I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne of faerie. My day job, once upon a time, was as a private detective in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, princess has now become a full-time occupation.
My aunt, Queen Andais, will have it no other way. And so I am virtually a prisoner in faerie–trapped here with some of the realm’s most beautiful men to serve as my bodyguards . . . and my lovers. For I am compelled to conceive a child: an heir to succeed me on the throne. Yet after months of amazing sex with my consorts, there is still no baby. And no baby means no throne. The only certainty is death at the hands of my cousin Cel, or his followers, if I fail to conceive.
Now Mistral, Queen Andais’s new captain of the guard, has come to my bed–defying her and risking her terrible wrath in doing so. But even she will hesitate to punish him in jealous rage, because our joining has reawakened old magic, mystical power so ancient that no one stands against it and survives. Not even my strongest and most favored: my Darkness and my Killing Frost. Not even Mistral himself, my Storm Lord. But because Mistral has helped to bring this magic forth, he may live another day.
If I can reclaim control of the fey power that once was, there may be hope for me and my reign in faerie. I might yet quell the dark schemes and subterfuges surrounding me. Though shadows of obsession and conspiracy gather, I may survive.
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"This is Laurell Hamilton's fifth book in the Meredith Gentry series and as with all the rest I'm burning my way through this series at an very high rate. Really love this series. Some of the best heroes and the most evil bad guys who are allies and foes. Great books."
— Robin (5 out of 5 stars)
Nonstop action . . . This book will leave you breathless.
— St. Louis Post-DispatchA Stroke of Midnight
This [faerie] society is one of the most detailed, imaginative and lovingly drawn in all fantastic fiction, and the Meredith Gentry series has become something special.
— San Jose Mercury NewsSeduced by Moonlight
Sensual, without a doubt . . . This book moves like a whirlwind.
— St. Louis Post-DispatchA Caress of Twilight
I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.
— Diana GabaldonA Kiss of Shadows
" This one seemed rushed with missing pieces. Glad I'm addicted to the series or I probably wouldn't keep on. "
— Tisha, 1/21/2014" ummm lots of supernatural sex with multiple men. "
— Kris, 12/27/2013" Getting bored with these...moving on "
— Sarah, 9/17/2013" these books tend to be a bit porny for my taste but this one had a good story too. "
— Ami, 7/4/2013" Another good read. I liked the increase in faerie magic, and that Sholto played such a feature. Mistral and Adair also had memorable scenes with Merry. But what I loved most, is undeniably Frost and Doyle. "
— Amy, 6/23/2013" I appear to have blinked and missed the plot in this book. "
— Hazel, 5/1/2013" From first look....kinda a shorter book than the first few "
— Natalia, 3/13/2013" Love the Meredith Gentry series! "
— Teresa, 10/26/2012" My favorite Merry Gentry so far. Yeah, there's a lot of porn-esque scenes, but this one had enough emotion in the *other* scenes that I laughed out loud and even cried for the death of a character I had just met. "
— Ambure, 10/12/2012" Finished disc 2. "
— Sarah, 9/5/2012" Must read! You won't be disappointed! "
— Tawana, 8/31/2012Laurell K. Hamilton is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels, as well as the Meredith Gentry series.