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- Content warnings: Blood, Violence, Dubious consent, Kidnapping, Captivity, Stalking, Murder, Sexual assault (referenced), Death, Trauma, Graphic violence, Sexual content
Dark Prince
by Christine Feehan
Book 1 in Dark
The book that launched a 35+ book series and basically invented the paranormal lifemate trope - Mikhail is the OG possessive immortal book boyfriend and Raven holds her own against him.
goodreads 4/5 59,916 ratings
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Length447 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Animalistic / primal
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Mutual pining
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Instant attraction
- High
- Animalistic / primal
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Vampire lord
- Fated mates
- Intense / passionate
- Tension finally satisfied
- Possessive alpha
- Possessive love interest
- Primal / feral style
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Dark/tortured soul
- Obsessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming style
- Comfort reread material
- Immortal/ancient
- Protective love interest
- Emotional / loving
- King / ruling monarch
- Power imbalance
- Possessive/protective
- Only one who understands them
- Marking hickeys
- Feral devotion
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Scent kink
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Mine declarations
- Neck kisses / neck touching
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Primal play (hunting/chasing)
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Telepathic intimacy (mind sex)
Fantasy promise
- Paranormal romance
- Vampire romance
- Forest / wilderness
- Paranormal
- Vampires
- Manor house / estate
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- Psychics
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Dark romance
- Forced proximity
- Bodyguard/protection detail
- Immortal/mortal romance
- Magic bond
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Dark
- Heavy
- Survivor
- Intense
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- Atmospheric
- Outcast/loner
- Romantic
- Prophetess/seer
- Seductive
- Lush
- Mysterious
- Dramatic
- Brooding
- Page turner
- Morally complex
- Forbidden desire
- Cursed bloodline
- Protect at all costs
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Book details
- Length
- 447 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book