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Dark Legend (Dark Carpathian #8)

by Christine Feehan (Goodreads Author)

4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 · rating details · 9,080 ratings · 163 reviews

He woke deep within the ground, and the first sensation he felt was hunger. An overwhelming hunger for blood that demanded satisfaction. But as he hunted the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice called to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving.

Francesca Del Ponce was a healer, a woman who radiated goodness as powerfully as the sun did lig...more

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Published January 7th 2002 by Leisure Books

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Apr 09, 2011 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: own-in-book-format, fiction, paranormal, vampire, read-in-2008, to-re-read, romantic-fantasy, shapeshifters, paranormal-romance, do-you-believe-in-magic, read-in-2011

Originally read in June 2008

Christine Feehan's Dark Legend is the 8th book in her "Dark Carpathians" series, and I must tell you that the books just get better and better as I continue. In this book we delve further into the legendary twin Carpathian hunters Gabriel and Lucian. The last couple of books have "whispered" to us of them, but as this is Gabriel's story, we learn a lot about him and his brother here. This is also the story of Francesca Del Ponce, Gabriel's amazing lifemate.

For two tho...more Originally read in June 2008

Christine Feehan's Dark Legend is the 8th book in her "Dark Carpathians" series, and I must tell you that the books just get better and better as I continue. In this book we delve further into the legendary twin Carpathian hunters Gabriel and Lucian. The last couple of books have "whispered" to us of them, but as this is Gabriel's story, we learn a lot about him and his brother here. This is also the story of Francesca Del Ponce, Gabriel's amazing lifemate.

For two thousand years Gabriel and Lucian hunted the undead, endlessly sacrificing their souls for the safety of Carpathians and humans alike. Knowing the cost of so many killings, they make a pact of honor, that if one turns vampire, the other will hunt and destroy him. They each believe that no other than their twin could defeat them in battle.

Seduced by the dark power of taking lives, Lucian succumbs and becomes the undead, and for hundreds of years Gabriel has been forced to do the unthinkable: to hunt his own brother.

At the beginning of this book, Gabriel awakens after being within the ground for over a century. He never dreamed that his brother, who was the strongest of all Carpathians, could turn vampire, but he was determined to keep his promise to destroy him before he can ruin more innocent lives. Gabriel knows that in battle he is not Lucian's equal, but he did manage to trick him and imprison them both deep underground for over a hundred years. But something woke him suddenly and Gabriel knew that Lucian was free. All Gabriel felt, though, was a relentless hunger, an overwhelming desire for blood that demanded satisfaction. Before he could find suitable prey, he heard a voice calling to him, soothing, calming, and offering him strength to control his craving.

Francesca Del Ponce was a Carpathian healer who had dedicated her life to good and helping those less fortunate. One of the few females who escaped the bloodletting many years ago, she had managed to live a human life for hundreds of years. Francesca had separated herself from all other Carpathians and resigned herself to living alone. She knew that she had a lifemate out there because she had seen him, but he had turned away from her without saying a word. That man was Gabriel.

Gabriel had no idea that he had caused so much anguish to his lifemate and he was horrified when he found out the truth. Still, he could not be denied and claimed Francesca as his own. For the first time in centuries he could see colors and feel emotions - feel fear... He was suddenly aware that by binding Francesca to him, he had made her a target for his twin, Lucian, who was always watching, waiting for the moment to strike...

This book was excellent! I love the stories she writes with strong females in them. Although I know every female holds a certain power over her lifemate, it's just more fun for me when they are so evenly matched. I cannot wait to pick up the next book in this series!
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Jul 26, 2011 Jen (Red Hot Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: carpathians, pararnormal-romance

Just when you think you've met the oldest and most powerful of Christine Feehan's Carpathian males, she produces one who's even older and more powerful. We've heard the stories about the legendary Daratrazanoff twins, Gabriel and Lucian. Gregori's older brothers were great fighters and protectors of the Carpathian people. Everyone has believed them dead for centuries, but they've really been locked beneath the earth all this time.

