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Dark Gold (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 3) Paperback – January 1, 2007

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Looking after her orphaned little brother, Alexandria Houton is rescued from an unspeakable evil in the swirling San Francisco mists by Aidan Savage, a mysterious, ageless Carpathian who seeks love, acceptance, and a family.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dorchester Pub Co Inc (January 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 382 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0843958448
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0843958447
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.5 x 1.25 x 7 inches
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Christine Feehan is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, with 83 published works 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. Judgment Road, the first book in her newest series, Torpedo Ink, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

"After Bram Stoker, Anne Rice and Joss Whedon (who created the venerated Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Christine Feehan is the person most credited with popularizing the neck gripper.”—Time Magazine

“The Queen of paranormal romance.” —USA Today

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AnnC
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best in the series
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2022
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I've read them all, several times. It is my "I need familiar escapism" go to novels. Dark Gold is just the romance, none of the larger plots and themes of the later novels. I like this one because Alexandria responds to her situation like pretty much anyone would. With great horror and disbelief and thinking she'd gone completely off her rocker. I love the tension and how Aiden struggles to help her come to terms with her new life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars HOT SEXY PARANORMAL ROMANCE!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2014
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I am re reading Dark Gold for about the 5th time and decided it was time for me to do a review. I loved Aiden Savage. What a hot Carpathian. His Lifemate Alxeandria Houton, at times was a bit annoying. While on a job interview with the famous game designer Thomas Ivan she falls victim to the Vampire Paul Yohenstria. Alex had brought her young brother Joshua Houton on the interview with her and left a friendly homeless man name Henry to watch over him while she mets with Thomas Ivan. Alex immediately feels the lure of the vampire and know instinctively that her brother and Henry are in danger. When she attempts to rescue Josh away from the vampire who is luring Josh to him. Alex is attacked the vampire takes her blood. Well she let it happen thinking this would save her brother. Poor Henry has already been viciously murder by what she thinks at the time is a mad man. Paul takes Alex and Josh to his liar a cave setting right off the ocean. He believes Alex is his Lifemate that will save his soul if he converts her to a vampire. Alexandra suffers another viscous attack by the vampire taking her blood, while still in the caves She tell Josh to hide and during the day to try and find away for him to escape. Aiden is an 800 year old Carpathian vampire Hunter with golden hair tall and just too sexy for words. He finds Alexandria & Josh in the captivity of Paul. Aiden destroys the vampire, but he believes that Paul has changed Alex into a vampiress prying on young children He thinks she is hurting Josh instead of protecting him. He starts to kill her when he discovers he is feeling emotions and seeing in colors the things that he would only feel and see when he meets his lifemate.

Aiden and Alex are a good match, but at times Alex gets on my nerves blaming Aiden for turning her into a Carpathian or an immortal. She would have turned anyway becasue Paul the vampire had already started the process of conversion with two complete blood exchanges. I loved all the characters in the book. Marie and Stefan her husband are the humans whose family for generations has provided care & help for Aiden Savage and his brother Julian Savage see "Bk5 Dark Challenge". Josh an 8 year old human boy whose life has been changed becasue of what has happen to his sister, is such a beautiful little boy that brings a lot of depth to the storyline. The Romance is hot an exciting between Aiden and Alex and you begin to see that some of her foolishness is because she is so young. I grew to like her by the end of the story. I Highly Recommend Dark Gold and the entire Dark Series by Christine Feehan my all time favorite Paranormal Romance author. Check out her GhostWalker series, its not about ghosts LOL!! But genetically Engineered Military Men. It is another great Romantic and Highly Sensual Paranormal series by this author.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Could have been 5- stars, but the heroine's LONG struggle becomes boring. Otherwise, Excellent Story!
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2007
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The Carpathian (Dark) Series:
(First ten in the seres listed here)

Dark Prince

Dark Desire

Dark Gold

Dark Magic

Dark Challenge

Dark Fire

Dark Legend

Dark Guardian

Dark Melody

Dark Destiny

Carpathians: AKA "The People of the Earth." They are not vampires. They do survive on blood, but never drink to the point of causing death. If a Carp drinks to the point of causing death, he/ she instantly forfeits his/ her soul. At this point, the Carpathian becomes a vampire. The rest of the vamp's existence is spent hiding from Carpathian Hunters who slay vampires to protect both the human and Carpathian races.
The Carpathian men are undeniably hot. Although they are dominant, their first and foremost necessity is to provide their mate with protection and complete happiness. Their women are their greatest treasures. When a Carp man finally finds his mate, he is so grateful to have her in his life that he will do whatever he must to keep her safe and happy.
Until a Carp man finds his mate, his life is empty and meaningless. Some grow so lonely and desolate, they choose to "turn vampire". Feelings of evil can fill an empty soul, giving the illusion of an end to centuries of loneliness.

In "Dark Gold", our hero is Aiden. "Gold" referring to his hypnotic golden eyes. Aiden is a Carpathian Hunter. He is one of the oldest and most powerful Carp men in existence. For 800 years, he has waited and searched for his mate. The one who can bring color and emotion back into his life. Aiden is nearly at the end of all hope, ready to walk into the sun and end his loneliness through death rather than giving in to the temptation of turning evil.

Alexandria (Alex) has been raising her little brother for the past four years. She was only 19 when her parents died. Little Joshua is her reason for waking each morning and pushing through each day. She is horrified when her psychic mind envisions Joshua in danger. When she runs to his aid, both Alex and Josh are captured and held prisoner by a vampire. This vampire believes she can give him back the soul he forfeited.

