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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... read more

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  • Meredith Gentry: Heroine, faerie princess and niece to Queen Andais. Potential heir to the Unseelie court if she manages to get pregnant before her cousin Cel
  • Doyle: Formerly the Queen's Darkness now Merry's Darkness and most beloved lover
  • King Sholto: Half Sidhe Half Nightflier he is the last of the principle Unseelie Ravens to bed MerryRules the Sluagh and had to say good bye to all three of his Hag Harem
  • Rhys: Lord of Relics and the fourth in Merry's heart as the Lover she wouldn't want to lose. he loves her in his own way and is a little jealous that Doyle and Frost hold more of her heart
  • Mistral: Queen Andais's new Captain of the Guard storm lord who helps Merry with two wonderous feats of magic which cause fear to bloom in Forst and Doyle
  • Abeloec: Member of the Unseelie Court and one of Meredith's guard/lovers
  • Galen: Member of the Unseelie Court and one of Meredith's guard/lovers
  • Segna: One of the Sluagh
  • Ivar: Add a description of this character.
  • Holly: Goblin. Twin of Ash
  • Aisling: Member of the Unseelie Court and one of Meredith's guard/lovers
  • Bancroft: FBI agent
  • Frost: Member of the Unseelie Court and one of Meredith's guard/lovers
  • Fyfe
  • Nerys: Member of the Unseelie Court
  • Charlie
  • King Taranis: King of Light, and the Seelie court
  • Agnes: One of the Sluagh
  • Olistres Hiss
  • Eamon
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  • “Only those who have never known fear are allowed to think less of others for being afraid. Frankly, I think anyone who has never been afraid of anything in their entire life is either a liar or lacks imagination.”
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  • “Life is a selfish thing,” I said. “If you pass through the sorrow, outrun the horror, you will begin to want to live again. You will be glad you didn’t die.”
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  • There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.
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  • “There’s no way around this, only through it. We have to live through this moment to get to the next.”
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  • Sometimes what it means to lead is simply that you can’t ask for help.
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  • We are not meant to be split apart like this. We are not light and dark, evil and good; we are both and neither. We have all forgotten what we are.”
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  • I knew that medb had been a word for “mead,” a sovereign goddess whom nine kings of Ireland had had to mate with before she would let them rule.
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  • “You will bring everything you learned in this long sad time with you, but you will still be you. You will be who you were, just older and wiser. Wisdom bought at great cost is nothing to regret.”
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  • “Reason to be, Meredith. A man without a duty is only half a man.”
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  • “I give the power of sovereignty to the queen, as Medb gave power to the kings.
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First Sentence edit see section history

I dreamt of warm flesh and cookies.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1-22

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 5 of 8 in Merry Gentry. (standard series)

Preceded by A Stroke of Midnight, and followed by A Lick of Frost.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Laurell K. Hamilton (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Judy York (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0345443586
Page Count: 224

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3558.A443357 M57 2006
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Sexually explicit material

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Kiss of Shadows
  • A Caress of Twilight
  • Seduced by Moonlight
  • A Stroke of Midnight

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