Pleasure of a Dark Prince (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Lucia the Huntress: Valkyrie; fated mate of Garreth MacRieve
• Garreth MacRieve: Lykae Prince
• Emmaline Troy: Half Valkyrie & Half Vampire; Wife/Mate of Lachlain, the Lykae King
• Annika: Head of the Valkyries of Val Hall
• Crom Cruach: Evil God, Lucia's husband (not by her own choice)
• Lachlain MacRieve: Lykae King, mate of Emmaline
• Regin the Radiant: Valkyrie, half sister and best friend to Lucia
• Skathi: Goddess
• Marcos Damiãno: Shady Character
• Bowen MacRieve: Lykae, cousin to Garreth, mate of Mariketa
• Lothaire the Enemy of Old: Vampire
• Ivo the Cruel: Horde Vampire
• Demestriu: Horde Vampire King
• Freya: Goddess
• Mariketa the Awaited: Witch, Wife/Mate of Bowen MacRieve
• Nïx the Ever-Knowing: Oldest Valkyrie, Soothsayer, A bit crazy
• Uilleam MacRieve: Lykae cousin to Garreth and Lachlain
• Malaquí: Add a description of this character.
• Martin
• Aidan
• Caliban
• Izabel Carlotta Ambos
• Tera
• Dr. Clarence Ogilvie Schecter
• Emma
• Benjamin Rossiter
• Charlie
• Carrow Graie
• Munro
• Furie
• La Dorada
• Wyatt Travis

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• Rio Labyrinto: Secret tributary of the Amazon
• Iquitos: Remote town on the banks of the Amazon
• Valhalla: Where Regin and Lucia lived before they left and could never return.
• Scotland: Where the Lykae originate from.
• Val Hall Manor: Home of the Valkyrie in NOLA

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• The Accession: "And a time shall pass that all immortal beings in the Lore, from the strongest Valkyrie, vampire, and Lykae factions, to the phantoms, shifters, fairies, sirens … must fight and destroy each other." * A kind of mystical checks-and-balances system for an ever-growing population of immortals. * Occurs every five hundred years. Or right now …
• The Talisman's Hie: "A treacherous and grueling scavenger’s hunt for magickal talismans, amulets, and other mystical riches over the entire world." * Held every two hundred fifty years. * Hosted by Riora, the goddess of impossibility. * Won the last five times by the Valkyrie Kaderin the Cold Hearted.
• The Turning: "Only through death can one become an ‘other.’" * Some beings, like the Lykae, vampires, and ghouls, can turn a human or even other Lore creatures into their kind through differing means, but the catalyst for change is always death, and success is not guaranteed.
• The Lore: "… and those sentient creatures that are not human shall be united in one stratum, coexisting with, yet secret from, man’s."
• The Valkyrie: "When a maiden warrior screams for courage as she dies in battle, Wóden and Freya heed her call. The two gods give up lightning to strike her, rescuing her to their hall, and preserving her courage forever in the form of the maiden’s immortal Valkyrie daughter." * Take sustenance from the electrical energy of the earth, sharing it in one collective power, and give it back with their emotions in the form of lightning. * Possess preternatural strength and speed. * Without training, they can be mesmerized by shining objects and jewels.
• The Lykae Clan: "A proud, strapping warrior of the Keltoi People (or Hidden People, later known as Celts) was taken in his prime by a maddened wolf. The warrior rose from the dead, now an immortal, with the spirit of the beast latent within him. He displayed the wolf’s traits: the need for touch, an intense loyalty to its kind, an animal craving for the delights of the flesh. Sometimes the beast rises …" * Also called werewolves, war-wolds. * Enemies of the Horde.
• The Vampires: * Two warring factions, the Vampire Horde and the Forbearer Army. * Each vampire seeks his Bride, his eternal wife, and walks as the living dead until he finds her. * A Bride will render his body fully alive, giving him breath and making his heart beat, a process known as blooding. * Tracing is teleporting, the vampire’s means of travel. A vampire can only trace to destinations he’s previously been. * The Fallen are vampires who have killed by drinking a victim to death. Distinguished by their red eyes
• The Horde: In the first chaos of the Lore, a brotherhood of vampires dominated, by relying on their cold nature, worship of logic, and absence of mercy. They sprang from the harsh steppes of Dacia and migrated to Russia, though some say a secret enclave, the Daci, live in Dacia still." * Their ranks are comprised of the Fallen. * Enemies of most factions in the Lore.
• The Forbearers: " … his crown stolen, Kristoff, the rightful Horde king, stalked the battlefields of antiquity seeking the strongest, most valiant human warriors as they died, earning him the name of Gravewalker. He offered eternal life in exchange for eternal fealty to him and his growing army." * An army of vampires consisting of turned humans, who do not drink blood directly from the flesh. * Kristoff was raised as a human and then lived among them. He and his army know little of the Lore. * Enemies of the Horde.
• The Demonarchies: "The demons are as varied as the bands of man …" * A collection of demon dynasties. * Most demon breeds can trace like vampires. Some breeds are bound to obey summons. * Those that can emit poison from their fangs, horns, or claws are more vulnerable to others’ poison. * Many demon breeds must have intercourse with a potential mate to ascertain if she’s truly his—a process known as attempting.
• The House of Witches: "… immortal possessors of magickal talents, practitioners of good and evil." * Mystical mercenaries who sell their spells. * Strictly forbidden to create personal wealth or grant immortality. * Separated into five castes: warrior, healer, enchantress, conjurer, and seeress. * The only witch known to possess the powers of all five castes is Mariketa the Awaited.
• The Sept of Sorceri: "The Sept forever seek and covet others’ powers, challenging and dueling to seize more—or more darkly, stealing another’s sorcery…" * A breed-line broken from the enchantment caste of the House of Witches. * Born with one innate power, their root power. If they lose it, they become slaves to their own kind called Inferi. They can trade and steal secondary powers. * One of the physically weaker species in the Lore, they used elaborate armors to protect their bodies. Eventually they held metals—and especially gold—sacred.
• The Furiae: "If you do evil, beg for punishment—before they come… " * Ruthless she-warriors bent on delivering justice to evil men when they escape it elsewhere. * Led by Alecta the Unyielding One.
• The Berserkers: "A berserker's lonely life is filled with naught but battle rage and bloodlust… " * A cadre of human warriors, known for their merciless brutality, who swear allegiance to Wóden. * Stronger and faster than mere mortals, they carry within them the spirit of the bear and can channel its ferocity into a berserkrage, temporarily becoming as powerful as an immortal. * When a berserker wins his two hundredth battle in Wóden's name, the god will grant him ohalla—immortality with untold strength.
• The Sirenae: "Near the sea’s edge, beware the siren’s song…" * A female species of immortals, they can permanently mesmerize and enslave males who hear their singing. * Derive power from the sea and can’t be away from it for more than one cycle of the moon.

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Preceded by Deep Kiss of Winter, and followed by Demon from the Dark.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kresley Cole (Author)

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• Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 3083 vol. 14
• Dewey: 813.54

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Sexually Explicit Content, Violence

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Cole, Kresley
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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• Author's Website

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