Aiden has hunted down a vampire who he believes has "turned" a human woman. He must slay the vampire, then kill the vampiress. He hopes to overtake her mind so that he can kill her without causing her any more suffering than the vampire has already forced upon her. He is shocked to find that her mind is very resistant to his powers. Even more shocking, he realizes that he is seeing colors and actually FEELING emotions of compassion for her suffering. These gifts of emotions and colors can only come to a Carp man when he has found his true lifemate. Rather than slay her, Aiden must make her and her brother feel safe in his home. The blessing of having Alex in his life is worth any amount of work it will take to convince her that she belongs with him. Surprisingly, Josh becomes just as precious to his heart. These two humans have become his family. Josh is thrilled, but Alex is not about to give up her independence. Josh is glad to conspire with Aiden to help win Alex's compliance.

Sadly, Aiden often finds himself having to hunt his old friends. When they give up and turn, Aiden must slay them. Now an old friend has come to Aiden's city to challenge him. The vampire wants to kill both Aiden and Josh, taking Alex for himself. The last vamp who tried to take Alex failed. This one is far more powerful. Using Josh as a pawn, the vamp calls Aiden out. Only one will survive. The winner takes Alex.

I loved Aiden. He was a terrific hero. He was so full of joy at finding both Alex and Josh that I couldn't help but melt for him a bit.

I liked Alex's strength and determination. I could definitely relate to the fact that she wanted to keep her job in the field of art, even though she no longer needed to work. Her protection of, and affection for, Josh was vibrant. I could understand her resistance to Aiden's lifestyle. The problem was that it dragged on too long. She even put him through watching her date other men just to prove herself. It got old. By the time she came around, I was ready to put the book aside. I still read the rest of the book, which was excellent, but didn't enjoy it as much as I could have.

Want to read the whole series? Here are the first two books. (Dark gold is the third in the series.)

 Dark Prince (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 1)

Dark Desire (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 2)

Want to read other great vampire novels? Here are some I suggest:

Black Dagger Brotherhood Series:
(First four listed here.)

 Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 1)

Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 2)  (My personal favorite of the series)

 Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 3)

Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Book 4)

Immortals After Dark Series:

 A Hunger Like No Other (The Immortals After Dark Series, Book 1)  (One of my all- time- favorite romance novels.)

 No Rest for the Wicked (The Immortals After Dark, Book 2)

Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (The Immortals After Dark, Book 3)  (The lead characters are not vamps in this one. They are a werewolf and a witch, but it is an excellent story.)
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Sheila L.
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this series!
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2022
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I love the Dark series by Christine Feehan. Each one is a fresh story that makes my imagination take flight. Dark Gold is the story of Aiden, one of the oldest Carpathians, and his struggle to remain true to his heritage. When hunting a vampire, he discovers Alexandria, a human captured by the undead. In a split second his life is forever changed.
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Amy White
5.0 out of 5 stars Novel
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2019
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't stop once I started!
Reviewed in Australia on September 1, 2017
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I wasn't disappointed with the love story between Aidan & Alexandria. I loved the fact that they both have a human family that they look after. I also really want to read about Aidan's brother Julian & Gregori.
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L. Sears
5.0 out of 5 stars Gold for Dark Gold
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2009
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The third book in the Carpathian series and as enjoyable as the previous two. I have just finsihed reading it for the second time as I go through my entire collection in sequence this time.

I found Aidan a little overbearing and annoying at times just as I felt Alexandria could be a bit of a spoilt brat. But my dislike of the characters is not a comment on the book. Christine Feehan must be admired for her ability to create unique characters time and time again. And not mollycoddling them with nothing but attractive qualities.

Dark Gold focus's more on the relationship between the two characters than it does on the threat of the undead or the 'Society'. Alexandria has literally been plunged into the carpathian world through no choice because she had been bitten by the vampire and Aidan only had one way to save her. Once again there is cameo from Gregori, my very favorite Carpathian.

It's unique among the Carpathian novels as there is so much reliance on humans, Aidan's family (house keep and driver), Alexandira's younger brother Joshua and a couple of what I imagine to be mafia hitmen, the humans are the Aidan's weakness exposing his vulnerability to care for those closest to him during the daylight hours. But they have as much love and respect for him that equally they would give thier lives for him. I really enjoyed this book, but so far in the series as written Jacques is my favorite. And because this is not my first time reading them I am looking forward with baited breath to reading Dark Magic and spending some qulity time with Gregori!
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sacco
5.0 out of 5 stars アメリカへ送り込まれたvampire hunter、Aiden
Reviewed in Japan on August 31, 2004
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Carpathinianには珍しい、黄金の髪と瞳をもつAiden。本編で初めて登場するシーンでは、さながら悪魔に立ち向かう大天使ミカエルのような美しさでとっても素敵♪「Dark Prince」「Dark Desire」と比べるとロマンス色が強く、二人の心の葛藤が細かく描かれており、また二人がかわす会話もとってもおもしろかったです。今までの暗いイメージがちょっと変わるかも？
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Catwoman
5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Gold - Book 3
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2017
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The third book in the Carpathian series moves to America and tells the story of Aiden and Alexandria with a cameo from Gregori (ready for book 4). The basis of the story is the same as 1 and 2: Carpathian male alone for centuries meets human female who gives him back emotion and colour. He then has to gain her trust and love and convince her to join his world. Differences to this story include some good human characters who know about the Carpathians and more about "the society". The author is very good at making each story different although the basic premise of lifemates is the same.
I have only recently discovered this series and am looking forward to finding out how the author can keep the story lines fresh through over 30 titles!!
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