num_pages: 397
description: Born into a world of ice and slave to her evil father Lara Calladine knew only paralyzing fear as a childand escaping with her mysterious gifts unbroken would be the only way to survive her great Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker. Human yet mage she was of the blood of three species yet belonged to none. She walked her chosen path alone guided by the wisdom of her auntsto blend in and let no one know of her ancestry and powers. And never trust anyone. For beyond the frozen hell of her youth was a world of even greater mysteries and dangers.Today Lara is the leading expert in the field of ice cave study around the world and the healing microorganisms that thrive in them. Shes also in search of something else: the source of her nightmaresthe cold dark corners of her childhood. Only one man has the will and the powers to help her: Nicolas De La Cruz for whom centuries of hunting and killing have long since taken their toll. Dangerous and arrogant he still longs to feel sensual love without the hunger for blood. Now between Lara and Nicolas a tenuous trust has emerged and a passion neither has ever known before as a melody of dark promise begins.But as each scales the treacherous land of the Carpathian in search of their past they also harbor a secret that could save or destroy them. And as each may be desirous of a new beginning as lifemates they are also haunted by the unknown dangers of a dark curse.
language: English
title: Dark Curse
publisher: Piatkus