After centuries of service to his people, Nicolas De La Cruz prepares to greet the dawn. First he'd like to indulge himself, just once. Surely after all the years he's served as a hunter, he deserves this one indulgence. And so he finds a woman, calls her to him, and prepares to drain her life on the night before he takes his own. Nicolas De La Cruz has just picked the wrong woman.

Dragonseeker blood runs strong in Lara. Reluctant mage and warrior, Lara endured a horrific childhood and when she finally escaped the depravity of her family, all she wanted to be was normal. To fit in. To live a quiet life, unremarkable and alone. But not so quiet that she'll let a vampire drain her dry without a fight.

After a tumultuous first encounter in which Nicolas realizes he's just attacked his life mate, the two settle into a routine...of sorts. Nicolas tries to pull his mate to him with all sorts of dark and delicious temptations, while Lara pushes him away with everything she has. Either they will learn to love and let go of the past, or they will die together to be reborn and try again in the next life.

Another one of the sexy De La Cruz brothers meets his match in DARK CURSE, the newest novel in Christine Feehan's wildly popular Carpathian series. There's quite a bit of important back story and information in this volume that moves the story along nicely. Conspiracies are uncovered, treacheries are revealed, and at the heart of it all, the noble (and hot) Carpathians are protecting the world from evil.