After the fantastic Carpathian 'Dark' series, I anxiously awaited this newest book, The Lair of the Lion. I was disappointed, to be truthful. It's Beauty & the Beast all over again with some Italian words and phrases thrown in to confuse you. Instead of her father, Beauty has to save her brother. While the Carpathian stories made you believe there could actually be some of these people in existence, I didn't believe in the people in this story, and what's worse, I didn't really care about them and their problems. Sorry, Ms. Feehan, the book really wasn't worth waiting for. Please go back to Byron and Dayan and give us their stories.