Adult Fiction

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Written by Laurell K. Hamilton - Audio book performed by Laural Merlington - Abridged Fiction - 5 RETAIL EDITION COMPACT DISCS - 6 hours

Publisher, Brilliance Audio (October 2007)

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I am Meredith Gentry, princess and heir apparent to the throne in the realm of faerie, onetime private investigator in the mortal world. To be crowned queen, I must first continue the royal bloodline and give birth to an heir of my own. If I fail, my aunt, Queen Andais, will be free to do what she most desires: install her twisted son, Cel, as monarch…and kill me.

My royal guards surround me, and my best loved - my Darkness and my Killing Frost - are always beside me, sworn to protect and make love to me. But still the threat grows greater. For despite all my carnal efforts I remain childless, while the machinations of my sinister, sadistic Queen and her confederates remain tireless. So my bodyguards and I have slipped back into Los Angeles, hoping to outrun the gathering shadows of court intrigue. But even exile isn’t enough to escape the grasp of those with dark designs.

Now King Taranis, powerful and vain-glorious ruler of faerie’s Seelie Court, has leveled accusations against my noble guards of a heinous crime - and has gone so far as to ask the mortal authorities to prosecute. If he succeeds, my men face extradition to faerie and the hideous penalties that await them there. But I know that Taranis’s charges are baseless, and I sense that his true target is me. He tried to kill me when I was a child. Now I fear his intentions are far more terrifying.

About the Author: Laurell K. Hamilton is the New York Times bestselling author of the Meredith Gentry novels: A Kiss of Shadows, A Caress of Twilight, Seduced by Moonlight, A Stroke of Midnight, as well as twelve acclaimed Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novels. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

About the Performer: Laural Merlington has performed professionally as an actor for 30 years in regional theaters around the country including The Meadow Brook Theater and Boars Head Theater in Michigan, and Playwrights Horizons and Actors and Directors Theater in New York, as well as many dinner theaters. Laural has done extensive voice over work for television and radio, as well as narrating books on tape for Brilliance Audio. A graduate of Grand Valley State University, Laural has taught acting at Lansing Community College, Muskegon Community College, Aquinas College, and Grand Rapids Community College. In her spare time Laural is a director for local community theaters as well as professional theater.