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Readers tired of mild modern fairy-tales about nice, polite elves may want to explore the Meredith Gentry series, which remembers that Faerie was originally a dark, dangerous realm of sex and violence. Hamilton's Queen of Air and Darkness is a vicious killer and torturer, and many of her fay drink blood or practice kinky sex (or both). Under royal orders to bed many males, Merry is far from averse; she and several lovers hit the bedroom on page eight of Seduced by Moonlight and don't emerge until page 175. There's no shortage of sex, but not as much as the page-count may indicate; the characters like to talk and sulk even more than they like to fornicate. The large cast and complicated backstory make this book the wrong starting point for the uninitiated; newcomers should begin with the first novel, A Kiss of Shadows. --Cynthia Ward --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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To some I am Meredith Gentry, P.I. To others I am Princess Merry, heir to the throne of Faerie. And there are those who whisper that I am both of these and more.
My aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, no long distracted by her sadistic pastimes, now focusses unwaveringly on me. I spend each night with my immortal guards, but still no child has come of our decadent pleasures. But something IS happening to me. I appear to have awakened a force that's lain dormant for thousands of years and I haven't the damndest idea how or why...
It all began with the chalice. I dreamed it, and there it was - cool and hard - when I awoke. My guards know this ancient relic well - its disappearance so many ages ago stripped them of their vital powers. And here it is with us now. My touch resonates with its force. A strange, dazzling magic now courses through my half-mortal half-Sidhe body. But while my guards cherish me for this unexpected gift, there are those who loathe me for it and would rather the Unseelie court suffer than have it ruled over by me, a mongrel queen. My enemies grow in number every day. If only they knew what I am capable of. But come to that, if only I did too.
This is the world of Meredith Gentry, a twilight world of gods, shapeshifters and immortal souls, a world full of sensuality, wild magic, treacherous deceits and latent powers about to be unleashed...
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Some know me as Meredith Gentry, P.I., others as Princess Merry, heir to the throne of Faerie. There are those who whisper that I am yet more. They fear me. And who can blame them? I seem to have awakened a dazzling magic that's slumbered for thousands of years. If only I knew why.
My aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, has turned her malign gaze full upon me. While no child has come of decadent nights spent with my immortal guards, something else has happened to me.
It all began with the chalice. I dreamed of it and there it was when I awoke. My guards know this ancient relic well, for its disappearance so very long ago stripped them of their vital powers. And now it's back. My touch resonates with its force, a magic that courses near uncontrollably through my half-mortal half-fey body.
Some cherish me for this unexpected gift yet others loathe me for it. They would rather the Unseelie court suffered further agonies than have it ruled by me, a mongrel queen. But they do not know what I am capable of. Then again, neither do I.
Full of gods, shapeshifters and immortal souls, of decadent pleasures and wild magic, of treachery, deceit and dark powers unleashed, the twilight world of Meredith Gentry is a dangerously alluring place. You have been warned...
Don't miss the first two Merry Gentry novels:
A KISS OF SHADOWS and A CARESS OF TWILIGHT...
