Blurb
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 has no idea 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 never will be released. He is her lover, her predator, her
lifemate. She is his dark possession.
Review
Dark/Carpathian series, abuse counselor MaryAnn Delaney attended the Carpathian
Christmas celebration in the last book and agrees to accompany the De La Cruz
brothers to South America in order to help Jasmine, a brutalized young Jaguar
woman. MaryAnn is very depressed but doesn’t know why. Sure, she witnessed one
of the brothers nearly dying, but she doesn’t know the man. Yet, she feels as
though her heart and soul has been torn in two.
left his body, but his brothers and the famed Carpathian healer Gregori saved
his life. After Rafael, Riordan, and Nicolas take him back to Brazil and place
him in the ground to heal, the unthinkable happens. Manolito awakens too soon
and his spirit is still trapped between the living and the dead. Plus, he claims
he has a lifemate.
spirit/shadow world very confusing, and much of the book takes place there. I
just don’t understand how it works. I did enjoy, however, the scene when
Manolito meets Vlad and Sarantha Dubrinsky again. They’ve been dead for several
centuries, but Manolito still respects his former prince and finally has the
chance to apologize for a grave transgression.
demanding as all the Carpathian males are, but he’s not as bad as some of his
brothers.
when she was first introduced in Dark Destiny. She’s also the first person of
color to be featured as a main character in this series. MaryAnn is obsessed
with designer clothes and dislikes bugs and nature, and that grew tiresome
after a while. Her inner Lycan was struggling to break free, but she
doesn’t know about her secret heritage. There wasn’t a lot of information about
the Lycans or werewolves, which I found disappointing.
but unlike most of the Jaguar males featured in the series, he’s kind and
respectful of women. He’s also my favorite character in the book.
powerful species in Ms. Feehan’s Dark series, so it’s the heroines who always
convert to Carpathian to be with their men. This book finally switches that up!
Since Lycans are just as strong, both Manolito and MaryAnn partially convert
into each other’s species. I really loved that! Overall, the story is good, but
I would’ve liked it more if I better understood the spirit/shadow world.