Dark Demon is the sixteenth title in Christine Feehan

Christine Feehan

Christine Feehan is an American romance-paranormal writer. She has published more than 26 novels, including five series, and numerous novellas since 1999.-Biography:...

’s Dark Series, a series of paranormal

Paranormal

Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...

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Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

s featuring the Carpathians (race)

Carpathians (race)

Carpathians are a fictional race of people in the fictional universe of the Dark Series, a group of books by Christine Feehan. Carpathians survive by drinking the blood of humans, but unlike vampires, they do not kill their human prey...

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Plot introduction

Natalya first meets Vikirnoff in a forest while hunting a different vampire, who has help with him. They attempt to kill the vampire, and meet each other, Vikirnoff knowing that Natalya is his life mate. While hunting the "Troll King", the two battle enemies, each other, and make love repeatedly. Between the beautiful sessions of lovemaking, Natalya strives to find out about the compulsion that has brought her to the mountains. With some help from Vikirnoff, they make it to the icy caves where it was rumored Xavier had resided. They try to find a knife to get a book of spells that Soren, Natalya's father, has hidden away.

Awards and nominations

Made the Following Bestseller Lists:

• New York Times #2
• USA Today #2
• Publisher's Weekly #2
• Barnes and Noble mass market
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• Borders
• Waldens
• Amazon