SummaryChristine Feehan returns to the sensual Carpathian world
that has earned her a reputation as "the queen of paranormal
romance" (USA Today) in a new novel of true love and the
unnatural forces that could destroy it.
Manolito De La Cruz knew he was dangerously close to turning
into a vampire. The last thing he expected after being
called back to his Carpathian homeland by Prince Mikhail was
to catch the scent of his destined lifemate in MaryAnn
Delaney. MaryAnn is human, but she knows all too well the
overwhelmingly aggressive instincts of Carpathian males. And
they're not exactly the kind of men she'd prefer to be bound
to for life.
A dedicated counselor for battered women, MaryAnn has a
fulfilling life with no room for someone like Manolito, born
and bred in the Carpathian Mountains, a law unto himself.
But when MaryAnn agrees to go to South America to offer
guidance to a brutalized young woman, she's oblivious of the
trap that awaits her in the sweltering thick of the jungle.
She has been lured there by Manolito himself, who has
seductive plans for the unaware, irresistibly human female.
Once there, she will be his. Once his, she will never be
released. He is her lover, her predator, her lifemate. She
is his dark possession....
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