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    Dark Melody
    Dark Melody
    Dark Melody
    Audiobook12 hours

    Dark Melody

    Written by Christine Feehan

    Narrated by Kaleo Griffith

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    About this audiobook

    Lead guitarist of the Dark Troubadours, Dayan was renowned for his mesmerizing performances. His melodies stilled crowds, beckoned, seduced. And always, he called to her to complete him. Corinne Wentworth stood at the vortex of a gathering storm. Pursued by the fanatics who'd murdered her husband, she was risking her life by keeping more than one secret. Fragile, delicate, vulnerable, she had an indomitable faith that made her fiery surrender to Dayan all the more powerful.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateDec 31, 2013
    ISBN9780062327949
    Dark Melody
    Author

    Christine Feehan

    Christine Feehan is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, with over 90 published novels in seven different series: Dark Series, GhostWalker Series, Leopard Series, Drake Sisters Series, Sea Haven Series, Shadow Series, and Torpedo Ink Series. All seven of her series have hit the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list.

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    • 5/5
      Wow the first withouta lot of vamp scenebut still so alluring
    • 4/5
      Again loved it. I loved that Dayan was so sweet and much more vulnerable than the other Carpathian males. I also really liked the twist with his lifemate.

      Definitely an interesting one.
    • 5/5
      Dark Melody features Dayan, a dark and handsome Carpathian poet, songwriter, and musician with his family band the Dark Troubadours (I just love the stories featuring this band!! Desari, Syndil, Barack…and the rest of the family and leopards….)He is close to turning and after seeing to the safety of his family decides to leave them and perhaps find his own true lifemate.
      Corinne Wentworth, whose husband has been murdered, is 6 months pregnant with his baby and due to her weak heart has very little time to live. She is also telepathic, a musician and songwriter who has been collecting all the Dark Troubadour’s albums.
      She goes to a bar with a friend where Dayan is playing his guitar and from the moment she hears Dayan’s voice and their eyes meet, she knows she has found someone that will change her life and she will never be alone again. Dayan knows he has found, at last, his true lifemate which makes him see colors and feel emotions again.
      Corinne is prepared to die to save her daughter’s life but Dayan knows he will be doomed without her in his life. He will do anything to save her and her daughter. The Carpathian healers offer to help him save their lives to ensure his happiness and will also assist him in turning her into a Carpathian and find a solution to how this will affect her daughter’s life who will be born human. Their love story is sweet and romantic.
      Of all members of the Troubadours band Dayan was blessed more with a lifemate and a female child with opportunity for one of their Carpathian males.
    • 5/5
      Good book keeps you interested and you can get a new one
    • 5/5
      This had a much better plot than any of the others. And less control freakish guys. <3
    • 5/5
      Dayan, lead guitarist of the Dark Troubadours is a Carpathian male struggling with the beast within. Seeing his family one by one find their lifemates leaves him feeling very much alone. Knowing that he must find his lifemate soon, he and Cullen Tucker, a human,(from Dark Fire) are traveling incognito, staying one step ahead of the human hunters, while Dayan searches for the one woman who will make him complete. These are still my favorite books and I eagerly await each new one. Some of Christine Feehan's characters frustrate me to no end like Lisa, with her inability to grasp reality made me want to shake her silly. If you are unfamilar with this series you really should start at the beginning with "Dark Prince".
    • 4/5
      This was a good entry into the series, but not a great one. It's hard to say what it was lacking. Maybe it was just that Dayan seemed slightly two-dimensional, or maybe it was just that his lifemate was too sick to be a fully developed character herself, for most of it. Her joy in being converted was great, though - a nice wish-fulfillment fantasy for all of us dealing with chronic illness.This is Dayan and Corrine's story, and completes the four books dealing with the Dark Troubadors - The Carpathians who escaped the Turk invasion as children and grew up alone and wild in Africa.
    • 2/5
      She was pregnant with her dead husband's baby and when her new mate turned her into a vampire, it became his baby genetically...
    • 1/5
      This is the only book in this series that I didn't like and got rid of. I just didn't like the dual emphasis on pregnancy and erotica. Not my thing.
    • 5/5