The brothers made a pact early on that should either one become a...more Just when you think you've met the oldest and most powerful of Christine Feehan's Carpathian males, she produces one who's even older and more powerful. We've heard the stories about the legendary Daratrazanoff twins, Gabriel and Lucian. Gregori's older brothers were great fighters and protectors of the Carpathian people. Everyone has believed them dead for centuries, but they've really been locked beneath the earth all this time.

The brothers made a pact early on that should either one become a vampire, the remaining sibling would take his life. When Lucian began to show all the tell-tale signs that he had succumbed, Gabriel tried to keep his promise. The two clashed over and over again, with neither emerging the victor... until Gabriel tricked his brother and bound them together underground.

A disturbance awakens the twins in modern-day Paris. Shortly after rising to the surface, Gabriel meets Francesca, his lifemate. It turns out that she's lived hundreds of years without him... convinced he sacrificed their chance at happiness to be a guardian for his people. Now he must break through the walls she has built around herself and convince her that they are meant to live together as one.

Francesca isn't your average Carpathian heroine. For one, she's already Carpathian. Two, she herself is an ancient. She is powerful in her own ways, as well as resourceful and determined. She has suffered in Gabriel's absence all these years... but at the same time, so has Gabriel. He is, of course, a bossy, alpha, Carpathian male. But at least he values her mind and her gifts; he cares about her feelings; and feels real guilt for the way his actions have impacted her life.

I also really enjoyed the twin dynamic between Gabriel and Lucien. Unlike Aidan and Julian, these two have a tangible connection. And the addition of young Skylar to the family, touches a real chord. Already, Feehan is laying the foundation for that one day love story between her and Dimitri... you know, the one I'll get to read before I collect Social Security... or maybe not.

As with all the books in this series, there's a bit of repetition. We get reminded of the same facts over and over. And Ms Feehan reminds us again that her favorite words are velvet, lightning and sheath. Still, one of better books in the series. A little over 4 stars.

Word count: Velvet - 18; Sheath - 9; Lightning - 24 (though to be fair, a few of those actually did refer to the weather phenomenon.)
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Mar 05, 2012 Zeek rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: pnr

I tried Christine Feehan before and couldn't get into her stories, but so many recommend her I had to give her another shot.

Dark Legend, the story of Gabriel, the Carpathian hero who lived for centuries with one intent, keeping his Carpathian-turned-Vampire twin brother, Lucian, in check.

Dark Legend opens with Gabriel awakening after a century's long, self-induced sleep in the earth, hungry and in need. Almost immediately, he meets up with Franchesca- who just happens to be his lifemate.

How conv...more

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Oct 18, 2008 Shannon (Giraffe Days) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2008, paranormal, vampires, romance

Gabriel and his twin, Lucian, are legendary hunters among the Carpathians. They have been destroying vampires and defeating human armies for two millennia, but for the past hundred years no one has seen or heard of them. Word is that Lucian turned vampire and his brother hunted and fought him across the globe. Now after a century of sleeping beneath a Parisian cemetery, construction crews have woken them to a new world, new technology but the same age-old battle.

Gabriel wakes hungry, his body li...more Gabriel and his twin, Lucian, are legendary hunters among the Carpathians. They have been destroying vampires and defeating human armies for two millennia, but for the past hundred years no one has seen or heard of them. Word is that Lucian turned vampire and his brother hunted and fought him across the globe. Now after a century of sleeping beneath a Parisian cemetery, construction crews have woken them to a new world, new technology but the same age-old battle.

Gabriel wakes hungry, his body like an old man's, and is taken in by a woman with a soothing voice, a calming touch and a penchant for helping the helpless and homeless. He drinks from her and recognises her as his lifemate, but a bigger surprise is in store for him: Francesca is also Carpathian, knew Gabriel was her lifemate ever since she was a child centuries ago and had seen him and his twin stride through her village, and had spent the centuries since pretending to be human, even altering her chemistry so she can walk in the sun.

Francesca has a life, a beautiful home in Paris, friends and contacts in high places, a possible human husband in her friend and doctor, Brice, and work to do, but her loneliness had led her to decide to take her life. Gabriel will do anything to stop her and woo her. Francesca knows he cannot stop battling Lucian, who is now somewhere in Paris plotting his intricate game, and now her revealed presence in the city has drawn other vampires to the area.

