| Christine King Feehan | |
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| Born | Christine King California, U.S. |
| Pen name | Christine Feehan |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1999–present |
| Genres | Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy |
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www.christinefeehan.com |
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Christine Feehan (b. Christine King in California, USA) is an American romance-paranormal writer. She has published more than 26 novels, including five series, and numerous novellas since 1999.
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Christine King was born in California. She grew up with three brothers and ten sisters. She spent a lot of time getting in trouble at school for writing instead of doing the things she was supposed to do. Later she forced her ten sisters to read every word.[1] She is married to Richard Feehan, together they have 11 children (each had children from previous marriages). Today, her daughters read and help her edit her manuscripts.
Feehan has over 45 novels published and is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Her debut novel, Dark Prince, published in 1999 won three Paranormal Excellence Awards for Romantic Literature (PEARL) for that year. Since then she has won seven more PEARL awards and has been on numerous bestsellers list including those of Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and The New York Times. Feehan has also received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times and been nominated for a RITA award from the Romance Writers of America.
She has been published in multiple languages and in many formats, including large print, palm pilot, e-book, and hardcover. In October of 2007 her first manga comic, Dark Hunger was released in stores. This was the first ever manga comic released by Berkley Publishing and it made #11 on Publisher’s Weekly Bestseller’s List.[2]
The Dark Series introduces the Carpathians, a powerful and ancient race. They have many gifts, including the ability to shape-shift, and extended life spans, living for thousands of years. Though they feed on human blood, they don't kill their human prey, and for the most part live among humans without detection. Despite their gifts, the Carpathians are on the edge of extinction. There have been few children born to them in the past few centuries, and those that have been born are all male and often die in the first year. It has been more than 500 years since a female has been born. In the absence of their female counterparts, also known as "lifemates," male Carpathians lose the ability to feel emotions and to see in color. The only feeling left to them is the thrill of making a kill. Once a male has done this, he loses his soul and "turns," becoming the monster of human legend, the vampire or the "undead." With so few females left, males are forced to make a stark choice: either become vampire or "greet the dawn" (i.e. commit suicide). However, when they do find a lifemate, the ability to see in color and their emotions are restored to them, and their souls are saved.
Dr. Peter Whitney, a brilliant and wealthy scientist, creates a technique to enhance the natural abilities of psychics. In a secret experiment, he succeeds in enhancing the abilities of already highly-trained military men, turning them into awesome weapons. These men, Ghostwalkers, are capable of entering an enemy's camp, taking out their target and leaving unseen and unheard.
Ruthless game is about Kane and Rose. Kane finds Rose when she calls in help for kidnap victims by the drugs cartel. She and Kane are separated from the group and go into hiding in a known rebels house. Whitney knows where she is due to a tattoo she had before she escaped, a rose which can be tracked by satellite. Two men are sent to make sure she is there, one of them who is also chemically altered to be attracted to Rose but is a psychopath. Rose has the baby, a boy who they call Sebastion.
Christine is a multiple paranormal romance PEARL Award winner, as well as the winner of the 2004 RIO Award of Excellence. She has also garnered two Golden Leaf Awards (New Jersey Romance Writers) and in 2003 received the Career Achievement Award for Contemporary New Reality from Romantic Times Magazine.