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  • 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 (6,949 ratings)

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Darkness Dawns

By: Dianne Duvall
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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Publisher's summary

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

Critic reviews

"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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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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loved it

What made the experience of listening to Darkness Dawns the most enjoyable?

mixture of romance and sci-fi

Who was your favorite character and why?

Sarah is amazing: strong, fearless and loving

What about Kirsten Potter’s performance did you like?

fantastic

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I liked how the story developed

Any additional comments?

It was hard for me to stop listening to it

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Still love this series

This is the second time I have read/listened to this series and all I can say is that Dianne Duvall is extremely talented! You set up this series soooo well in this first book! Kirsten, you brought every character to life, bravo!

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Grown-up paranormal love story

This book is definitely a romance in a paranormal world with action and mystery thrown in. I think it’s awesome. The love and dedication between Roland and Sarah make this a worthy love story. There’s a lot of character development and I am excited for the next books to see what happens to Marcus, Seth, David and the mystery woman. I’m also excited to hear more about Sarah and Roland so I hope their story continues in the other books. One of my favorite things about this book is that Sarah is an adult, not a young adult and not a teen, but an adult. She is confident in herself and knows her own mind. Roland is not over bearing or oppressive. Sarah may be human, but Roland treats her as an equal. I’m putting this one in my collection for re-listens. Oh yeah, narration was awesome. 👍🏻

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i really enjoyed it!

i like rholan and sarah out of all the couples 🤗🥰 really enjoyed their story.

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Love the series

Waiting for David, Chuck & Imotep's stories. Want to see if David will end up on one of the other planets. Also, will the watcher's get involved to stop the Gathendians.

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Excellent feel good story

This is a great book! I have listened to it several times. If you’re looking for a book that has excitement without drama this is it. The story is great and you will love the characters. This book draws you into the immortal guardian world and you will want to read the whole series. If you do listen to the series you won’t be disappointed.

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A Prius?!? Really?

Enjoyed the book. However, I am happy I started reading another book in the series first or I would have missed out on some really good books. The mc’s are hot badasses with swords, leather, and fangs but they chase their foes in. A. Prius?!? Oh and they are organic eating vegetarians with carnivore fangs that act like sieves for the blood they need ( the don’t drink blood because they have filter fangs). Okay. I love organic foods and value my environment but that kind of put a crimp in the story for me.
However, the performance was excellent and the story was good. Lots of well written action. A decent start to a good series.

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