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  <title><![CDATA[Dark Prince (Carpathians,  #1) (2d Ed)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;b&gt;They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light...&lt;/b&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Prince of the Night&lt;/b&gt;
He came to her in the night, a predator---strength and power chiseled his features.  The seduction was deep and elemental; he affected her soul.  His need.  His darkness.  His terrible haunting loneliness.  Her senses aroused, she craved the dangerous source of his body.  Burned for him.  And he had only touched her with his mind.

&lt;b&gt;Lady of the Light&lt;/b&gt;
She came to him at dawn, his bleakest hour.  As the beast raged inside him, threatening to consume him, he vented his centuries-old despair in an anguished cry that filled the waning night.  And she answered, a ray of light, piercing his darkness.  A beautiful angel.  Her compassion, courage, and innocence awakened in him an exquisite longing and tenderness.  He knew he must possess her, for only she could tame his savage side and lift the dark shadow from his soul. Apart they were desolate, bereft.  Intertwined physically and spiritually, they could heal one another and experience an eternity of nights filled with love.
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1999</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Dark Prince (Carpathians,  #1) (2d Ed)</original_title>
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        <author id="6268">
      <name><![CDATA[Christine Feehan]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>8</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 08 15:37:14 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Mar 08 15:37:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ok, well um what can I say...  This series has been recommended so many times I think I hyped it up in my mind.  I was not disappointed but I didn't love it as much as BDB or Immortals after dark series.<br/><br/><br/>MILD SPOILER ALERT!!!<br/>Another reviewer had a couple of negatives which I a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48536959">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Beth(MN)]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 14 18:01:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 03 12:51:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Several years back, I was working for one of the largest banks in the country.  My office was about a block away from the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago, right in the middle of the financial district.  One morning, I arrived at work to find two preventative maintenance men in the elevator bank.  On...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32880892">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32166116">
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    <name><![CDATA[Julie (jjmachshev)]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>8</votes>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 06 07:05:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 06 07:11:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the book that started by Carpathian addiction.  Christine Feehan's &quot;Dark Prince&quot; was so very different from the normal romance novel back in 1999.  Her Alphas could write the book on Alpha behavior and their love for their mates is the stuff of dreams.  If you've never read one of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32166116">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="23199402">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kisholi]]></name>
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>11</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu May 29 03:29:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 29 19:57:58 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thanks to a quarter-life crisis that has left me bereft of the simple pleasure of enjoying a good book, I've been relegated to flipping through comics and smut romances in an effort to distract myself from the general tragedy that is my life. While most of them have been reasonably bad, I have not f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23199402">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14970175">
    <user id="130991">
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Columbia, SC]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 09 04:56:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 09 04:56:32 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Book One in &quot;The Carpathians&quot; series and tells the story of Mikhail, the Prince and leader of the Carpathians, and how he found his lifemate Raven.  There is also a novella at the end of the book (&quot;Dark Descent&quot;) about the Carpathian, Traian, and how he found his lifemate...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14970175">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51093288">
    <user id="1051989">
    <name><![CDATA[Alaine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brisbane, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 31 18:43:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 01 21:03:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Christine Feehan where have you been all my life? This book was fantastic! It was so good, that I was listening to it on audio but I wanted to read it faster so I went and bought the paperback copy.<br/><br/>&quot;I am a Carpathian male, long in the world of darkness. It is true that I feel very l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51093288">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="10952125">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kathrynn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mesquite, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Paranormal Romance Fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 24 06:34:30 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 24 06:34:30 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book #1 in Carpathian Series and the book that started it all!  Mikhail and Raven were two wonderful characters that kick start this series.  They both turn up as supporting characters in several books later in the series. Hot!<br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="9843202">
    <user id="635443">
    <name><![CDATA[Ana T.]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 02 12:02:09 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 30 11:35:52 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started reading this book with a great expectation, I first read it 5 or 6 years ago and I had never picked it up since. I read most of the other Carpathian novels but after 12 or 13 books I was a bit tired and finally gave up buying them. Since I am now in the process of adding my keepers to my L...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9843202">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="15104374">
