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A Kiss of Shadows

by Laurell K. Hamilton

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler·Merry Gentry #1

Why Read This?

You'll get a pulse-pounding mix of political intrigue and graphic sensuality that leaves you craving the next dangerous encounter.

Synopsis

My name is Meredith 'Merry' Gentry, but of course it's not my real name. I dare not even whisper my true name after dark for fear that one hushed word will travel over the night winds to the soft ear of my aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness. She wants me dead. I don't even know why... I fled the high court of Faerie three years ago and have been in hiding ever since. As Merry Gentry, I am a private investigator for the Grey Detective Agency: Supernatural Problems, Magical Solutions. My magical skills, scorned at the courts of Faerie, are valued in the human world. Even by human standards, my magic isn't flashy, which is fine by me. Flashy attracts attention and I can't afford that. Rumour has it that I am dead. Not quite. I am Princess Meredith NicEssus. To speak that name after dark is to call down a knock upon your door from a hand that can kill you with a touch. I have been careful, but not careful enough. The shadows have found me, and they are going to take me back home, one way or another. So the running is over. But the fighting has just begun... Rich, sensual, brimming with dangerous magic, A Kiss of Shadows is a dazzling tour-de-force where folklore, fantasy and erotically charged adventure collide.

At a Glance

4.02 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacinginsta-love

Top Tropes

captive romanceforced proximityhidden identity

Mood

mysteriousdarkthrillingseductivesecretive

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.02 ★

Page Count

480 pages

Published

2000

Primary Genre

Paranormal Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Insta-love

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Unknown Narrator

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: faerie princess sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

intense / passionate sign in to unlock

sexual assaultgoregraphic violencekidnappingmurdertortureviolencebloodcaptivitydubious consent

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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