Like Dark Gold, this has one of the more original storylines and characters, which made it one of the better books. Gabriel is gentle, adorable, considerate and less patronising than many of the other Carpathian males. It helps that Francesca is an Ancient in her own right, resourceful, a powerful healer and very strong-minded and independent. Usually though their lifemates just take over. Here, Gabriel fits into her life, rather than the other way around.

It does annoy me that, in general, almost all Feehan's human characters are American - the women they claim as lifemates all seem to be American, if they aren't Carpathian already, and the supporting characters too. Here, in the heart of Paris, we go no Parisian characters at all. Brice is English. The patients Francesca helps at the hospital with her healing gift are American girls. With awful names like "Skyler" - I just think that Feehan's heroines should be a little more culturally diverse. How unlikely is it that these men's lifemates all turn out to be American? It's obviously Feehan's comfort zone, since even within Paris she avoids anyone who may be too alien - is it just me who finds that a real worry?

Regardless, this is one of the better Carpathian novels I've read, though too heavily invested in the subplots which make Francesca and Gabriel's love life (read: sex life!) take more of a backseat than in some of the others. It's just as repetitive and flaky as the other books, but far less irritating because the main characters are more natural and unique. The prose was less flawed but no one will ever say Feehan is a particularly talented writer. I'm sorry I know that's harsh but it's true. Hasn't stopped me reading the damn books yet though has it?!(less)

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Dec 22, 2012 Madalena rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favoritos

Este livro foi uma agradabilíssima surpresa. Não tinha muitas expectativas quando o comecei a ler apesar da história poder prometer. E agarrou-me logo desde as primeiras páginas. Só posso dizer - magnífico! Um daqueles livros que apetece nao largar até acabar de o ler.
A história é a de Gabriel e Lucian, dois irmãos gémeos cárpatos que caçavam vampiros e protegiam o seu povo e a raça humana destes seres. Mas Lucien cedeu para as trevas e Gabriel teve de passar a pensar no irmão como seu inimigo e...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Donna added it · review of another edition

I have a small number of favourites in this series and this is certainly one of them. There is so much to like about this story. Francesca is fairly unique among Carpathian females - highly independent, resourceful, courageous, and very skilled as a healer. She is the only female, in the books I've read so far, who is planning to face the dawn. Her struggle to accept Gabriel into her life is not uncommon in this series, but she also struggles to forgive him for his apparent earlier rejection of...more

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Jan 17, 2009 Nymphsin rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: People who love the Carpathians and the world they live in...

Recommended to Nymphsin by: Long time fan...

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Sep 06, 2011 Kazza rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal

I have a guilty secret (well not so secret) it's these darn Carpathian books. Truly they aren't really my style but bloody hell I still read them because there is something about the men that I just like and some of the women too. This book though I personally found a tough read, she was so good, he was so good, no he was so good, no she was...you get my point. Christine Feehan is to be thanked for today's PNR UF books but boy can she waffle sometimes and this book was a waffler and a half. The...more

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Aug 23, 2011 Dee Haddrill rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, read-2011

"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 Garbriel 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...more

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Sep 18, 2010 Srisurang rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal

ค่อยๆ เก็บตกหนังสือในชุดนี้ที่ยังไม่ได้อ่าน ส่วนมากที่อ่านไปแล้วอ่านฉบับแปลค่ะ เล่มนี้อ่านฉบับอังกฤษ ก็สนุกดีเช่นเคย แต่แอบชอบเรื่องของ ลูเซียน ฝาแฝดคนพี่ใน Dark Guardian มากกว่านิดหนึ่งก็เลยให้เล่มนี้ 4 ดาวค่ะ
พระเอกนางเอก อ่อนโยนและน่ารัก เล่มนี้ Gabriel (พระเอก) ดูนุ่มนวลและยอมให้นางเอกตัดสินใจอะไรมากกว่าพระเอกเล่มอื่นๆ ที่ค่อนข้างจะควบคุมและเจ้าอำนาจมากกว่าสักหน่อย เขาเป็นฝ่ายเข้ามาอยู่บ้านนางเอกด้วย และนางเอกก็ไม่ได้เป็นมนุษย์ แต่เป็นคาร์พาเธียนที่ฉลาดและมีความรู้ในการรักษา แถมยังใจบุญมากด้ว...more

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Aug 15, 2010 Jenny Delandro rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampires, author-christine-feehan

I read this book when I had first started reading Paranormal novels. And when I was reading Dark Challenge.... I realised that I was aware of the authors style.... and started searching.

