The Barnes & Noble ReviewNo one does paranormal romance with more intensity than Christine Feehan, and this reissue, #3 in the Dark series, is just another compelling example of her powers. Dark Gold features one of Feehan's classic pairings: Aidan, an ageless but ancient Carpathian male who has just about given up the joys of living, and Alexandria, a young human female, whom Aidan rescues from a vampire -- but not before she was tainted with vampire blood. Aidan recognizes instantly that she is his soulmate by some telltale signs (suddenly he can see colors, feel emotions), but it takes a lot longer for her to recognize him in return. Transfusing her with his blood takes away the vampire taint but plunges Alexandria into a radically different world -- of living by night, of having strange powers -- but at great cost. Even though she is the sole guardian of her younger brother, Josh, she cannot take him to school in the daytime. And it's going to take a lot of work from Aidan to talk her into a love relationship with such a compelling, some might say overwhelming, Carpathian male. Ginger Curwen