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| Synopsis from FictionDB: 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 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 a trap awaits her in the sweltering thick of the jungle. She has been drawn there by Manolito himself, who has seductive plans for the unaware, irresistibly human female... |
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| Synopsis from FictionDB: Born into a world of evil and ice, Lara Calladine knew paralyzing fear as a child. Aided by her aunts, she survived to claim her Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker. She was a child of three species yet belonged to none, and so she walked her chosen path alone, trusting no one. For beyond the frozen hell of her youth were even greater dangers. Today, as an expert in the study of ice caves, Lara searches for the source of her nightmares. Nicolas De La Cruz can help her. Though centuries of hunting and killing have taken their toll, he longs to feel sensual love without the hunger for blood. As a tenuous trust emerges between them, so too does a passion neither has ever known. And while Lara and Nicolas search the treacherous Carpathian landscape for the truth about their past, they harbor a secret that could save or destroy them. Because as much as they long for a future as lifemates, they are also haunted by the unknown dangers of a dark curse. |
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| Synopsis from FictionDB: Ivory Malinov's only brethren are the wolves. Abandoned by her family and cast out by everyone she held dear, Ivory has lived centuries without love. She has sustained her sanity by preparing for one mission -- to destroy her greatest enemy. Then she picks up the scent of a man. Her salvation. Her lifemate. The curse of all Carpathian women. Branded a criminal, Razvan is a Dragonseeker from one of the greatest Carpathian lineages, yet he has been raised as its most despised enemy. Fleeing from his lifetime of imprisonment, Razvan seeks the dawn to end his terrible existence. Instead he finds his deliverance in Ivory, the Dark Slayer. In spirit, in flesh and in blood, in love and in war, Ivory and Razvan are made for each other. For as long as they dare to live. |
