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The Dark Prince #3
Princess of Darkness
Book 3 in The Dark Prince Series
Summer Marcel, the Princess of the Marcel family, and married to the Prince that will one day soon take over the family business. She learns how to take her stance, but not once forgetting who she once was. She never expected to fall in love with the man that forced her to marry, but she did, taking her by surprise.
She must do everything in her power to fight the most feared man if she wants to see her husband again. Being torn away from Chase, Summer must learn how to fight. It was now time for the Princess to save the Prince.
Summer Marcel, the Princess of the Marcel family, and married to the Prince that will one day soon take over the family business. She learns how to take her stance, but not once forgetting who she once was. She never expected to fall in love with the man that forced her to marry, but she did, taking her by surprise.
She must do everything in her power to fight the most feared man if she wants to see her husband again. Being torn away from Chase, Summer must learn how to fight. It was now time for the Princess to save the Prince.
415 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 11, 2016
About the author
Autumn Winchester
25 books163 followersI’ve always been passionate about storytelling and impressed by the influence it has on people and the decisions they make in life. My novels are something that won't be found anywhere else.
I live in a small town in Colorado. I have 4 kids, 4 dogs, and a cat.
I love to write. I am more than just an author; I'm a storyteller.
I live in a small town in Colorado. I have 4 kids, 4 dogs, and a cat.
I love to write. I am more than just an author; I'm a storyteller.
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October 13, 2016
The Dark Prince Trilogy by Autumn Winchester is a dark intense steamy series.
"Have I told you how much I love you," Chase said in awe.
"A time or two," Summer smirked.
From the very beginning Summer has had a rough upbringing. When she thought all is lost with little to no hope Chase suddenly pops into her life.
He saved her from the darkness.
Shows her that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
In Princess of Darkness, everything is perfect. Chase and Summer are happily married until BAM!
Now I wont spoil anything, but oh my god my heart stopped.
Summer's life is now in a nutshell.
If she ever wants to see her beloved again, she now has to stand up and fight for her man.
For the first time in her life, she has to save her dark prince.
I think this is Autumn's best work yet! The love that Chase and Summer share, was bittersweet. Hot, sexy, but most of all Summer felt cherished. In all her life, she always felt alone in the world until Chase.
I loved this book, the series. One of my favorites.
Don't get me started on Chase, all you need to know is that he is one hot alpha male!
"I love you, no matter what, Summer," Chase said, pulling back and giving her a sexy smile. "I will never stop loving you. I just can't."
**4.5 Stars**
"Have I told you how much I love you," Chase said in awe.
"A time or two," Summer smirked.
From the very beginning Summer has had a rough upbringing. When she thought all is lost with little to no hope Chase suddenly pops into her life.
He saved her from the darkness.
Shows her that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
In Princess of Darkness, everything is perfect. Chase and Summer are happily married until BAM!
Now I wont spoil anything, but oh my god my heart stopped.
Summer's life is now in a nutshell.
If she ever wants to see her beloved again, she now has to stand up and fight for her man.
For the first time in her life, she has to save her dark prince.
I think this is Autumn's best work yet! The love that Chase and Summer share, was bittersweet. Hot, sexy, but most of all Summer felt cherished. In all her life, she always felt alone in the world until Chase.
I loved this book, the series. One of my favorites.
Don't get me started on Chase, all you need to know is that he is one hot alpha male!
"I love you, no matter what, Summer," Chase said, pulling back and giving her a sexy smile. "I will never stop loving you. I just can't."
**4.5 Stars**
October 20, 2016
As with the first two in the series, this one is just as enjoyable to read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Chase and Summer's story. Following them from their rocky beginning to their bright future with their family. Seeing Summer go from a scared girl to a strong woman. I highly recommend this book to those who love a great mafia series.
February 10, 2017
The Dark Prince Trilogy by Autumn Winchester
Autumn captures the heart of the reader with this trilogy, the first book The Dark Prince is set with Case Marcel Prince of the Mob Marcel Family set to take over when his father Ivan retires. But Chase is not your ordinary Mafia Prince out for how much money his men can make for him, or for revenge for wrong doings done to his family. No Chase is determined to make the world a better place for his family and the world by ending human slavery, human trafficking, drugs and the selling of weapons.
