About this title: Supernatural sensuality is the rule for this anthology, which features four pairings of humans with vampires, werewolves, and related magical creatures, written by both established and rising stars in paranormal romance. "Dark Hunger," the novella by the headline author of the book, Christine Feehan, kicks off a new five-book series within her larger Dark series about the immortal, vampire-hunting Carpathians.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136968ISBN:0515136964
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136968ISBN:0515136964
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. creased spine. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 9/2004
ISBN-13:9780515136968ISBN:0515136964
Description: Good. 0515136964. Bright, glossy cover, clean, tight pages. 4-5 light spine creases, a little bit of tilt, light rubbing wear on edges. Stories of sensual predators who come by night. When the sun goes down, each woman will discover the man she desires-within the beast that drives her wild. DARK HUNGER by Christine Feehan (connected to CARPATHIAN series)-In a dark jungle, a beautiful activist liberates animals from a secret laboratory-and stumbles across an unexpected prisoner. She releases the ... read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and creases. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Jove Publications, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136968ISBN:0515136964
Description: Good. Paranormal romance anthology. Creased & slanted spine, avergae cover/edge wear, store stamp inside, light page yellowing. 'Dark Hunger' by Feehan, 'Awaiting Moonlight' by Shayne, 'The Night Owl' by Holly, 'Seduction's Gift' by Knight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Date Published: 2005-09-06
ISBN-13:9780425206584ISBN:0425206580
Description: New. Trade Sized paperback in Almost Excellent Condition! Just has a tiny crease at the bottom of the cover. You have to look really hard to see it. PARANORMAL VAMPIRE. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136968ISBN:0515136964
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136968ISBN:0515136964
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Spinal creases. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Anthology Cover Slightly different than one shown read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136968ISBN:0515136964
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 400 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good in Lite Wear to cover/edges jacket. Extremely lite spine creases, lite shelf wear, Binding Tight---NOTE: Standard/Media-mail can take over 21 business-days to arrive. read more
Edition: Original
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: JOVE
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780515136968ISBN:0515136964
Description: A super sensual collection of novellas about sexy supernatural predators and their "prey" by four hot "New York Times" bestselling authors. Includes a new Carpathian novella from Christine Feehan, along with works by Maggie Shayne, Emma Holly, and An... read more
"An anthology of 4 short stories, gets 4 short reviews from me. I liked this one, for me it had 2 authors I am familiar with and 2 I had never read before (but will in the future).
Dark Hunger (Carpathians - Dark series, book 14) by Christine Feehan Chained to a wall by the humans, caught in a trap surely set by a master vampire, Riordan De La Cruz was running out hope until he felt her coming into the room. Witnessing the men take more wild animals into the new research building, Juliette Sangria and her sister Jasmine needed to save the animals before they were tortured, finding not only animals but a man, nearly broke her heart. Binding themselves together meant one big family. (****4) Book 14 ..... Short stories are so difficult, it always feels so rushed and incomplete. I like the jaguar species and the connection they make to the Carpathians, Juliette's simple acceptance of was good but Riordan's compassion for Jasmine's situation is what made him the best part of this story. Large cast of characters (brothers Zacarias, Manolito, Nicolas and Rafael as well as sister Jasmine and cousin Solange) for a short story, hopefully we will see more of all of them as the series progresses.
Awaiting Moonrise by Maggie Shayne Taking a research trip to New Orleans, Professor Jenny Rose from Dunkirk University was wanting to use her expertise as a cryptozoologist to prove that werewolves don't exist, it is just a previously not discovered species of animals. After finding what could be the animal she has been looking for and being scratched by it, she met the local Doctor. The attraction Dr. Samuel La Roque had to Jenny was instantaneous and unavoidable. He had his secrets and she was going to find them, and then what would they both do? (****4) Under 100 pages, this is a great story with some wonderful characters. It did feel like it was lacking because of how short it was. Their encounters are intense, but the reaction seemed more than what was warranted, almost like we only saw part of it. I liked the 'bad guy' not really wanting to track the werewolf for any normal reasons. The addition of the Voudon priestess, Mamma Louisa, gave a bit of flavor to the story and a great ending.
