• Darkness Dawns

  • Immortal Guardians Series #1
  • By: Dianne Duvall
  • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
  • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6,844 ratings)

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Darkness Dawns

By: Dianne Duvall
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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Once, Sarah Bingham's biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she's landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland Warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control...

In his nine centuries of immortal existence, no woman has tempted Roland as much as Sarah. But asking her to love him is impossible---when it means forfeiting the world she's always known, and the life he would do anything to protect.

©2011 Dianne Duvall (P)2011 Tantor

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"This is a strong start in what looks to be a thrilling and chilling new paranormal series. Fantastic!" ( Romantic Times)

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The two genres combined here—paranormal and romance—each have highly engaged, passionate fanbases who make finding quality recommendations easy. Listeners are enraptured by these stories. We too love the double escape provided by both fantastical and romantic elements, and for the countless ways authors continually play on listeners’ expectations to keep stories fresh. Whether you prefer werewolves, witches, or wyrs, there’s a listen for you.

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wow

omg i love the way you get so much story not just what the couple think

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humor, love, and action

liked that Sarah was strong in her own right without being an immortal. There always seems to be torture or betrayal in Dianne's books that I could do without, but it does work to show the resilience of the characters. Luckily, this book didn't have too much of that (briefly read about Roland's past and Ami's experience). What this book did have was a lot of humor, love, and action. I'll definitely reread this again.

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Ignore the preachy feeling...

I need to admit that I read this title for the first time when it first came out. Since that time, I've read every single title that has been released in this series. When I first read Darkness Dawns, I would not have anticipated picking up anything else because of the preachy tendencies in this first book. Don't get me wrong, I'm a vegetarian myself and am firmly in the camp of folk who believe we need to be better stewards of this Earth but even I felt my eyes rolling back into my head at the constant grandstanding. This is pretty much the only title in the series where you'll have this feeling.

I'm only telling you this because you're really going to want to read this one then keep going no matter how annoyed you might be after reading. The series is really entertaining and you WILL become invested in the characters. Duvall writes more like a screenwriter so you're going to get some setting description you won't find necessary (this person is sat next to this person across from this person who is next to that person) because it has no bearing on the plot but I'm telling you you're going to want to ignore the annoyances and keep going!

Also, Kirsten Potter narrates the entire series so you'll have continuity in the characters.

Happy Listening!

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Its a romance ride

I was unable to stop listening. This story was captivating from the very beginning to the end. I read some of the reviews prior to purchasing this book and I am happy I didn't pay attention to the 2 stars reviewers. I love the characters and how realistic they were regardless of its paranormal twist. The heroine is strong and funny. She loves deeply the one man she cares about. He is not a vampire as explained in the story but rather an immortal 😉. Get your fill and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Wonderful - Addictive - Perfect Romance

This book had me hooked in the first chapter. Narrator was captivating and volume changed as if it was a real conversation. Romance is balanced, steamy, and sweet. Finally found a book that had a perfect balance of story and romance. Will be keeping this series bookmarked and look forward to finding other books by this author.

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great story

different kind of book then I normally read but j really enjoyed the story and the characters ..Def worth the credit

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great book

got pulled into the book and the storyline, can't wait to see what happens in the next one and see what more is revealed.

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Immortal guardians series

I really like this story line. I have the entire series plus the three that have some of them leaving earth. They can be stand alone but you keep wanting to know what happens to the other characters that are mentioned.

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What a great story. I stayed up all night just listening to it. This story was fantastic. It kept me on my seat. The narrator is fantastic.

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great book.

love this book and the hole series. The narrator did a great job. I can listen to this story over and over.

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