Chase starts his mission in The Dark Prince by purchasing 2 female slaves Summer Meads and Clare her younger sister. Chase has always wanted to free Summer, he first met her when she was a skinny young girl of five upset because her father was making her live with him instead of with her mother Emma. Chase made a promise to that young girl on that day that he would free her. Little did he know that it would take him many years to fulfil that promise. Chase did at the first chance he could. Chase being Summer’s new handler forces Summer to marry him on her 18th birthday, you think he has not changed but he does this to protect her.
Throughout the book, Chase and Summer’s love develops slowly as Chase gently encouraged Summer to learn to think has an independent woman, after all the abuse and trauma she has lived through in her young life. She has never been her own person but the property of evil men that use and abuse a child. Chase is the even caring husband wanting what is best for Summer Allowing her to learn to make decisions about her own life slowly. There is a tragedy in this first book that affects them deeply and causes Summer to take a few steps backwards in becoming a strong you woman. Summer must face her demons both the living and those from her past. Summer learns of all those that tried to help her in her past but failed for different reasons. By the end of the book Summer realises what Chase always knew and that was she was a survivor and that she was loved
Autumn has written this book in a way that allows the reader to feel each emotion that the characters are going through. To what to scream at times when something goes wrong but also cheering when Summer makes a step in the right direction. This is not your typical mafia story all action packed with detailed love scenes but more a tragic love story that must stand the test of time and adversity that comes at them at all corners. You sit and wonder as you read the first book how much more can these two go through, when will they get a break and their happy ever after. The first books set the scene for the journey these to loves must face and how they overcome it.
The second book in the trilogy is called Becoming His Princess
In this one we are again joined by Chase and Summer. In this book, Summer is kidnapped and what the kidnappers will do to Summer before Chase can find her has him worried sick about it, while terrifying Summer. There is only one scene where the kidnappers have their way with Summer but only to a certain point and the details are not too graphic. Chase is on a mission to find her before it is too late. What Chase does not know is that Summer has a way out, her escape and that there are some of Chases men on the inside helping Summer escape her captives and get to safety.
This is the start of Summer’s journey in becoming the princess that Chase need to change the world. Summer also meets two of her uncles but in this book, does not know this all she knows is they are helping her escape and hide her away from everyone including Chase and the man looking for her.
Though this book is about both Chase and Summer’s journey into becoming who they need to be it does focus on Summer’s start of her transformation. If you have read the first book, then you will defiantly want to read this one just to see the changes being made in both Summer and Chasse. It is also the bridging book between books one and book three. Setting the reader up for what they can expect from book three.
Book three the final chapter is: Princess of Darkness
This book is the climax of everything that has been set up in the first two books the story line continues with Chase searching for Summer. Summer spending time with her uncles in Colorado learning to be the Princess that she was destined to be.
Summer (known as Grace in this book) learns how to take down her emery, how to use anything for a weapon and how to be point blank spot on target with a gun. Grace makes a new friend in this book. She discovers herself and become a woman of great inner strength that she never realised she had. This book Grace also finds out her life story from her uncles, who her real father is and what she must do to protect those that she loves the most. This book Grace does without any questions what she needs to do to take her role as princess of the Marcel family. She also finally believes that she deserves to be princess and the princess that Chase should have.
This series is an easy to read Mafia series, the details that are given about the lives of the characters is believable but not graphically that it might cause reader to become upset by what they read. I would recommend this series to anyone looking for a good well written series that is in the genre of crime, love and mafia. It has suspense, intrigue but also written in a way that you feel and experience the development of each character as they face the challenges those around them have put them in. there is no real graphically detail sexual scenes. But the love scenes that are written showing the gentleness of Chase, how he wants to cherish and treasure his princess. Wanting to love her in ways that she has never experienced. To show her the art of love making
Though there are some very sick, twisted evil characters in this series there is mention of what they want to do to Summer, how they want to torture her but there are no details of this happening to Summer either in her past or her present. The author has been careful to give away enough details to explain Summer’s life but not to be too explicit.
Ultimately this is a story of love that has had to stand the test of time and the true evilness of the world. It is also about one finding themselves with and without the help of others the tests one must take and learn from while doing that. It is about the inner strength one must have to continue living through such adversity and trauma, how much can one person’s mind, body and spirit can take before they give up.
