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Summary: Unique, Sensual, Highly Compelling
Review: Dark Guardian is a great entry in Feehan's unique, sensual and highly compelling Dark series.Jaxon (Jaxx) Montgomery, a tough young police officer, has already endured a life of misery in which she's lost everyone she's ever cared about to her murderous stepfather, Tyler Drake, an ex-Navy Seal who's still at large. Lucian Daratrazanoff has been a powerful guardian of his people, the Carpathians, for thousands of years. He uses his enormous supernatural mental and physical powers to hunt and destroy vampires and to protect the weak. However, his emotions have withered so he lives a bleak, soulless life-until he meets Jaxx. Lucian is convinced that Jaxx is his lifemate. After he saves her from an ambush, her real adventure begins. She discovers a secret, shadow world of unimaginable power and danger as she fights by Lucian's side. In the meantime, she begins to discover the inner secrets of the enigmatic and fascinating Lucian-a male of intense power, confidence and utter devotion to her. Under Jaxx's influence, Lucian is able to recover his emotions-and they are as intense as any romantic hero in all of literature. This is one of the best romances I've ever read. The tender and highly erotic relationship between Lucian and Jaxx is developed in such detail and with such an excitement of discovery that the book is impossible to put down. It is a steamy, wild adventure ride that will utterly entertain any romance reader. Author Christine Feehan is truly a master of exciting erotic prose and deep character emotion. I can hardly wait to read all of her other books!
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Summary: One of the Best in the Dark Series!
Review: Jaxon Montgomery kept herself isolated from all others, being careful not to make friends or spend too much time with anyone else. She was trained as a Navy SEAL and is now a police officer, confident in her abilities and well able to protect herself - except from her stepfather. When Jaxx told others that her stepfather had murdered her Navy SEAL father to marry her mother, she was laughed at and no one believed her. But then they found the brutally slaughtered bodies of Jaxx's younger brother and fragile mother and a few started to believe. When her stepfather returned to kill the family who adopted her, the family of another Navy SEAL, Jaxx refused to endanger anyone else and kept to herself. She feared that anyone else that she showed affection to would be murdered, but she didn't want to be alone... Lucian was the most powerful of the Carpathians - and the most ancient. For thousands of years he has walked the earth, hunting vampires and protecting the innocent. He even pretended to be a vampire for hundreds of years so that his twin, Gabriel (Dark Legend), would hunt him and not turn vampire. The only thing that kept him from meeting the dawn was the thought that his life mate was out there somewhere, waiting for him... Jaxx was not at all what Lucian had envisioned in his life mate. Carpathian women are tall, slender with raven hair and jewel bright eyes, Jaxx is short with short blonde hair and a spunky attitude. Sparks definitely fly when Lucian carries Jaxx off to the safety of his mansion, telling all of her acquaintances that he is her fiance. Jaxx fears Lucian, but, deep in her heart, she knows that she can trust him. However, she also knows that her stepfather will start hunting Lucian if he doesn't let her go soon and she cannot bear to have another person killed on her account. She tries her best to protect Lucian, but he doesn't seem to understand the danger. Lucian is not sure what to make of Jaxx. He is the most powerful of his kind and it is almost laughable that this little human thinks she can protect him from anything. Both sides will have to adjust their thinking as they fall deeper and deeper in love and Jaxx comes to terms with being a Carpathian life mate! I loved Lucian as a character. We last saw him in Dark Legend where he tried to end his life rather than face an eternity alone, but he was persuaded to live because his life mate was out there and needed him. And if anyone needed a dark hero more, it is Jaxx Montgomery. I thought Jaxx was a great heroine and very different from all of Ms. Feehan's other heroines. When Jaxx said that she wanted to help Lucian hunt the bad guys, she meant it - and she had the skills to back it up, unlike most of the other females. Jaxx was tough, but she wasn't bitter and she was still very feminine. This is just a beautiful love story - you are all in for a treat!
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Summary: Good, Lucian a little mellower male...
