NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Stunning . . . steamy . . . an exciting and original world.San Jose Mercury News Meet Merry Gentry paranormal P.I. and enter a thrilling sensual world as dangerous as it is beautiful full of earthly pleasures and dazzling magic and ruled by the allconsuming passions of immortal beings once worshipped as gods . . . or demons. Merry Gentry princess of the high court of Faerie is posing as a human in Los Angeles working as a private investigator specializing in supernatural crime. But now the queens assassin has been dispatched to fetch herwhether she likes it or not. Suddenly Merry finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunts plans. The job that awaits her enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful immortal men in the world. The reward the crownand the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty for failure death. Praise for Laurell K. Hamilton and A Kiss of Shadows One of the most inventive and exciting writers in the paranormal field.Charlaine Harris Sexy . . . Merrys adventures are engaging and keep the reader turning the pages.St. Louis PostDispatch Ive never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.Diana Gabaldon show more