Autumn captures the heart of the reader with this trilogy, the first book The Dark Prince is set with Case Marcel Prince of the Mob Marcel Family set to take over when his father Ivan retires. But Chase is not your ordinary Mafia Prince out for how much money his men can make for him, or for revenge for wrong doings done to his family. No Chase is determined to make the world a better place for his family and the world by ending human slavery, human trafficking, drugs and the selling of weapons.
Chase starts his mission in The Dark Prince by purchasing 2 female slaves Summer Meads and Clare her younger sister. Chase has always wanted to free Summer, he first met her when she was a skinny young girl of five upset because her father was making her live with him instead of with her mother Emma. Chase made a promise to that young girl on that day that he would free her. Little did he know that it would take him many years to fulfil that promise. Chase did at the first chance he could. Chase being Summer’s new handler forces Summer to marry him on her 18th birthday, you think he has not changed but he does this to protect her.
Throughout the book, Chase and Summer’s love develops slowly as Chase gently encouraged Summer to learn to think has an independent woman, after all the abuse and trauma she has lived through in her young life. She has never been her own person but the property of evil men that use and abuse a child. Chase is the even caring husband wanting what is best for Summer Allowing her to learn to make decisions about her own life slowly. There is a tragedy in this first book that affects them deeply and causes Summer to take a few steps backwards in becoming a strong you woman. Summer must face her demons both the living and those from her past. Summer learns of all those that tried to help her in her past but failed for different reasons. By the end of the book Summer realises what Chase always knew and that was she was a survivor and that she was loved
Autumn has written this book in a way that allows the reader to feel each emotion that the characters are going through. To what to scream at times when something goes wrong but also cheering when Summer makes a step in the right direction. This is not your typical mafia story all action packed with detailed love scenes but more a tragic love story that must stand the test of time and adversity that comes at them at all corners. You sit and wonder as you read the first book how much more can these two go through, when will they get a break and their happy ever after. The first books set the scene for the journey these to loves must face and how they overcome it.
The second book in the trilogy is called Becoming His Princess
In this one we are again joined by Chase and Summer. In this book, Summer is kidnapped and what the kidnappers will do to Summer before Chase can find her has him worried sick about it, while terrifying Summer. There is only one scene where the kidnappers have their way with Summer but only to a certain point and the details are not too graphic. Chase is on a mission to find her before it is too late. What Chase does not know is that Summer has a way out, her escape and that there are some of Chases men on the inside helping Summer escape her captives and get to safety.
This is the start of Summer’s journey in becoming the princess that Chase need to change the world. Summer also meets two of her uncles but in this book, does not know this all she knows is they are helping her escape and hide her away from everyone including Chase and the man looking for her.
Though this book is about both Chase and Summer’s journey into becoming who they need to be it does focus on Summer’s start of her transformation. If you have read the first book, then you will defiantly want to read this one just to see the changes being made in both Summer and Chasse. It is also the bridging book between books one and book three. Setting the reader up for what they can expect from book three.
Book three the final chapter is: Princess of Darkness
This book is the climax of everything that has been set up in the first two books the story line continues with Chase searching for Summer. Summer spending time with her uncles in Colorado learning to be the Princess that she was destined to be.
Summer (known as Grace in this book) learns how to take down her emery, how to use anything for a weapon and how to be point blank spot on target with a gun. Grace makes a new friend in this book. She discovers herself and become a woman of great inner strength that she never realised she had. This book Grace also finds out her life story from her uncles, who her real father is and what she must do to protect those that she loves the most. This book Grace does without any questions what she needs to do to take her role as princess of the Marcel family. She also finally believes that she deserves to be princess and the princess that Chase should have.
This series is an easy to read Mafia series, the details that are given about the lives of the characters is believable but not graphically that it might cause reader to become upset by what they read. I would recommend this series to anyone looking for a good well written series that is in the genre of crime, love and mafia. It has suspense, intrigue but also written in a way that you feel and experience the development of each character as they face the challenges those around them have put them in. there is no real graphically detail sexual scenes. But the love scenes that are written showing the gentleness of Chase, how he wants to cherish and treasure his princess. Wanting to love her in ways that she has never experienced. To show her the art of love making
Though there are some very sick, twisted evil characters in this series there is mention of what they want to do to Summer, how they want to torture her but there are no details of this happening to Summer either in her past or her present. The author has been careful to give away enough details to explain Summer’s life but not to be too explicit.