Review: Not as good as Dark Legend. These two didn't seem as perfect a fit as Gabriel and Francesca. I loved that the other couples are mentioned more often in this installment of the series. I enjoyed Jaxon's past as a paramilitary trainee and saucy policewoman, but she just flopped as a heroine. She was just a whimp and I expected more strength and maturity from that type of character. And give me a break, a sniper from one mile away straight through a spinal cord? ha ha. And very unlikely that the oldest ancient and most cunning hunter didn't have a clue? I felt that Gabriel needed Francesca more, Francesca was so strong and confident. I hoped for some of that in Jaxon but got none of it.
I really enjoyed the ending, great ending. But overall not as good as Dark Legend, Dark Gold, Dark Magic, or Dark Challenge.
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Summary: Inspiration
Review: This is the book that got me hooked on Christine Feehan. Although I had read After Twilight, I didn't like her books until now. Mrs. Feehan is a great writer, and thanks to her, I veiw people in a very different way.
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Summary: Wow, what can I say
Review: Lucian should be called Lucious Lucian. He is hot & I mean steaming. I don't know how Chris does it. Her Dark men just get better. I know I always say that after reading every new book she brings out, but this time I mean it. I can't see how she can better this one, but I am sure she will, somehow. Jaxon, his lifemate is so different from all the other lifemates. She is a little bundle of dynamite & is absolutely perfect for Lucian. I can't wait to see them in future dark books. My only one complaint is that I have worn out 2 paperback of this one with all the rereading of it & I am desperately waiting for it to come out in hardback along with all the Dark series. So please publishers hurry & bring the whole series out in H/B soon. Well done Chris & keep them coming. You have a fan for life.
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Summary: Lucian lifemate to Jaxon ( humm first book I read)
Review: When I got this book , little that I knew that it was going to change my thinking of how vampire really are, I grow out with the old kind of vampires, you know like count dracula, but Mrs freeham vampires are not only smelly and ugly with residing gums,nothing at all like my vampires, handsome and lonely and desperate looking like all of us for their lifemates, their other half any way I just want it to point out that I still believe that not all vampires are cruel and ugly or smell it Ok Lucian is a truely vampire hunter he does not have any equal I believe ,just by his voice alone he was able to destroy his enemies. not even his twin brother Gabriel can defeat him, or Gregori, or Mickail the prince, any way Lucian was believed by his people to been one of the undeath a vampire, that he turned when him and his twin dissapear during the dark days of the turk wars. they were consider legends. Any way after Lucian wake up and find out that he did have a lifemate he went to look for her and he find her. A cop that was train by navy seals, her name is jaxon. So as you can imagine what this mean to poor Lucian a ancient with no idea how to deal with a mortal woman that is soft like feather and that fights like rambo, that is determined to proctect him , like he need any proctection, he is a vampire hunter after all , from a lunatic responsible for her father and everybody that she care about ...P>Humm this is really got alot of action in the story.... But I haven't seen yet a heroine that really fight next to her men, and kick vampires all over, I like that kind of heroines.....humm
just kind like xena you know any way.......you will not be dessapoint it with any of the heroines in the dark serie they all drive their lifemates crazy with their right to be independet
but in the end they all realize that it is wort it to give their old lifes to be with this handsome dark men, I would too. So enjoy the books. Savannahmb
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Summary: I agree with Erin Stevenson
Review: Personally this was the first Dark book that i read, and i loved it. But the repetition of plot in most of the books, and of the word 'creamy' is really sickening after a while; i loved the charachters in this book, and in Dark Legend and Dark Gold especially - have the charachters now dropped off the face of the earth?
speaking on behalf of myself and anyone else who wants to be included, i beg the author to please return to some of our old charachters and continue their stories. life doesn't end after 'the guy gets the girl' - we've heard of Gabriel & Francesca's struggle to keep Tamara alive - that, plus fighting some vampires who want to get Tamara/Skyler could be the basis of a new book, which would also solve the 'same-plot' problem others are complaining about.
on the whole, this book was totally awesome - the best yet, i think. but it's time for a bit of a change in the whole overlying plot of the series, and the existing plot is so intriguing that alot can be done with it outside the realm of romance.
