds.
I would have loved more involvement with the people in the village it was not enough. The action is written well, but that's all. I liked Griorgi good character. Overall the story lacks on something, I don't think I will getting the second one for this price, to high.

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SDS

A struggle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2020

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I was introduced to this author and series many years ago when I was in Boarders book store looking for a good vampire romance book and stumbled upon Dark Symphony, I fell in love and when I discovered that it was part of a series I immediately went hunting for the books before it.
I found it really hard to complete Dark Prince and honestly it’s not my favourite in the series BUT I do absolutely adore Mikhail and Raven in future books

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A vampire but not really

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2018

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Awesome. She is a psychic who having helped the police track numerous killer's is now burnt out and needs a place to recuperate. He is a dark, handsome hunk who unbeknownst to her is from another race. A race very similiar to a vampire in that they need blood but not in the sense that they kill indiscriminately. Although if they do not meet their soul mate, with time they do turn into one. He is close to turning but meeting her saves him. However his race has been hunted by hunters and when a hunter appears it is her who pays the price. What will happen to both of them? Will their love be enough for them? Brilliant story, fabulous characters (although I must admit that the cover is not how I pictured him). I had bought the hardcopy of this year's ago and have re-read it numerous times, so much so that I need another copy.

Catwoman

Great Series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2017

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Took a bit of getting into as it's the start of a series and there is a lot of information about the whole Carpathian universe to take in. After reading for the second time it made a lot more sense and couldn't put it down. I'm now hooked on the whole series and am plowing through them all.
The author has created a whole world around a different species living secretly alongside humans. They are the humans only defence against the undead but would be hunted and destroyed if humans discovered their existence. However they are dying out without the female half of their soul.
It's a very different spin on the vampire genre/paranormal romance and worth a try for fan's of Gena Showalter, Lynsay Sands, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Nalini Singh.

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Tali

What a disappointment....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2012

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Well... I think this is only the second time ever I've had to give a book less than 3 stars... and in all honesty I felt I was being a little generous here giving it 2... very very disapointing.

This was recommended to be by a friend and given that all her previous suggestions lead to amazingly well written books I did not hesitate to buy the first book of this series - this book. I started reading with quite a bit of hope for a good story but almost from the start I felt my attention wandering. The writing style is not my cup of tea - it's fractured at times, tangles at others and the perception of each character seems to have no boundaries. One moment the paragraph you are reading it a summary of one characters emotions and suddenly it's switched to another characters with little pause or consideration for the previous character. It felt jumbled.

Writing style aside, the story itself was slow. It had some moments where I had high hopes - I began to think that it was a slow starting story leading to more excitement as it went on, but sadly I was mistaken. I had the occasional moment where my interest is pinned to whats happening, but then its over and its back to overly long and repetitive descriptions of often shallow and usually misguided emotions.

Raven, as a character, at first felt strong and resistant, but as the novel moves along its as though she pales. Also given the long emotional descriptions, the characters or perhaps more accurately - the writer - starts to remind me of a teen, all emotion, not too much common sense or logic. Yes, its a romance, but romance and over the top descriptions of emotion do not a novel make.

I honestly struggled to finish reading this book, and its not often that happens to me. I do not drop books I pay for, ever, but this one tempted me more than a little by the time I was half way through.

Good idea for a story, poorly delivered and written in a way that reminds me of a teenage forum role-play session. Wish I'd spent the money elsewhere and I don't think I could stomach the rest of the series even if I were not paying for them. Very sorry for the harsh review, but that's my honest opinion.

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