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- Content warnings: Torture, Kidnapping, Captivity, Violence, Blood, Trauma, PTSD, Dubious consent, Death, Injury detail
Dark Desire
by Christine Feehan
Book 2 in Dark
If you want the foundational 90s tortured-hero, fated-mates Carpathian romance with a psychic bond and a heroine literally healing the hero, this is the one everyone in PNR points back to.
storykind_community 3.33/5 3 ratings
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Length369 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Possessive / claiming
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Instant attraction
- Medium
- Possessive / claiming
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Possessive love interest
- Passionate / intense
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Obsessive love interest
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The swoon
- Immortal/ancient
- Hurt/comfort
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Earned hope
- Vampire lord
- Only soft for them
- Mine declarations
- Addictive read
- Mutual pining
- Possessive/protective
- Scent kink
- Marking hickeys
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Claiming
- Possessive
- Marking
- Dominance
- Blood play
- Telepathic intimacy (mind sex)
- Bonding/claiming/marking
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Mountain / highlands
- Paranormal
- Vampires
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Forest / wilderness
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- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Psychics
- Vampire romance
- Contemporary
- Immortal/mortal romance
- Rescue romance
- Magic bond
Reading experience
- Third person
- Dark
- Heavy
- Healer
- MC 20-30
- Intense
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- Damaged survivor
- Brooding
- Emotional
- Atmospheric
- Yearning
- Dramatic
- Seductive
- Gothic
- Blood oath
- Haunted castle
- Emotional devastation
- Morally complex
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Book details
- Length
- 369 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book