This is the tenth book in the series. It tells the story of how Antonietta Scarletti and Byron Justicano came together.
Synopsis[]
Byron, a Carpathian male and hunter of the vampire, follows the sound of compelling music to Italy. There he discovers his lifemate, Antonietta Scarletti, heiress to the great Scarletti fortune. A renowned concert pianist, Antonietta is the glue that holds the Scarletti family together. Blinded in an explosion that killed her parents, she nevertheless stands to run the family shipping business. Antonietta lives in the Palazzo della Morte, the Palace of Death. There, like her ancestors, she finds someone wants her dead. Antonietta has a few secrets of her own and together, Byron and Antonietta face the killers and one out-of-control Carpathian youth.
Christine's Notes[]
I'm very excited to be bringing back the setting of this book as I loved the dark secrets in the palazzo. In the secret passage ways are hidden treasures, not the gold everyone would think but a history of the strange people who settled in the village on the Scarletti land and made a pact with the Scarletti family to intermarry with them and share the precious blood of a near-extinct lineage.
— Christine Feehan
Characters[]
Alfredo
Anton Scarletti
Antonietta Scarletti
Benjamin Belendrake
Byron Justicano
Celeste (Dark Prince)
Christopher Demonesini
Darius Daratrazanoff
Diego Vantilla
Diedre
Dominic Dragonseeker
Dr. Venshrank
Eleanor Belendrake
Enrico
Eric
Esteban Vantizian
Franco Scarletti
George Handel
Giovanni Scarletti (Dark Symphony)
Giovanni Scarletti (The Scarletti Curse)
Gregori Daratrazanoff
Helena Vantizian
Jacques Dubrinsky
Joie Sanders
Josef
Justine Travis
Lucia
Margurite Scarletti
Marita Scarletti
Mikhail Dubrinsky
Natasha Scarletti-Fontaine
Paul Scarletti
Rhiannon
Rodaniver
Sarantha Dubrinsky
Selena Scarletti
Shea O'Halloran
Stefan Demonesini
Tienn
Traian Trigovise
Vincente Scarletti (Dark Symphony)
Vlad Belendrake
Vladimer Dubrinsky
Trivia[]
- In 2007, Jove printed a special $4.99 USD version of the book that had the prologue removed.
- This was the first book to be published outside of Dorchester Publishing, being published by Jove instead. However, several books after Dark Symphony would still be under the Dorchester brand until 2011, when the rights were sold to Avon.
- Due to its not being an Avon published book, Dark Symphony was skipped over for a reissue cover in the 2020-2021 lineup.[1] However, this does not mean that it won't get a reissue in the future.