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    <body><![CDATA[In Christine Feehan's <em>Dark Possession</em> (book 18 of the <em>Dark</em> series,) we are swept away from the Carpathian mountains, back to South America, to the home of the De La Cruz brothers. At the end of the last book (<em>Dark Celebration</em>,) Manolito De La Cruz was wounded saving Shea Dubrinsky and her unborn son...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19313308">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love IR books.  This one had its moments.  The premise wasn't the best but new characters were introduced and the the series new direction which I think will lead to the end was cemented.  I've read post where the heroine Maryann was either loved or hated.  No in between.  Well being the perpetual...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46123527">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>THE NEW REASON WHY CHRISTINE FEEHAN IS “THE QUEEN OF PARANORMAL ROMANCE” (<em>USA Today</em>)</strong><br/><br/>.Vampire Manolito De La Cruz has caught the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn Delaney, an all-too-human female who’d never surrender herself to an aggressive and brutish Carpathian male. But maybe MaryAnn doesn’t have a choice.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[While saving a pregnant Carpathian female, Manuel &quot;Manolito&quot; De La Cruz was stabbed and poisoned. He should be dead, but his brothers &quot;held him to earth&quot; and transported him back to South America in hope of saving him.<br/><br/>But something appears to have gone wrong...<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40586090">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After being wounded at the Carpathian Christmas party, Manolito De La Cruz was taken back to his home in the South American forest. He had found his lifemate, the one person that could save his soul, but upon his rising the confusion he felt left him with wholes as to who she was and why she was not...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71656459">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[A Carpathian event-the new hardcover from the phenomenal <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author.  <p>Christine Feehan returns to the sensual Carpathian world that has earned her a reputation as &quot;the queen of paranormal romance&quot; (<em>USA Today</em>) in a new novel of true love and the unnatural forces that could destroy it.  <p>Dangerously close to becoming a vampire, Manolito De La Cruz has been called back to his Carpathian homeland-and has unexpectedly caught the scent of his destined lifemate, MaryAnn Delaney. MaryAnn is human and well aware of the aggressive instincts of Carpathian males. A counselor for battered women, MaryAnn has no room in her life for someone like Manolito. But when she goes to South America to offer guidance to a young woman, she has no idea of the trap awaiting her. For she's been lured there by Manolito, who has seductive plans for the irresistible human female.  <p>Once there, she'll be his. Once his, she'll never be released. She is his dark possession.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The female character MaryAnne has traveled to South America on the assumption her role was to help one of the Carpathian women. She's human, yet knows of the Carpathian world. She has been bonded to Manolito- a Carpathian she only briefly met a few months back. Finding him in the forest, where he ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39901427">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am looking forward to and hoping for more books on the werewolf species that were presented in Dark Possession.  I loved the idea that carpathians may not be all powerful and this book really hit my jones for dominant alpha male heroes... The heroine however never failed to get on my nerves.  Ever...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38844886">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm usually a HUGE fan of all Feehan's books. For some reason I just didn't enjoy this one. At all. Maybe b/c I listened to it instead of reading it. I don't know, I just felt it was missing her usual... creativeness. It seemed kind of boring to me! Which is hard for me to say about a Christine Feeh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32436946">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I started this book I did not realize it was part of a series. <br/><br/>I think the premise of the book is extremely interesting, but that is the only reason I gave it two stars. The book had potential but never lived up to it. I think the book was written as a cliched love story to sell sex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70582656">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt like Feehan was all over the place with this book. I felt like some things were not explored fully, and felt like the werewolf aspect came out of left field. It wasn't really worth the price of a hardback.   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first of her books that I read. I found it to be a Harlequin romance with vampires and werewolves and jaguar-people. <br/><br/>The storyline was fine. It was a glimpse into a single relationship and hinted at reading the other stories to know the whole of the book. I found the title ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46347216">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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