SummaryI am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne--if I can stay
alive long enough to claim it.
My cousin, Prince Cel, is determined to see that I don't.
As long as we both live, we are in a race for the crown:
Whichever one of us reproduces first gets the throne. So
now the men of my royal guard-- frightening warriors
skilled
with blade, spell, and gun--have become my lovers,
auditioning with pleasure for the role of future king and
father of my child. And they must still protect me from
assassination attempts--for unlike most of the fey, I am
part human, and very mortal. All this royal back-stabbing
makes it very difficult for me to pursue my living as a
private investigator in Los Angeles, especially since the
media made sure the whole world knows the Faerie princess
is alive and well in sunny California.
Now, in the City of Angels, people are dying in mysterious,
frightening ways. What the human police don't realize is
that the killer is hunting the fey as well. Havoc lies on
the horizon: the very existence of the place known as
Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while I enjoy the greatest
pleasures of my life with my guardians, I must fend off an
ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality.
And that's just my day job. . . .
From the darkling throng to the glittering court, this is a
world of magic and delights, greed and grotesque ambitions.
Laurell K. Hamilton has created a mythos of extreme power
and pure beauty that is a delight to behold.
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