Dark Desire audiobook

5 Wild Man StarsFirst read June 2012 Reread January 10, 2016Reread January 22, 2017reread oct 27, 2020Some Spoilers "You aren't getting ready to bite me again, are you? I've got to tell you, there isn't a place on my body that isn't sore." She flashed him a wan smile. "Just out of curiosity, your rabies shots are up to date, aren't they?" -SheaDark Desire the 2nd book in the Dark Series was better then the first book. This book was darker, but I loved Jacques and Shea more than I did Raven and Mikhail which is saying a lot. I connected more to them as a couple. This is my 4th time reading this book/series and it still manages to captivate me. I feel like I learn something new each time. It never gets stale or boring. That is the beauty of this entertaining series, it seems to suck me into a world that is so compelling that it never gets old to me.I know little of my past, but almost from the beginning of my imprisonment I have known of you. I waited. I called you to my side. I hated you for allowing my suffering to continue. She caught his face in her hands, suddenly anxious that he believe her. "I didn't know. I swear to you, I didn't know. I never would have left you there." -Jacques and SheaMy Jacques: "I was just thinking what a vulnerable, boyish look you have in your sleep. Now I think you're a spoiled brat."-SheaMy poor Jacques. In this book he got captured, tortured, and then buried alive for 7 years. Jacques is no longer the sexy, charming, carefree, laid-back character from book 1. He was a dark, damaged, and broken man. Barely a shadow of his former self. No memories of his past life. His mind was fragmented and he was barely hanging on to his grip on reality. I loved Jacques in book 1 and I fell more in love with him in this book. He had such courage as he tried to fight his way back from the brink, and figure out who he use to be. And even though he was different in this book he still felt like Jacques. I love that he wasn't afraid to show his vulnerable side to Shea. To tell her how much he loved and needed her. Of course even though he was darker, he was still sweet, sexy, playful, and charming!I want you with every cell in my body, with my mind and my heart. Your soul is the other half of mine. When you are with me, I feel. Joy, desire, anger, even laughter. You are my lifemate. I have waited over eight hundred years to find you. I could not see color until you came into my life.-Jacques My Shea: "Want me enough, Shea. Want me with more than just your body. Let me into your heart." His mouth fastened on hers, not gently but wildly, hungrily. The hunger was in his eyes when he raised his head to look down at her. "Open your mind to me. Want me there, as you want me in your body. Want me coming to you wild with a need only you can satisfy. Take me into your soul and let me live there." -JacquesI loved Shea. Shea has had a hard life and no parents to depend on. Her mom was like a shell of a person, Shea raised herself. Shea has a photographic memory and was very smart. She worked hard and became a Doctor(surgeon) at a very young age. Shea was a thinker, she doesn't do well with emotions. I love that she had a playful sense of humour. Brave and caring she did everything she could to help Jacques, even after he attacked her when she first found him and he was out of his mind. There was just something special about Shea that I can't put my finger on. I just found her endearing."Sometimes, wild man, you break my heart," -Shea "I was not aware that you were not Carpathian. I was not capable of knowing much at all at that time. I inadvertently converted you. I would like to say I am sorry, but in truth, I am not. I did not know what I was doing, and I hope I would have done it differently had I known better, but you are my life, Shea. There is no existence for me without you. I would have nothing to live for except revenge, and I would become the undead. I do not want to be vampire, preying on humans and Carpathians alike. You are my salvation." She pushed him away from her. The rain swept over her face as she lifted emerald eyes filled with laughter to his. "That's it? That's your big apology? I can see you're not going to be a candy-and-flowers man."-Jacques and SheaJacques and Shea together were enthralling and sweet. The way they need and heal each other was beautiful. They had a very strong connection. My heart just ached for Jacques and all the pain he went through. I felt that Shea was a great and supportive lifemate for him. They had a rough start in their relationship. They were both blind to what was happening, Jacques not remembering and Shea just not knowing, but they found their way together. I loved getting to see Mikhail and Raven again and getting caught up on their life since this book takes place 25 years after the first book. I love the news that we find out about Raven(view spoiler)[She is pregnant and it's a girl (hide spoiler)]! We get to meet Julian(Aidan's twin) in this book. Gregori of course was the show-stealer for me, but he is my all time favorite of the whole series so really no shocker there. Gregori is just so hard and arrogant, that I just can't help but love him and want to see him get taking down a peg or two. A great read in a magical series. The Dark series is one of my top 5 favorites and will always hold a special place in my heart.You, are my lifemate. I claim you as my lifemate. I belong to you. I offer my life for you. I give you my protection, my allegiance, my heart, my soul, and my body. I take into my keeping the same that is yours. Your life, happiness, and welfare will be cherished and placed above my own for all time. You are my lifemate, bound to me for all eternity and always in my care.https://jessicasoverthetopbookobsessi...["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>

