Mistral's Kiss

The fifth darkly fantastic, deliciously dangerous outing into the sensual realm of Laurell K. Hamilton's New York Times-bestselling series...

The time has come for Meredith Gentry to put aside her detective work and fulfill her ultimate obligation to the world of Faerie - where her efforts to conceive an heir to the throne of the Unseelie Court are crucial to restoring magic, and life itself, to the Fey kingdom. And though her quest to produce an heir may be full of sensual pleasures, it is also fraught with peril: the shadows of intrigue stalk the royal court, and sabotage lurks at any turn. Merry's cousin schemes and plots, determined to see her fall. But, in the once-dead gardens of the world of faerie, something has re-awakened an all-powerful, malign magic. And Merry's own powers have turned wildly - dangerously - unpredictable. As plots and counterplots are hatched and strategies and subterfuges played out, the destiny of an entire world turns upon the fortunes of Merry Gentry: object of obsession, target of treachery and pawn of uncertain fate.

Author Profile

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 and A Stroke of Midnight – and fourteen acclaimed Anita Blake Vampire novels. Her new Meredith Gentry novel, A Lick of Frost, is published in Bantam Press. Laurell K. Hamilton lives in St Louis with her family. For more information on, see her website at www.laurellkhamilton.org

Reviews

Erotic, magical, violent, sensual and thrilling...extraordinary tales of a Faerie in hiding as a private investigator in LA...quite simply delicious...Highly recommended.,Oozing with sensuality...steamy sex scenes that are wonderfully touchy-feely.,Relentless high-paced trashiness...good fun.,Seductive and terrifying...this series is proof not only of Laurell K. Hamilton's immense storytelling abilities, but also of her continued development of contemporary dark fantasy and horror.,Sizzling...memorable characters and wicked wit make it all delicious, ribald fun.,Hamilton is a very visual writer and these are sensational page-turners.