• 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 (6,841 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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What an amazing story!

This book is filled with humor and sadness, love and betrayal. The world building is amazing! The narrator is great! She really voices all of the characters so that you can get a real sense of who they are.

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A Must Listen

I'm always looking for romance that ate funny. This has a great story line and the characters makes it fun.

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Great book & narrative

I loved all of it. I cannot wait to read more in the series. A must to download!

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I Got the Warm Fuzzies

This looks like it will be a great new series for those who like romantic fantasy on the steamy side. Admittedly, there are some marked resemblances to other books in this sub genre. I noticed similarities to the work of S. Kenyon, L. Sands, and C. Feehan. I'm rating this book, however, on it's own merit. Not everyone will have read those other authors' series before reading this one.

The book is well paced, with steamy romance scenes. It is not material suitable for young teens, in my opinioin. What I really enjoyed in this book was how well the action scenes flowed. Fight scenes have a way of losing my interest, but these were written and read in such a way as to keep me involved.

The narrator did a fine job overall, although her male voices were on the weak side. I only gave her 4 stars because while it's only one thing, given that most of the characters in this book are male, it's an important flaw in the narration.

For me, the true sign of a book's worth is how it makes me feel when I finished. If a book in a series ends with a "cliffhanger", I feel unsatisfied. If a book ends on a bad note, I feel cheated. This book finished it's story beautifully and completely. Oh, there's a teaser to inspire you to continue reading the series, but the main story between the focal couple ended in a satisfying way. Well done!

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this book was great, only problem is #2isn't here

I bought this book because of "L"'s review, she knows her stuff. this was a great read, great narration too. Can't wait for more from Dianne Duvall.
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Excellent!!

I found this book to be a great listen, well performed, with a well written story line. I enjoyed this very much and am waiting for the next in this series. If you like Nallini Singh's series, you will like this one as well.

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I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!

I've listened to this book multiple times (I loved it so much I had to listen more than once). The characters are believable (assuming you can believe in the supernatural) the romance is sweet and sucks you in and the action keeps things interesting. I've listened to many books and this is one of my all time favorites. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a great action/romance. This book gets 2 thumbs up from me!

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Just wow !

This s the first book I have read or listen to, from Dianne Duvall
The story is very will written and the narrator did a fantastic job on the on book,
I know not everyone will in joy it as much as I did but hope those that try it will have as much fun and relaxing time as I did.

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Woah~

I only downloaded this audiobook bc it was part of the romance package, but I'm so glad I did. The new world of immortals and vampires are interesting and I look forward to listening to the rest of the series!

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Great start

It was a great start to a new series, looking forward to the next book in the series

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