The Night Owl (Midnight series, book 1) by Emma Holly Owning the bakery was all Mariann O'Faolain had really ever wanted to do. Finally after the ex-husband and the ex-partner were out of her life, she could start over and do what made her happy. Needing a connection to the people around him, Bastien Luce and his 'cousin' Emile started renovating the Night Owl Inn. Finding a different kind of connection with Mariann might be more difficult for him, but he knew he would find a way to make it forever. (****4) New author for me, one that I really enjoyed and will look for more from. Little bit of a different take on a common storyline. The back story of the characters was well written and easy to follow, the characters themselves were wonderful. Bastien's shyness was endearing from the beginning and I could have read more about him and Emile's strange view of life made for an easy camaraderie between the two... and then all three of them. As always, I like learning a new words (one at a time), upyr - from Hungarian and Slavonic folklore.
Seduction's Gift (Mageverse, book 1) by Angela Knight Sheriff Officer Grace Morgan liked her job, she liked protecting and helping people even if she already knew that there was more to life than just the earthy universe. Catching a speeding car, Lance (Lancelot du Lac) looked up at her and her heart dropped, she thought she had squashed that crush long ago but seeing him now made her unsure of everything but the need to not give in to her desires for him. Knowing that he had the power of the Mageverse behind him, Grace fought her growing needs as long as she could. (***3) Different, interesting, strange - really enjoyed the concept of the story (King Arthur, his round table, and Merlin) and the characters (Lancelot, Grace and Morgana) were fabulous. Too rushed for my taste (maybe because it is a short story), felt as if the story was an excuse for the sex scenes, I would have rather had a story I didn't care about and have the sex be the story or invest more into the great story and let the sex just enhance it. This story could have been the best story of the book, it could have been a really great story, unfortunately it was crammed into about 100 pages and lost so much. I would be interested in reading this author again (full length book please)."
"I have been waiting quite a while to get my hands on this one so I could read the Christine Feehan entry. I wasn't going to bother, but since it was the introduction to both the De La Cruz brothers and the Jaguar people, I thought I should. Of course, as always, I whine that anthology entries are just not long enough or detailed enough to give you developed characters or storylines, but this one does quite well.
Riordan is the youngest brother of five powerful, ancient Carpathian hunters. Sent by their prince centuries ago into what is now known as Brazil to hunt the undead, they have survived their loss of color and emotion by focusing on their duty to their people and their remembered love of each other. Juliette is a Jaguar shifter - part of a nearly extinct race where a small renegade band of the males capture and rape their females in the hopes of impregnating them. Men are not creatures to be trusted in Juliette's world. Juliette, her younger sister Jasmine, and her cousin Solange live mostly on their own, after the deaths of their mothers at the hands of the males. But when Juliette and Jasmine attempt a lab break and enter in the jungle in order to free endangered animals from testing, Juliette finds something she never could have expected...a chained and near death man. And that man, Riordan, also finds what he never expected - his lifemate.
I was glad I got to go back and get the origins of the De La Cruz brothers, as brief as it was. It was a good introduction to their part in the Carpathian series. I, of course, was more interested in the elusize Zacharias, who to this point has yet to be "seen", but still has quite the presence. Riordan and Juliette make a good couple, and enough action is packed into this story to make it worth while. You can tell that both Solange and Jasmine will play a role somewhere down the line, especially Solange. She is a bit of an intriguing character, a warrior in her own right, and her story should be a good one. All in all, not a bad addition to the series.
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I decided I wanted to give Angela Knight a shot, and since this anthology contained the first in the Mageverse series, it seemed like a good place to start. I didn't expect to like something that seemed as out there as Arthur's Knights of the Round table as Vampire saviors of mankind, but I did. While my usual gripe about not being able to get into the short stories still applies, it was enough to make me interested in checking out the rest of the series."
"Nice short story. Feehan accomplished a lot in a very few pages. Nothing felt rushed or incomplete. This was Riordan's story. He's an ancient who was sent out by Vlad with his family fot South America. He finally finds his lifemate, who happens to be one of the Jaguar people. He must overcome her aversion to men (which fortunately doesn't take long), while fighting a vampire and deranged Jaguar men who are abusing the Jaguar women. It was a lot in a compact story, but very well done and I enjoyed it. Off to the next!"
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