Savannah Dubrinsky, the daughter of the prince of the Carpathian people and his once human wife (now converted to full Carpathian), has been raised to believe she has a choice in her lifemate. Fate and DARK MAGIC have their own ideas -- and Gregori Daratrazanoff knows how to manipulate both.

Gregori has given Savannah time to grow up but he has known she was his before she was even born. In case you missed when this happened, it was in DARK DESIRE that Raven Whitney Dubrinsky, the prince Mikhail's wife, was attacked by "hunters" almost died and in danger of losing Savannah. Gregori ... nope sorry you will have to read that book and DARK MAGIC to find out what he did and feels just a little guilty about.

To give her time to live a little he has taken a very big chance. As an ancient who has lived a long time and fought many vampires the toll on his soul has been greater than most other Carpathian warriors. He did this knowing what being his lifemate will be to the spirited woman. He knows once he claims her, he will never be able to let her out of his sight.

DARK MAGIC is a reprint of the fourth book of author Christine Feehan's Carpathian series. It is just what the title says magical with scary moments with danger coming from many directions. It also features one of my most favorite areas, New Orleans. Love the sounds and feel that Ms. Feehan offers her readers making us feel as if we are there listening to the music and eating beignets.

This was one of my favorite books of the series because Gregori was always one of my favorites. Cold, enigmatic and the "boss" of the prince as his second and bodyguard, I wanted to see how Savannah would be able to handle the man. Which, in my opinion, she certainly learned very quickly to hold her own. She was able to get him to include her, after a bit of trial and error (mostly on his part) and was able to assuage some of his guilt. You can see her love for the man, even if he might have been in a bit of denial. You have to remember he lost his emotions a long time ago and didn't recognize them when they hit him upside the head. The best part was that Gregori learned to he has a sense of humor, it is definitely a bit twisted, but since it is usually aimed at this father-in-law it really is funny.

DARK MAGIC is an amazing book and I loved the opportunity to read it again and it actually got me re-reading the others in my read-again pile (which is all of them).