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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 radiat...more

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Feb 19, 2010 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, romance

I must say, I am VERY fond of the Dark Series books that feature ancient Carpathian women. Francesca is such a strong character and so elegant and caring, I adore her and he strength. Thant being said, the dynamics between Lucian and Gabriel as ancient warrior twins who are so used to functioning as virtually one being was a fairly gut wrenching emotional twist. The pain conveyed by Feehan when Gabriel contemplated losing his brother to the darkness and being forced to end Lucian's existence was...more

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Sep 18, 2009 Debbie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Evading vampires, Carpathians and human hunters for so many centuries, Francesca Del Ponce was amazed that the one male she wanted to avoid the most walked out of the darkness and into her arms. Hunger was such a strong feeling as Gabriel emerged from his disturbed rest only to find one of the most healing souls he had ever run across. As soon as Francesca realized who was with her, her lifemate, she knew what would happen, offering her life for his seemed her only option to save him, and hersel...more

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Jul 04, 2011 Oleta Blaylock rated it 5 of 5 stars

I know that a lot of people have a hard time getting past the first few books in this series. They were written 11 to 12 years ago and what was acceptable and expect then is not necessarily the same today. These books can be addictive though just as any author with a long running series can be. This is the first book about the Daratraznoff twins. They have fought vampires and invading armies protecting their people and the human race all their lives. They have known only bleak lives lived in a w...more

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Feb 28, 2012 Terri Pray rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, paranormal-romances

Francesca has spent centuries learning to live as a human, hiding and withdrawing from the Carpathians because she knows her life mate has chosen a different path. But just when she's ready to take that final step into being human, taking a husband and growing old with him, her true life mate returns.

Gabriel has spent several hundred years asleep, keeping his twin locked under ground where he can do no harm, because that twin has given up his soul and turned into the very vampire the brothers hu...more

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Jun 01, 2010 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2010

Umm, apparently book 7 is just a short story in the After Twilight anthology. That sort of numbering makes my head hurt. Anyway. I really did enjoy Gabriel and Francesca's story, I just had a really hard time sitting down and reading it for any extended length of time. This book took me forever. for.ev.er. Like, a freaking week. Terrible. That said, I thought that Francesca's sacrifice in withdrawing from the other Carpathians made sense after she believed her chance with her lifemate had passed...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Tonya Warner rated it 5 of 5 stars

Gabriel has risen. Centuries of being unable to destroy his twin, Lucian. Knowing that his twin has turned from the glorious Carpathian hunter he had been in to a vampire does not make tearing his own heart in half any easier. His attempt to keep Lucian from his destructive path by locking them away below ground for centuries has failed. Now he finds he must once again, hunt his own brother.

Francesca is a healer. Being a lone, Carpathian female, she knows who her lifemate is. Gabriel. The Hunter...more

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Dec 08, 2012 Marcelle Wesley rated it 4 of 5 stars

i have read all of the carpathian novels from the first to dark symphony ... i love how all the books join together with there storys which has made me buy not just one a time but the next 5 just so im not left without one to pick straight up they each get better i cant say there is a favorite .. but i do love both books with lucian & gabriel... enjoy reading the rest ladies ..

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Mar 02, 2012 K rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of series/paranormal romance

Recommended to K by: fan of series

Dark Legend tells the story of Gabriel, an ancient, powerful Carpathian vampire hunter who is on the verge of turning into the very thing he hunts if he does not find his lifemate. And if that wasn't enough, he has vowed to kill his twin brother who he believes has turned vampire. Francessca is an ancient Carpathian female who has managed to live in the human world and keep her existance a secret ever since her lifemate left her unclaimed centuries ago. This is their story.

