Three years ago, Princess Meredith fled the court of her cruel Aunt Andais, the Queen of Air and Darkness, leaving that garden of decadent delights and backstabbing intrigues for the comparative calm of Los Angeles. Using her magic to pass for human, Meredith began a new life as a private investigator specializing in supernatural crime. But now Doyle, the Queen's chief bodyguard and assassin, has been dispatched to fetch her back -- whether she likes it or not.The product of a marriage designed to cement peace between the ...
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Three years ago, Princess Meredith fled the court of her cruel Aunt Andais, the Queen of Air and Darkness, leaving that garden of decadent delights and backstabbing intrigues for the comparative calm of Los Angeles. Using her magic to pass for human, Meredith began a new life as a private investigator specializing in supernatural crime. But now Doyle, the Queen's chief bodyguard and assassin, has been dispatched to fetch her back -- whether she likes it or not.The product of a marriage designed to cement peace between the rival Seelie and Unseelie courts, Meredith has always been scorned by both factions in spite of her royal blood. But that blood is behind the Unseelie Queen's surprisingly urgent summons. For ever since the Fey's exile from Europe to America, their power and purity have been fading. Desperate to renew her race, Queen Andais now pins her hopes on a contest between Meredith and her own son, the sadistic Prince Cel. The first to produce a child will win the throne. The loser's reward will be death....
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Like "Guilty Pleasures" also written by Laurell K. Hamilton; this was a gift from my husband on my birthday. That was in late May and I am on the 5th book in this sreies. This was a wonderful read. A Faerie Queen, a Faerie Princess and magick and all the fantasy one can stand or not. And the steamy days and nights and being transformed to hill tops and meadows just by a simple kiss...oh my get a fan you will need one when reading this series. I could'nt put it down.
VAMPIRECHICK1313
Feb 7, 2008
A KISS OF SHADOWS
I LOVE ALL OF THESE BOOKS ABOUT THE FAERIE PRINCESS & HER SEXY ESCAPADES. I AM SETTING UP A LIBRARY THIS TIME, BECAUSE THIS IS THE 2ND OR 3RD READING OF THESE BOOKS. I ALSO LOVE OTHER WORK BY THIS AUTHOR.
Momallrat
Jan 27, 2008
Erotic Fantasy at Its Finest
By now, almost everyone has heard of Laurell K. Hamilton and her Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series. If you love those novels, give this series a try. Meredith Gentry is a private eye with a firm in California that specializes in magical solutions for their clients. Her limited talents leave none of her colleagues suspecting that she is in fact Meredith NicEssus of the Unseelie Court, a real fairy princess who has run away from the court after several attempts on her life. As Meredith's magical gifts increase, she is summoned (sort of) back to the court and presented with a surprising proposition from her aunt, who rules as The Queen of Air and Darkness. In this book Hamilton continues her extraordinary way of challenging perceptions of familiar concepts. She takes the cute, wonderful fairy world we were all told of and turns it on its ear. These fairies would be far more likely to slit your throat than grant you a wish. Meredith herself is in constant conflict in this world. She wants to be a good person, but understands that to survive she must be as ruthless as those who wish her dead. Whether you are a fan of LKH already or just discovering her for the first time, this book should be on your immediate reading list.
beachdayz
Aug 2, 2007
I like some of the author's early Anita Blake series and thought this might be interesting. It was OK, but not much content. Fun, if you aren't looking to think.
KarlaPenman
Apr 2, 2007
It was spellbinding
Just like all of Laurell Hamilton's books it just keeps you turning the pages. I read all of the Anita Blake novels and had to find more of her books. You will love it, the heroin, Meredith, is witty, smart and ofcourse, sexy. Her aunt, the queen, dislikes her but needs her to continue the bloodline. Meredith must come home ,after 3 years of hiding from her aunt who tried to kill her when she was 6, to choose a husband. But the conditions for finding a husband, and ultimately the king to her queen, are much more than what she bargained for. You will love it and want to read all of Laurell's books as i have.