Jacques Dubrinsky and Shea O'Halloran He was a creature of the night. The dark was his home. Yet now, in his agony, it was his enemy. There was only pain and silence. Always before, he was the one who chose whether to stay in the darkness, in the healing soil. Now he was a prisoner, locked away, with the soil just out of reach. Comfort should have been his, was near, yet always the wood of the coffin prevented his body from touching what would eventually have healed his wounds. Love, love, love it!The epitome of decadence vampire romance.Shea is drawn to the Carpathian mountains answering the summons of a complete stranger who has invaded her dreams. This stranger is in torment and he hungers endlessly.Jacques is almost crazy with pain and hunger. He is imprisoned inside the earth by vampire hunters. He has survived only by using the blood of rats . Nobody looks for him because the other Carpathians think that he is dead. He only thinks of a woman. His madness make him believe that she accountable for his imprisonment and she is also responsible for not letting him out. He calls for her for years, but only recently he feels that she will come for him.When the woman meets the wounded monster of her dreams, she will realise that maybe she is not just human herself. You know, you are my lifemate.Her eyes widened in surprise. "Lifemate? You - you think we know one another? I've never met you before in my life." In this book, we also have the start of the story for ....(view spoiler)[Raven (Dark 1) is pregnant and it's a girl who will almost die. Gregori, the Dark One, will save her and she will be his lifemate later on. (hide spoiler)]

"Sometimes, wild man, you break my heart" -Shea to JacquesThere is something so darn alluring about Christine Feehan`s way of writing stories.It is so obvious that she loves to write and that passion of writing shows in every page."Dark Desire" is the second instalment in the paranormal romance "Dark"-series about the vampire breed Carpathians that turns into cold blooded and heartless vampires if they don`t meet their lifemates.Carpathians are being hunted and killed all around the world,and there are so few of them left especially female carpathians.In this book we follow the story of Mikhail`s (hero from the first book) younger brother Jacques Dubrinsky who in the former book had been a carefree and playful soul but who almost turns into a mad monster through torture and being buried alive for 7 years.He finds solace in the woman whose dreams he haunts,the surgeon Shea O'Halloran.This book had such dark edge to it and it was so vivid that i easily lived in their world.Jacques and Shea are fated soulmates without a doubt,the mind they shared and the brutal honesty between them shattered my heart.I can`t imagine what would have become of Jacques if Shea hadn`t found him.The darkness almost broke his soul and made him forget his past.Being linked to Shea made him hold onto reality.Their every glance,word and touch fired up the pages,their chemistry so strong that i was aware of them with every fiber of me.Everytime Jacques told her he loves and needs her,my heart just swooned further.This is one incredible,shattering,romantic and sexy love-story with the type of suspense and magic i expect from this author.It was nice meeting Mikhail and Raven again,love them so much.It also looks like their unborn daughter will be the fated mate of Gregori,and his dark brooding exterior is calling to my soul!

another great one!Feehan always pulls at the heartstrings. The dark, sensual nature of the couple’s love affair makes you need to turn page after page. Highly recommended.

Re read via audiblePrior comments:3.5 stars. I am giving this less than 4 stars because I liked the first book better and it was 4 stars for me. But it is still worth rounding up. I loved the continuation of the story, although I was a little lost until I figured out how long it had been since the end of book 1, Dark Prince. I was surprised by the length of time between books. I mean times were desperate and Mikail and Raven still had not tried to have a child? What was up with that? Anyway, once I got a firm grasp of the timeline, I had to again suspend my beliefs. How is it possible that Jacques, beloved brother to Mikail, could remain alive but undetected - practically in their back yard - for all these years? It did not track to what I learned in the first book. After getting past all of that, there was the harder story about Jacques trying to fight insanity. Shea was, at most times, truly heroic. Jacques was, at times, horrifying to her in his madness (view spoiler)[ he almost killed her a few times ripping her throat open to take blood - it was harsh (hide spoiler)] But she helped him survive and reunite with his family on multiple levels. I enjoyed their bond. Jacques overcame more than anyone can imagine and I admire him for it. But he is not going to top my BBF list. Not much sexy about being on the edge of insanity. Shea, however, is pretty awesome. But I don't read romance for the ladies ;-) I am glad I read the book and I think it is important to the progression of the overall storyline. Very important things happen in the 2nd half of the book that I would not have wanted to miss. While I am dying to read Grigori's story (book 4) I do not want to miss the progression that the next book is sure to bring so I am going to resist skipping and move onto book 3.I know this may not sound like a great review, but it is a really good book. I highly recommend to anyone willing to read PNR and I believe it is critical if you are reading the Dark series.This is a totally safe read. No OW, cheating, etc. These guys wait hundred of years for their lifemate. While they may be conceited and domineering, they are faithful and committed!

3.5 stars

Een echt vervolgverhaal op deel 1 . De mannelijke hoofdpersoon uit dit boek is de jongere broer van die uit deel 1 en dezelfde menselijke vampier jagers zitten nog steeds achter de Karpatiers aan geholpen door een in een vampier veranderde Karpatier .