Ultimately this is a story of love that has had to stand the test of time and the true evilness of the world. It is also about one finding themselves with and without the help of others the tests one must take and learn from while doing that. It is about the inner strength one must have to continue living through such adversity and trauma, how much can one person’s mind, body and spirit can take before they give up.
September 9, 2018
This story has the potential to be so much better
This story started out interesting, and it did intrigue me. Then it slowly deteriorated. There were numerous grammar errors, spelling errors, as well as content issues. I was hoping this story would improve over the next two books, but unfortunately, it began to unravel. For example, if someone is called Bash in one city and that is the only name the characters know him as, but you have one of the Townies call him Sebastian? Some of the twist seemed a little too farfetched. I real think the skeletons of this story are good. I think that with the help of a content editor and a better grammar editor this story could really grab more attention and readers.
This story started out interesting, and it did intrigue me. Then it slowly deteriorated. There were numerous grammar errors, spelling errors, as well as content issues. I was hoping this story would improve over the next two books, but unfortunately, it began to unravel. For example, if someone is called Bash in one city and that is the only name the characters know him as, but you have one of the Townies call him Sebastian? Some of the twist seemed a little too farfetched. I real think the skeletons of this story are good. I think that with the help of a content editor and a better grammar editor this story could really grab more attention and readers.
November 30, 2017
Amazing
This book I saw summer come to life the first book I was unsure of her and with love from her family she grew strong the three books combined was a mixture of feelings sad, happiness, love, loss its all there and that is why you deserve the 5* rating, brilliant read .
This book I saw summer come to life the first book I was unsure of her and with love from her family she grew strong the three books combined was a mixture of feelings sad, happiness, love, loss its all there and that is why you deserve the 5* rating, brilliant read .
December 8, 2019
Love the story line!
Not being a huge fan of romance stories,I tend to skip over the sex scenes. However I love the story line and when it says 18+ It really is 18+! Autumn Winchester delivers another great series! Can't wait for more!
Not being a huge fan of romance stories,I tend to skip over the sex scenes. However I love the story line and when it says 18+ It really is 18+! Autumn Winchester delivers another great series! Can't wait for more!
February 25, 2022
Absolutely loved it!!!
I couldn't get enough of this series. I want more. Summer and Chase are some of my favorites. Their love story was beautiful to read. Must read series.
I couldn't get enough of this series. I want more. Summer and Chase are some of my favorites. Their love story was beautiful to read. Must read series.
August 21, 2023
Love
Wow this book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.. Great great series . Autumn Winchester you out did yourself on this one!!
Wow this book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.. Great great series . Autumn Winchester you out did yourself on this one!!
February 18, 2017
These books!
I couldn't put them down! Very well written to keep you on the edge of your seat. Needs to be spell checked as there was quite a few errors. But still amazing!
I couldn't put them down! Very well written to keep you on the edge of your seat. Needs to be spell checked as there was quite a few errors. But still amazing!
October 20, 2016
As with the first two in the series, this one is just as enjoyable to read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Chase and Summer's story. Following them from their rocky beginning to their bright future with their family. Seeing Summer go from a scared girl to a strong woman. I highly recommend this book to those who love a great mafia series.
October 19, 2016
It's sad to see this thrilling series end. I can't recommend this series enough. Chase and Summers journey kept you on edge and captivated throughout the Three Books. Will definitely reading more books from this Author.
December 6, 2016
Good story
Again a decent story. Good ending to the series.
My only hope is a better editor. I am a grammar freak and the errors in word usage and punctuation was enough to turn my eyes inside out.
Again a decent story. Good ending to the series.
My only hope is a better editor. I am a grammar freak and the errors in word usage and punctuation was enough to turn my eyes inside out.
April 11, 2017
another awesome book in this series! its the continuing story of this couple. only this time they are seperated by the bad men . can they live like this? is there love strong enough? thanks for giving me a chance to read this whole series!
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