      This story is very different from the rest of this series. Corinne is dying from a defective heart and she is pregnant when Dayan finds her. Becuase of this Dayan can't claim her until the baby has had time to mature. However that doesn't mean that there isn't vampire hunter assassins not out to capture and/or kill Corrinne for her differences. So the race is on to give her time so the baby will have a chance to live. This is a sweet story and Dayan is so patient and caring of Corinne. Corinne is a little headstrong much like the rest of the heroine in this sereis but she lives in the moment knowing that her time on earth is short. This book is also a mini reunion book and you realize that every little time has past from Dark Magic to Dark Melody. It really is amazing how many men find there lifemates once Raven is converted sucessfully. I love this series and will continue to read each book.
    • 2/5
      I was dissappointed with Dark Melody. The premise is good but instead of concentrating on the story line, Feehan got wrapped up in 101 ways to describe a hot guy and his dark mysterious eyes. By page 60 something I actually said outloud - he has dark eyes I get it - move on already!The repetitive imagery and metaphors overpowered what could have been a tight and tense plot - bulking out the book perhaps but were frustrating to read, which was a shame since the action scenes were mostly well written.I also dislike wonton stupidity on behalf of the female charcters - ignoring a failing heart, a risky pregnancy and killers chasing you to get your underwear or going to a public photography shoot are poor plot devices.Think I might stick to later books in the series since i assume earlier books are likely to be more of the same or worse.
    • 5/5
      Using the music he once felt in his heart to be able to survive centuries without emotions, Dayan played his music and watched as his family finally found their other halves. Hearing the music of the Dark Troubadours had always left Corinne Wentworth with such an odd feeling, but actually seeing one of the bands members perform was a rare treat she would take with her always. Dayan could not believe he had finally found her, only to find she had a high risk pregnancy because of advanced heart failure. He could save her, he needed to save her to save himself. He had a family that would support him, help him, encourage him, and most of all, they would help her and her child for him. Book 12 ….. Quite a bit different than most of the Carpathian books. Very little action, relatively no vampire activity and only a couple of minor skirmishes with ‘The Society’. The ‘enemy’ in this story was Corinne’s body, her failing heart and the danger to her baby. The emotional battles were well written for anyone who likes to explore the emotional aspects of these great characters. The return of so many other Carpathians to help was great as was the mention of so many more. The reminder that all of these books/stories are only weeks apart in ’their’ timeline, (I guess I always thought they were years apart) it is interesting to realize how Tempest is adjusting so quickly.
    • 5/5
      Dark Melody is book 12 in Christine Feehan's Dark Carpathian series.Let me just begin by saying thank goodness for this book! I am totally back on the Carpathian bandwagon now. Dark Melody was so much better than Dark Descent (book 11 in the series).Dark Melody is the story of Dayan, lead guitarist for the Dark Troubadours. We first met the band back in Dark Challenge (book 5 of the series), and by book 6, Julian had Desari, Darius had Tempest, and Barack had Syndil - everyone had a lifemate except Dayan. So he left the band to travel with Cullen Tucker, a human loyal to the Troubadours, to hopefully find his lifemate. Dayan is compelled to stop and give an impromptu performance in a small bar, and it is here that he finds his lifemate - the one woman in all the world destined to be his other half . As soon as she walks into the room, Dayan is sure Corrine Wentworth is the light to his darkness. "He heard the soft murmur of her voice, and at once his world changed". Here's where the story goes in a different direction from all the other Carpathian books I've read: Corinne is pregnant with another man's child, and she has a life-threatening heart condition. She and her sister-in-law Lisa are also in danger from the same institution that has hounded the Carpathian race for many years. Corrine's husband John was murdered by the society, and now they have orders to bring in Corrine and Lisa, dead or alive.Because of Lisa's inability to accept reality, Cullen, Corrine and her baby are all injured and put in mortal danger. Dayan cannot convert Corrine because of the danger to her baby, but he must do something to save her. Her heart is laboring so much that it is certain she won't survive the birth of the baby, so Dayan does the only thing he can, he calls on Darius for help. Soon, all of the Troubadours, along with Gregori and Savannah (from Dark Magic) and Jacques and Shea (from Dark Desire) are on route to help heal Corrine. I have to say, I just love the fact that all of the other members of Dayan's "family" are in this book, and to have the healers Shea and Gregori there as well, was so wonderful. The storyline for Dayan and Corrine was touching and heartwarming, even if it was a bit of a departure for Feehan. Usually in a Dark novel, the heroine is capable of taking care of herself (even if the Carpathian male disagrees), but in Dark Melody, Corrine really is in need of a hero. And Dayan, dark brooding poet, is the perfect hero. Dark Melody was a very refreshing read.
    • 3/5
      not one of my favorites, but well written