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"Dark Desire is the 2nd novel in Christine Feehan's Dark Series.
Shea O'Halleran has dreamed of a man, tortured and locked deep within the earth, for decades, not knowing who he is or where he is, but knowing that she, and only she can save him. Fleeing would be assassins, Shea goes to the Carpathian mountians where her dreams become reality and she finds Jacques, a powerful Carpathian who has been dreaming of her for decades as well. Using all she can to heal the beautiful yet tortured man, Shea knows that she shouldn't want Jacques the way he does, yet she can't deny the fire burning inside of her when he's near, or deny the fact that this strange, tortured man, is the key to her salvation."
Meredith Griffin, Resident Scholar
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"Shea had always been different from those around her. She needed daily blood infusions and her skin and eyes were very sensitive to the light. She was determined to find a cure to her rare blood disease and pursued a career as a renowned surgeon who could almost perform miracles. Her life grew even stranger when she started having these horrible nightmares about a man who was tortured and buried alive. He kept calling to her in her dreams, alternately begging and demanding that she come to him.
When a fanatic group of vampire hunters target her as a member of the undead, Shea is forced to flee. Eventually, she ends up in the Carpathian mountains where a voice calls to her. Almost against her will she finds a cave with a door on the floor. She is horrified to find that the man of her dreams is real and that he has been buried with a stake in his heart for 7 years. Although she knows that he is dangerous, as a doctor she cannot leave another person to suffer so. At first, Jacques believes that Shea helped capture and torture him, but he soon realizes that she is his lifemate, but he cannot remember exactly what a lifemate is.
Jacques was captured by an evil vampire, but most of his life before he was entombed is a big blank. Shea sets out to heal him and to make him as whole as possible before she leaves to continue her research. However, her plans go awry when another Carpathian finds her and Jacques and brings the Prince and Gregori to help heal Jacques. How Shea eventually discovers who - and what - she really is and what love is make for a deeply satisfying love story."
Debbie, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Action/suspense subplot?
Yes
Action:
- chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
- they alternate
Fantasy/Magic
Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover
Yes
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- unemployed
- warrior/knight
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
- magical being
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- invisibility
- can read emotions
- can change shapes
- can talk to animals
- fire/lightning/weather cntrl
- mind reading
- mind control
- super strength
- can fly
- can cast many different spells
- is very quick
Eccentric/mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- emotionally unstable
How sexual is this person?
- several sexual encounters
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- not very romantic
Sex makes him
- wild
Sex has good effect on him
Yes
Sex makes him
- confident
- less bitchy/arrogant
- blissful
- sensitive
- a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- doctor/medical
Has unusual powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- is very quick
- mind reading
- can read emotions
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
How sexual is this person?
- frigid
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
- somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her
Yes
Effect of sexing
- confident
- obedient
- a better lover
- less bitchy/arrogant
- blissful
- mature
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
Forest
Yes
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
- explicit references to torture
What % of story is romance related?
- 70%
- nearly 100%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- licking
- actual description of sex
- descript. of female anatomy (the big B's)
- descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
Consequences of sex
- pregnancy fears
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much sexing?
- 5-9 sex acts
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