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Summary: The Dark saga continues with Lucian's story
Review: Courtesy of Love Romances Lucian Daratrazanoff is a legend'one of the ancient Dark twins sent out over 1000 years ago by their former Prince to protect humans and Carpathians alike. His life was bleak, lacking color and emotion. The only thing that had kept him from turning vampire after all these years had been his dedication to his twin, Gabriel. Lucian had fooled everyone into thinking he had turned, to give his brother a mission to keep from turning himself. Once Gabriel found his lifemate, Lucian was ready to give up, allowing himself to be destroyed. But hope arrives at the last minute, giving Lucian a new reason for living' his own lifemate. Jaxon 'Jaxx' Montgomery is a brilliant and gifted cop, well respected by her fellow officers, and having survived a hellish young life. Her entire family, and anyone she has ever gotten close to, were brutally murdered by a former Navy SEAL, and her late father's best friend, Tyler Drake. She had spent the last several years of her life trying to avoid emotional entanglements with anyone, for fear Drake would fixate on them and start another murderous rampage. Lucian finds in her the one person who could bring color and feeling back into his bleak existence, and therefore refuses to allow her to keep her distance. He needs her and is determined to make Jaxon understand him. When Jaxx and her partner are nearly killed in a drug bust gone bad, Lucian steps in and rescues them, taking her to his home, unwilling to be separated from her. As she recovers from what should have been fatal injuries, Jaxx notices changes in her body, wrought by Lucian's healing and converting of her. She tries to convince him, it isn't safe to be around her, for Drake will stop at nothing, all the while finding herself drawn to Lucian. Lucian and Jaxon's path is not an easy one, for Drake is still out there, stalking them. There are also some very powerful vampires in the area, having been drawn by Jaxon's psychic abilities. Add in a dangerous drug lord, who is not pleased with her team's skills, interfering with his business, and their work is cut out for them, as they try to eliminate all of these threats to their happiness. This book is slightly different from past books in Ms. Feehan's Dark saga, but more than meets the expectations of her numerous fans. Lucian is very unique and this is reflected in the way the story is written. Jaxx is a very strong woman and is a perfect match for the most respected and feared of all Carpathians. He recognizes her special abilities and strengths, causing him to compromise far more than is typical for the males of his species, whose main purpose is to protect their lifemate at all costs. He makes an effort to accommodate her intelligence and her talents, allowing her to participate in dangerous activities where her abilities will help. However in spite of this, Lucian still does not take seriously the threat Drake poses to their lives, causing him to underestimate just what Drake will do. This tale is more plot-driven that most of the Dark series, full of action. But how can it not be, with the various subplots occurring? There is also more violence, due to the nature and number of villains present. One disappointment however, that this reviewer found, is the resolution of the Tyler Drake plotline. It is rather anticlimactic, one having expected more from him after the way he was presented in the story. This leaves the story to not be quite as satisfactory as it could be. In spite of this one issue, the book is fascinating and will keep the pages turning, in to the late hours of the night. The edge-of-the-seat drama keeps one intrigued and not wanting to stop until the story is ended. As always, Dark Guardian leaves the readers begging for more. One will be happy to know this saga is nowhere near complete, and there is still much filed away in Ms. Feehan's imagination for future books and enthralling characters. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition
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Summary: Can we have a new plot please?
Review: On an individual Basis I absolutely love every single one of the books in the Dark series. But once you have read one, you have read them all. The plot has only minor and insignificant changes from one book to the next. The studly, manly, overly protective Carpathian male must either fight an ancient and powerful vampire after his woman, or protect her from a fanatical group of vampire hunters. After the fifth book with the same plot I was totally fed up. The stories are fantastic, just read at least 4 non-vampire stories in between each of the Dark Books.
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Summary: only the best!
Review: the series of dark books just gets better and better
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