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    <name><![CDATA[Charis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kihei, HI]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 10 19:21:37 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 10 19:44:35 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first in a very long series. I've read them all. The first is not necessarily the best but a good place to start. Each book has verry similar undertones and yet continues the epic of the carpathians. Good characters but I mostly read them because they portray all that I believe a man should be. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15104374">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20083773">
    <user id="922419">
    <name><![CDATA[Kim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Powell, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Milli, Britta, Melissa]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Sun Apr 13 16:41:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 13 16:50:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good series of books, the setup is the same in each of them... old vamps find their lifemates who are ususally tenacious women who fight the relatioship every step of the way. Some are better than others, but none are terrible. Try and read them in order, it does help set up the background...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20083773">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="16125655">
    <user id="933512">
    <name><![CDATA[Susan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rosenberg, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Feb 22 16:12:59 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book because I wanted a little dark romance and I was hooked immediately. I'm now planning to read the whole series. It's my &quot;in the car&quot; book - it sits in the pocket of my door and I read a little everyday while I wait to go in to school. I have ordered the next 3 books i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16125655">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="51232255">
    <user id="1612410">
    <name><![CDATA[Sheree]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brisbane, Australia]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Call me old fashioned, call me a sucker, call me a soft touch, I just loved this paranormal love story and I fell in love (&amp; lust) with the Carpathian males. <br/><br/>Mikhail Dubrinsky, Prince of the Carpathians, impossibly arrogant but tempered with a vulnerability that had me emotionally invest...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51232255">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48297872">
    <user id="1308323">
    <name><![CDATA[K]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 03:04:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know about this one. I honestly wanted to slap both these people. Most of the time (specially when he's thinking to himself) Mikhail is an arrogant jackass and Raven she's just a plain ole-slap-me-idiot. And foolishly <strong>*</strong> enough the one thing i found completely annoying was Mikhail constantly ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48297872">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="39186268">
    <user id="149100">
    <name><![CDATA[slayra]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portugal]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 03 06:49:47 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 21 09:57:38 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Simply awful.<br/><br/>I have nothing against paranormal romances. I've read quite a few, although I generally prefer urban fantasy/mystery books with some romance.<br/><br/>I had heard such good things about Christine Feehan I thought I'd give her books a try. Unfortunately, I couldn't make mys...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39186268">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32640525">
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    <name><![CDATA[Moderatrix Lori ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sarasota, FL]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 11 16:15:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 30 08:00:52 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had high hopes for this book since it continually shows up on people's lists of favorite series.  I really struggled with it though.  I found the writing cheesy and repetitive.  How many times can you use the word &quot;velvet&quot; in one book?  I didn't care much for the heroine either. I don't ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32640525">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first trip into the Romance section of my local bookstore, so I really didn't know what to expect. I've come across recommendations for this book several times, and vampire addict that I am I thought I'd give it a try. Can't be worse then my other guilty pleasure - fanfiction. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30339060">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 30 18:12:36 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow . . . I can't believe I waited so long to read this book!  I was sucked into this one from the very beginning.  Mikhail's character is compelling in his utter arrogance and confidence.  You keep reading just to see Raven defy him.  <br/><br/>The background of the Carpathians was built just eno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4586312">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 23 03:54:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 23 03:58:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i absolutely love this book and i think its a little bit better than twilight.<br/><br/>so if u liked twilight or if you're just into vamp romance and fantasy  YOU should read this book. YOU will honestly love it from the moment you start reading, because it gets straight into the story not like t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53692883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <user id="748197">
    <name><![CDATA[Sasha]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Jun 24 17:22:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[OMG, Christine Feehan sucks.  Big time.  But, to be fair - if you are into purple prose regarding vampire-like &quot;Carpathians&quot; who stalk their human, female &quot;lifemates&quot; and ritually exchange blood and other bodily fluids with them - then this series is for you.  Especially if you a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25355031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <user id="1302307">
    <name><![CDATA[Kissa]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Feb 09 20:53:09 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an amazing book.  I started reading and couldn't put it down. That says a lot for a book. Raven is an unforgettable character who is the epitome of &quot;I'll do anything for love&quot;. The scene where she had to go underground- OMG, I felt her pain. I can't wait to read book II.]]></body>
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