A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton

A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry, #1)

by Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton's 'Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter' novels have established her as a force to be reckoned with. Her voice is fresh, her style sensual, her characters leap off the page and her blend of the contemporary and the supernatural is both original and exciting. Now, in A KISS OF SHADOWS, she introduces readers to an unforgettable new heroine: Meredith Gentry.

A Los Angeles private investigator with a strange speciality - supernatural crime, Merry has an even stranger secret: she's a Faerie princess in hiding, and on the run from her own otherworldly realm. For her aunt, the malevolent Queen of Air and Darkness, has dispatched her chief bodyguard back to the mortal world to fetch Meredith back, whether she likes it or not. She is to be the pawn in a plot that will transform the future of the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Her role: to enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful - and immortal - men in the world of the Sidhe. Her reward: the crown. The penalty for refusal: death...

Rich, sensual and full of earthly pleasures, dazzling magic and memorable characters, some as deadly as they are beautiful, A KISS OF SHADOWS is an unbridled tour-de-force of the imagination where folklore, myth and legend come together with thrilling, erotically-charged adventure.

Reviewed by inlibrisveritas on

4 of 5 stars

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I've read LKH's Anita Blake series so i wasn't expecting too much of a difference, but as I read I realized that her skills are much better in writing these erotic type stories then the vampire hunter series. I really enjoyed it despite the amount of sex that the man character seems to have in a matter of a few days and how many guys, but it's a constant reminder of the fact that she is not human. A very good book, not just romance but it has actually depth to it.

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