As with the other book...more

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Jan 16, 2013 Mamma23 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: vamps, zexy, scary, part-of-series

I remember reading a review that mentioned C. Feehan as a good author, so I gave this a try. I am not normally into PNR at all.

The story started out very interesting, I liked the background about how these particular vampire-like beings live. I guess they are actually protectors, not human, not really vamps, but they drink blood from their beloved... I think.... but they are healers too and are pretty cool. Gabriel is hawt and comes form another era, so he has that swoony gentlemanly thang going...more

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Sep 13, 2011 t'irla ~The BookSlayer~ rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Those who enjoy vampire, suspense and romance

Shelves: christine-feehan, owned

Gabriel is an Ancient Carpathian, everyone thought he was dead. Gabriel has a twin brother, everyone thought he turned Vampire and Gabriel killed him...so is dead.

In this story we find neither of the Ancient twins dead. Dark Legend is Gabriel's story and how he meets Francesca, fall in love and have a HEA. We find out what happened to Lucian, Gabriel's brother and well...I'll stop there cause I don't want to giveaway the story.

I find Christine Feehan's Dark Series seems to get better with ever...more

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Feb 12, 2009 Pat Cromwell rated it 4 of 5 stars

I struggled through this inially because of that darn lifemate Franacesca! While not as whinny as yucky Raven, she worked my last nerve. Then, when she went off on the human Bryce I gained a semblence of respect for her. But I didn't like the way she initially treated Gabriel, after all, he is a Daratrazanoff so my though is "How Dare She". As I read more about her in future books, I warmed all the more to her. In Dark Celebration, I became her fan because in Dark Celebration you have all the wo...more

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Oct 07, 2009 Jill rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: christine-feehan, romance, fantasy

I wish there would have been a 3.5 star designation...

I was really looking forward to this one because I knew the woman was the one who said the vow first, and I was looking forward to reading one of these where the woman wasn't so dominated and "taken" by the man. Of course, she still manages to get some of that feel in there, but I think the overall tone is different. From the beginning, Gabriel appreciates Francesca's good qualities and isn't as overbearing as some of the males in the other b...more

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Nov 27, 2011 Alex Economides rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: christine-feehan, favorites-books, paranormal, series, vampire-shapeshifters

I have a secret…….when it comes to reading books …it’s like living with OCD….you know…obsessive compulsive disorder!!!!! If I start reading the first book in a series I have to read them all……what a luck that my friend gave me the first 12 or 13 books in the Dark Series….which I finished reading nonstop for the next two weeks….and before I reached book 12, I had in my possession the entire series (after doing a web search to find where they could be bought!!!).
Hunger…that’s what I felt……turning...more I have a secret…….when it comes to reading books …it’s like living with OCD….you know…obsessive compulsive disorder!!!!! If I start reading the first book in a series I have to read them all……what a luck that my friend gave me the first 12 or 13 books in the Dark Series….which I finished reading nonstop for the next two weeks….and before I reached book 12, I had in my possession the entire series (after doing a web search to find where they could be bought!!!).
Hunger…that’s what I felt……turning each page, reading the next book….I had to know more about these amazing characters…….

With each new book, I discover new exciting, interesting characters…….the books just keeping getting better and better.

DARK LEGEND is the 8th book in Christine Feehan’s Dark Series where we meet the ancient Carpathians, twin brothers Gabriel and Lucian Daratraznoff, who were thought to be dead.
Gabriel had injured Lucian who had turned to the other side…i.e. became a vampire during a battle and to protect their people and all humankind buried them both until Gabriel could decide if he could really kill the brother he loved and cared for so much.

Thousands of years later, Gabriel is awakened from their burial place in a Paris cemetery and knows he has to find his brother before he goes on a killing spree. He discovers a different world from the one he knew and whilst looking for someone to feed his hunger, meets Francesca del Ponce, a beautiful, talented healer has dedicated her life to helping the sick and poor living in the streets.

Francesca is the first Carpathian woman in the series has turned away from her people and home hundreds of years ago when she was rejected by Gabriel, who she recognized as her lifemate. She had made a new life and ensuring that neither Carpathian or vampire would find her.

