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Dark Need

Lynn Viehl (2006)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.01
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Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentExplicit
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

ViolenceBloodMurderSexual AssaultDeathGraphic Violence

Positive tags

Slow BurnHigh AngstRedemption ArcSwoony

Hero archetypes

Vampire HeroBossDark Lord / Tyrant

Heroine archetypes

Detective / InvestigatorStrong Heroine

Tropes

VampiresUrban FantasyEnemies to LoversForbidden LoveMorally Gray ProtagonistsDark LordAntihero

Themes

Love vs DutyImmortalityJusticeForbidden DesireShadow WorldPredator and PreyDarkness and Light

Synopsis

When the clues lead her to Lucan, the darkly sensual owner of an exclusive nightclub, homicide detective Samantha Brown, on the hunt for a serial killer, becomes immersed in a shadowy underworld of vampires and immortal lust.

Dark Need: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This adult vampire romance contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence related to serial killings, and mature themes involving immortality and forbidden relationships.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, explicit sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include sexual assault, graphic violence, murder, and death (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Adult readers will be drawn to the intense supernatural romance and dangerous investigation into a shadowy vampire underworld.

Tags

Urban FantasyParanormal RomanceVampire FictionPolice Procedural