Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1)

The first book of the blockbuster Fever series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning

MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks . . . until something extraordinary happens.

“A seductive mix of Celtic mythology and dark, sexy danger.”—Chicago Tribune

When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone—Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed—a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae. . . .

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane—an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book—because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands. . . .

Karen Marie Moning’s explosive Fever series continues
DARKFEVER • BLOODFEVER • FAEFEVER • DREAMFEVER • SHADOWFEVER • ICED • BURNED • FEVERBORN • FEVERSONG • HIGH VOLTAGE • KINGDOM OF SHADOW AND LIGHT

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Published Aug 28, 2007

384 pages

Average rating: 6.77

64 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

njlbo1
Jul 18, 2023
6/10 stars
Not the greatest book I've ever read, but it kept me turning pages. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series. Not sure I would recommend for teen reading since it has some sexy parts...
noellecheong
Feb 25, 2026
8/10 stars
some of the most annoying characters ive ever met. two stars because ireland
ashleeoberry15
Dec 29, 2025
DNF
Caglkat
Jul 12, 2025
8/10 stars
I've caught the Fever!
MrsFixItReads
Jan 27, 2023
Probably my Celtic Roots, but this is by far my favorite adult, Celtic Lore and Paranormal series.

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