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A Kiss of Shadows (Meredith Gentry, Book 1)
written by Laurell K. Hamilton
Studio : Brilliance Audio Unabridged
by Brilliance Audio Unabridged
Release Date : 2000-11-01
Publisher : Brilliance Audio Unabridged
Released : 2000-11-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 11
EAN : 9781587881244
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 306 reviews)
List Price : $34.95
Our Price : $27.56
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Product Description |
"All it would take was my true name being mentioned after dark, and it would float back to my aunt. She was the Queen of Air and Darkness, and that meant that anything said in the dark was hers to hear, eventually. The fact that spotting the missing Elven American Princess had become more popular than spotting Elvis helped. Her magic was always chasing blind leads. Princess Meredith skiing in Utah. Princess Meredith dancing in Paris. Princess Meredith gambling in Vegas. After three years I was still a front-page story for the tabloids, though the latest headlines had been speculating that I was as dead as the King of Rock and Roll . . ."
In fact, Meredith has been posing as a human in Los Angeles, living 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. And suddenly Meredith finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunt's plans . . . plans that affect the future of the entire UnSeelie Court. The requirements of the job: to enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful - and immortal - men in the world. The reward: the crown - and the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty; death. |
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Laurell K. Hamilton revitalized vampires, werewolves, and zombies in the popular Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter books. In this new series, she updates faeries. A Kiss of Shadows introduces Merry Gentry, a.k.a. Meredith NicEssus, a faerie princess of the Unseelie Court, where politics is a blood sport. Merry, who's part sidhe (elvish), part brownie, and part human, never really fit in. She's short, not skilled in offensive magic, and mortal because of her human blood. These are real liabilities when your family, especially aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, is out to kill you. Merry has been in hiding for three years, living in Los Angeles and working for the Grey Detective Agency, which specializes in "supernatural problems, magical solutions." A new case sets her against a man who uses forbidden magic to seduce fey women and drain their power. A plan to trap him goes awry and Merry's cover is blown. Now Andais knows where she is. But things have changed in Andais's court, and Merry is changing too. Despite the selkies, brownies, goblins, and ogres in this book, it's not for children. The fey are "creatures of the senses"--and in the Unseelie court, sex and pain go together. Merry is sexually adventurous and surrounded by gorgeous, powerful males, most of whom want her badly. She's politically savvy and no coward, though she's not the warrior Anita is. Hamilton fans and readers of adult fairy tales like Anne Bishop's Black Jewels trilogy will want to give Merry a look. --Nona Vero |
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Super series for the paranormal romantic |
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Beginning with A Kiss of Shadows, Laurell Hamilton has an excellent series. I recently re-read all six and cannot wait for the next installment. Please tell me there will be a next installment. |
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Great |
Product arrived in a timely fashion and in great shape!
Really enjoyeable purchasing experience.
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One of my fav books in my whole collection! |
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This Book is so awesome I read the paperback version to death! Laurell found a way to merge sex and magic into a well rounded sensual way, without overstepping into the relm of "been there, read that, copycat" as I find so many romance novels to be. She also did her research and was able to incorperate many details with religion surounding Faery kind. For all you Laurell K Hamilton virgins out there.... Beware, The Meredith Gentry series is highly addictive! The first time I read this book I read for 7 hours straight! Front to back cover! And you only get more sucked into Merry's world as you go! Have fun everyone! |
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Excellent! |
Meredith Gentry is a woman undercover, working for an L.A. detective agency, and running for her life from the Unseelie Court of Faerie! But, something is going on. There are schemes within schemes, and someone high up in the hierarchy of Faerie is doing things that even royalty can't get away with. If Meredith is going to get to the bottom of things, she will have to be clever and more than a little bit lucky...especially if she is going to stay alive.
This is the first book in Laurell K. Hamilton's wonderful Meredith Gentry series. The story is wonderfully gripping, with suspense and danger galore. Now, along the way, there are a few very well written sex scenes, giving this book its reputation as a work of erotica...well, then it is excellent erotica. But, it is so much more than that. If you live action and adventure thrillers, especially those with a supernatural twist, then you will like this book.
I think that it is a great book that is sure to please the adult palette. I highly recommend it to you!
(Review of A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton) |
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Revolting |
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This is one of the few books I have ever thrown away. After the main character had had sex about 3 times in the first 50 pages, I had had enough. The writing is no good, either and the magic did not impress me. I love a good erotic story. But there have to be other elements to keep me interested. This is little more than a trashy pulp novel. I put in in the trash with all the other garbage, where it belongs. It does not deserve the one star I was forced to give it. |
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