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  <title><![CDATA[The Scarletti Curse]]></title>
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  <default_description>Please note, this is not part of the Carpathian series.  It is considered a stand-alone by the author.

The Beast
Strange, twisted carvings and hideous gargoyles adorned the &lt;i&gt;palazzo&lt;/i&gt; of the great Scarletti family.  But a still more fearful secret lurked within its storm-tossed turrets.  For every bride who entered its forbidding walls was doomed to leave in a casket.

The Bride
Mystical and unfettered, Nicoletta had no terror of ancient curses and no fear of marriage...until she looked into the dark, mesmerizing eyes of &lt;i&gt;Don&lt;/i&gt; Scarletti.  She had sworn no man would command her, had thought her gift of healing set her apart, but his was the right to choose a bride from among his people.  And he had chosen her.

The Bargain
Compelled by duty, drawn by desire, she gave her body into his keeping, and prayed the powerful, tormented don would be her heart's destiny, and not her soul's demise.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">3</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2001</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Scarletti Curse</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Christine Feehan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>The Scarletti Curse</em> , is the first stand-alone book I've read from the wonderful imagination of Christine Feehan. If you are a regular follower of my blog, you will no doubt remember that I am a big fan of Feehan's <em>Dark Carpathian</em> series. <br/><br/>Within the palazzo of the great Scarletti family,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40606341">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[to readers of Paranormal romance, and of Dark series by Feehan]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book during my vacation in Montana. I liked it, but by itself slightly confusing. So I recommend reading Dark Symphony first. <br/><br/>All in all excellent book. THe characters were vivid. Bold. Like most of Feehan's male characters, Don Giovanni (spelling?) was very dominant and over...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9446997">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was extremely boring.  I just could not get into the characters and the plot did not hold my attention. <br/><br/>Per the author's website:  &quot;The SCARLETTI CURSE in NOT part of the dark series but a descendent of the couple in that book is the lifemate in DARK SYMPHONY.&quot;...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved this one.  Reading this book made me want to read more novels by Christine Feehan.<br/>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this story between Nicoletta, the healer of her village w/ special abilities, and Giovanni, the Don of the &quot;Palace of Death.&quot; A curse haunts the Scarletti family and Giovanni draws Nicoletti into the web of evil that surrounds the palazzo when he takes her for his bride. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76595263">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite Christine Feehan book. Loved it!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The curse is somewhat absurd, but it's worth reading nonetheless.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ijust started reading this book last night and i'm already on chapter 12 =)]]></body>
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