Manolito De La Cruz awakens deep in the rich soil of the South American rain forest he calls home. The last thing he remembers is a gathering in the Carpathian Mountains where he was wounded while shielding a pregnant kinswoman from a vampire attack. Ravenous with hunger, confused and disoriented, he stumbles into the forest. Since recently claiming his lifemate, Manolito has had all the colors and emotions in the world restored to him, yet everything in the rain forest appears to him in mists and grays. He finds himself stuck between worlds. Neither of this world, where his life mate, MaryAnne Delaney, anchors him, nor of the shadow world where his enemies, long dead, call to him with entreaties to join them in their fight against the Carpathian Prince and his people. There is only one person he knows can save him. One person he's completely sure of. He calls his mate to his side.

A city girl, born and bred in the rainy jungle known as Seattle, MaryAnne has come to South America with the De La Cruz family to council and comfort a brutalized young jaguar woman, now pregnant as a result of her attack. A trauma counselor for battered women, MaryAnne is successful and happy with life as she knows it. But everything is changing for her. She fights against it, but can't stop a chain of events set in place for her. She doesn't even know Manolito De La Cruz, but she saw the mortal attack in the Carpathian Mountains and felt the killing blow as if it was aimed at her own heart.

Manolito's family both fear and pray that their brother has claimed MaryAnne for his mate without revealing himself to her. Although they don't understand why he wouldn't have told them about his mate, they are sure MaryAnne is the woman who can save him from becoming vampire. Sure enough, when their brother awakes, it is MaryAnne who hears his call and leaves the safety of the world she knows to rush to his side.

As lush and steamy as the rain forests of South America, DARK POSSESSION makes its debut at summer's end. One final hot fantasy before the hot days and nights of summer give way to the reality of fall when life goes back to normal. Enjoy this last gift of summer where men are men, women are strong and resilient, and true love works out for those brave enough to fight for it and claim it as their own.

Book Summary

A Carpathian event-the new hardcover from the phenomenal New York Times bestselling author.

Christine Feehan returns to the sensual Carpathian world that has earned her a reputation as "the queen of paranormal romance" (USA Today) in a new novel of true love and the unnatural forces that could destroy it.

Dangerously close to becoming a vampire, Manolito De La Cruz has been called back to his Carpathian homeland-and has unexpectedly caught the scent of his destined lifemate, MaryAnn Delaney. MaryAnn is human and well aware of the aggressive instincts of Carpathian males. A counselor for battered women, MaryAnn has no room in her life for someone like Manolito. But when she goes to South America to offer guidance to a young woman, she has no idea of the trap awaiting her. For she's been lured there by Manolito, who has seductive plans for the irresistible human female.

Once there, she'll be his. Once his, she'll never be released. She is his dark possession.