#1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan delivers another deliciously dark paranormal romance in the DARK Series They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light . . . was he a man . . . or a miracle? Alexandria Houton will sacrifice anything—even her life—to protect her orphaned little brother. But when both encounter unspeakable evil in the swirling San Francisco mists, Alex can only cry to heaven for their deliverance . . . And out of the darkness swoops Aidan Savage, a golden being more powerful and more mysterious than any other creature of the night. The ageless Carpathian male snatches them from a hideous fate. But is Aidan a miracle . . . or a monster? Is he Alex's salvation . . . or her sin? If she surrenders to Aidan's savage, unearthly seduction and gives him the color, the light, the family he craves, will Alex truly save her brother . . . or sacrifice more than her life?

Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family's woolen mill, which holds her beloved small town together. But after her father's death, the bad luck piles up: departing workers, impossible debts, an overbearing uncle. Then a stranger named Jack Spinner offers a tempting proposition: He can turn straw into gold thread, for the small price of her mother's ring. As Charlotte is drawn deeper into her bargains with Spinner-and a romance with the local banker-she must unravel the truth of the curse on the mill and save the community she's always called home.

Gildar of Torythe actually did it. He found Dorwin's gold, however, finding it was just the beginning of his challenges as word spreads quickly. He returns to his home to find his beloved murdered by jealous humans. His only hope is to journey to the Forgotten Woods to obtain the amulet that the Necromancer needs to bring her back to life, before her life force is completely drained."Filthy humans." He snarls as he walks away from the corpse. The beast-like creature wipes the blood from his blade. His sizeable nostrils flare as he breathes. The moon seems to evoke a more greenish tint as the air becomes thick enough to chew, as they feel another presence. They hover over their just unearthed treasure, which contains more wealth than they could have ever imagined. More wealth than anyone could have. No one was going to tear it away from them.