She’s shocked when she recognizes Gabriel, who she thought had died. Recognizing her as his lifemate he is determined to do everything in his power for her to give him another chance.
Francesca struggles with the feeling she has for Gabriel and how can she ever forgive him? Gabriel is tormented by the love he feels for his brother and the anguish of having to kill him.

We are taken to a magical world filled with characters we know and introduced to new ones. Skyler, who becomes the ward of Gabriel and Francesca, breaks your heart….the cruelty and suffering she has seen and felt…..there’s is definitely a story about her……a dark mystery….
We briefly meet Lucian and there is that twist to the brother’s lives…..is Lucien really a vampire? Will Gabriel have to kill his own brother?

This is a touchingly romantic book filled with passion, love, anguish, pain, sexy, erotic and belief in the people you love.
I can’t wait for the next book.
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May 24, 2009 Mrsku rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-loved

"Gabriel

He woke deep within the ground, and the first sensation he felt was hunger. An overwhelming hunger for blood that demanded satisfaction. But as he hunted the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voiced called to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving.

Francesca Del Ponce was a healer, a woman who radiated goodness as powerfully as the sun did light. But surely his obsession with her would turn him as his twin brother had turned, leaving the world with two mo...more

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Jul 15, 2011 Bleunween R. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dark-series, paranormal

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Apr 04, 2011 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audios-read

Carpathians book 8. Audiobook library book downloaded to my phone. Uh oh! Every fan of horror novels knows that digging in a graveyard is NEVER a good idea! This is how the twins Gabriel and his turned-vampire brother, Lucian are let loose from their imprisonment /entrapment.

So far, I think this is the best of the Feehan's Carpathians series I have read. There are lots of characters outside of the main ones and more plot lines than the other books have.

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Mar 20, 2011 Lschic418 rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, paranormal-romance, carpathians-dark-series, shifters, christine-feehan

So, just like I liked Dark Magic with Gregori and Savannah, I like this one. I love the fact that the woman is not having panic attacks because of the changes she's going through. She's already Carpathian, she knows what's happening and she's a force to reckon with on her own. The relationship between Francesca and Gabriel is touching, he's so empty, dealing with the struggles of his brother (he definitely should have known p.s.) but the fact that she just let him be who he was destined to be is...more

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Sep 18, 2009 Suz rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: pnr

These seem to finally taking the slight turn from PNR to UF a tiny bit more.

I liked this one. There was a little more plot than some of the others, there were some noticeable changes to the sex scenes that was a bit of a relief from the previous offerings, the male protagonist was not insufferably alpha and the female protagonist was not a whiner.

I also like there being a bit more of a focus on some of the longer story arcs, but not so much that you get left feeling like you got a manipulative...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Tpring rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance_paranormal

What is the allure of this life-mate nonsense? It is neither a particularly romantic concept nor does it make a good foundation for an engrossing narrative. I know there are stories which do it well, giving it an unexpected twist or a deeper meaning. 'Dark Legend' is not one of those.

Heroine is a saint who worked hard on forging an independent life for herself. Hero crawls from the soil after a century long confinement and stumbles upon his mate 10 minutes later. Instead of letting her get to kn...more

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan has over 40 novels published, including four series. Each of her four series has hit #1 on the NY Times. Her debut novel Dark Prince received 3 of the 9 Paranormal Excellence Awards in Romantic Literature for 1999. Since then she has been published by Leisure Books, Pocket Books, and currently is writing for Berkley/Jove. She also has earned 7...more

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“He found a stuffed animal, a fluffy wolf with bright blue eyes, and was immediately drawn to it. "I want to get this for her. It is telling me it needs to go home with us." Francesca laughed at him.” — 9 people liked it

“Francesca took a navy blue sheath from a hanger and held it up. "This is darling, Gabriel. Don't you love it? You're right, I think we need to concentrate on much more feminine articles of clothing."
He reached around her and fingered the soft material. "Where is the rest of it?" He was very serious, his dark eyes searching her face for signs she was teasing.” — 7 people liked it

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