Raven soon discovers that she may not only serve as Mikhail’s salvation and soul mate, but perhaps the key to the salvation of the entire Carpathian race. He is intercepted by a human, Raven Whitney, who has used her psychic abilities to help police hunt serial killers. The story opens with Mikhail Dubrinsky, Prince of the Carpathians, contemplating suicide after centuries of leading a life without love. I was eager to see how her fantasy world stacked up against some of the other bestselling authors in the vampire genre, such as Kim Harrison, Stephenie Meyer, and Guillermo del Toro. I had been familiar with the name of #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, but I hadn’t to date read any of her many books. When I received a copy for review, I was looking forward to the opportunity to read it. Fortunately, my mind was already alive with more Carpathian lore.An author’s cut special edition of Christine Feehan’s first novel in the Carpathian vampire series, Dark Prince, has recently hit bookshelves. I spent so much time with Mikhail and Raven, Gregori and Jacques that I felt very sad when I finished the book. I loved all the characters and wanted to know more about them. This was a very exciting and fascinating book to write.

The discovery of this dying race of people, struggling desperately to preserve their place in the world afforded me many intriguing adventures on their behalf. That is when I stumbled on to the answer - the Carpathian people. There are so many tales of vampires in almost every country down through the ages. I ended up taking the lore and myths of the vampire and weaving them into a book that answered my question, 'Where did the first vampire come from?' I had done so much research on them and coincidentally on vampires also. I originally was going to write a werewolf book because I wanted to do something really different and I absolutely love wolves. I began this book several years before I became published. Intertwined physically and spiritually, they could heal one another and experience an eternity of nights filled with love. He knew he must possess her, for only she could tame his savage side and lift the dark shadow from his soul. Her compassion, courage, and innocence awakened in him an exquisite longing and tenderness. And she answered, a ray of light, piercing his darkness. 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. She came to him at dawn, his bleakest hour. And he had only touched her with his mind.

Her senses aroused, she craved the dangerous force of his body. The seduction was deep and elemental he affected her soul. He came to her in the night, a predator-strength and power chiseled his features. It tells the story of how Mikhail Dubrinsky and Raven Whitney came together.

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