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A Kiss of Shadows
A Kiss of Shadows | Laurell K. Hamilton
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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 all-consuming 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.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Laurell K. Hamiltons A Shiver of Light. 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 Post-Dispatch Stunning . . . steamy . . . an exciting and original world.San Jose Mercury News Ive never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.Diana Gabaldon
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Octoberwoman
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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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Lizpixie
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#AlphabetGame #LetterK

Next in my catchup of this game is the 1st book in Hamilton‘s Merry Gentry series. A magical realism/paranormal romance series, it‘s set in a world where the Fae are real and living among us. The Unseelie Court live in an underhill on the border of Illinois & Missouri. After fleeing the court in fear for her life, Princess Meredith returns to find a husband & become heir. What can I say, I‘m a sucker for the Fae🧚🏼‍♂️

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚🙌🏻 2y
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Lizpixie
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My first check-in for the #MarvellousMay #readathon & I‘m doing much better than expected! I got about halfway through The Murder Rule before a combo of headache,eye strain & fatigue forced me to stop, so I pulled out my now “vintage” iPod & started the tagged book, which is a total comfort reread. Fingers crossed I‘ll finish both by tomorrow🤞How are you guys doing?

Andrew65 A brilliant start 👏👏👏 I finished one book yesterday and read 286 pages. 2y
MatchlessMarie vintage 😂 2y
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Lizpixie
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Bk22 of #LittensDressedInBlood & Bk3 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #LittenListenBingo #RoaringWolf #Wickedathon #BookspinBingo is done! I did a few hrs of another book before I ended up with the audio of this after a craving for faerie.I love the Celtic mythology & the variety of the different sidhe. #ChunksterChallenge #ReadItAgainSam #NerdReading2021 #AudiobookChallenge2021 #MotifReading #Pageathon 4336pts #TeamSlaughter👇

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Chili
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AbbaZabba02
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Book 9 of the year, finished Feb ?, eyeball

I really enjoyed this one. At the end it does start to tip more into porn than I care for but there is a plot running through it, which is about all I ask in a romance novel.
Looking forward to the next one once it's ready for me through the library.

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TinyTyger
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I've been a huge fan of Laurell K. Hamilton for years but have only ever read her Anita Blake series. Boy oh boy have I been missing out 🤣

RaimeyGallant Good to know! And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
Chelleo Welcome! 6y
AlwaysForeverReading Welcome to Litsy 💚❤️♥️💙💗💜 6y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🌸 6y
wanderinglynn Welcome to Litsy! 👋🏻 I‘ve enjoyed several of her books too. 5y
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julesG
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Don't know exactly why, but #Maneater made me think of the first Merry Gentry book.

This pic shows the German edition, which I bought for a friend.

#OctoberXFiles @Robothugs @Cinfhen

Also #GhostCat and the Indian Summer we're enjoying today. #catsoflitsy

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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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1. Any time reading is a pleasure. I refuse to feel guilty about it. But ... to answer. I‘ll say the Merry Gentry series from Laurell K. Hamilton.
2. All those dramas! Give me a good cry and I‘m happy. I can watch The English Patient over and over.
3. Desserts of all kinds.
4. Everyone!!!

#tuesdaytidbits @JenlovesJT47

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Crystallinegirl
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You want me to pick ONE? Why are you asking bookworms this question?! #favoritetitle #riotgrams @bookriot

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Lizpixie
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#CoolBooks #FairytaleEdition #day1 #Fairy I have so many Fairytale retellings, books about fairies or books that have fairies in them as side characters, but the Merry Gentry series is the most reread of the lot. I‘m total trash for these books, they‘re my #guiltypleasureread for sure. Mostly about the Unseelie & Seelie Sidhe(the ruling class of fairy) there‘s also plenty of pixies,🧚🏻‍♀️sprites, pukhas & troes. And sex. Lots & lots of sex.😳

2BR02B My friend recommended this to me recently- specifically because of the copious sex scenes! 😂 6y
Linsy Fun! I love fairy books of all sorts! But I have to admit, mine have been pretty tame up to this point. Now I know where to turn if I‘m looking to branch out! 💋🧚‍♀️💋 (edited) 6y
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The first couple of books are great dark romance after that I lost interest. It‘s worth reading the beginning few.

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sasily143
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I love romance/erotica but I have never been able to wrap my head around fantacy. I'm in the 3 chapter it's a slow start. And I'm trying really had to under stand what's going on magically. I'm really hoping to get more onto this! I want to be challenged with new genres.

DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy! 🎉📚👍😀Hope you enjoy it here! 7y
Chelleo Welcome! 7y
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#emojinov #💋

This is a paranormal romance, which is the first in a series which is quite popular. I found it kind of meh. I don‘t remember much of what happened (I read it almost 20 years ago!) but that the sex was quite graphic (and scandalized my young self) and pretty gratuitous and non-essential to the narrative.

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This was the first thing I thought of when I saw today's prompt was #blushful... Good old half human, half fairy Merry Gentry and her cadre of lovers. It's my guilty pleasure read because it's absolute smut but it's sooo entertaining. If you're into that kind of thing, there are 9 books in the series...

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#yesvember @Libby1

WarpedSweetness I read the first three books of this series, but haven't read the rest. It was very smutty. Lol But I do like Laurell K Hamilton 7y
EchoLogical @WarpedSweetness So smutty! I was almost too embarrassed to post about it but decided "what the hay" and went with it. I really do find the family dynamics and royal intrigue of both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts fascinating. I love stories about the Fae. 7y
WarpedSweetness @EchoLogical That's why I first started reading it. I was so fascinated by the Seelie and Unseelie. I love stories about the Fae also. Anything supernatural is interesting to me. And don't be took embarrassed to post about anything! You're in good company with the Littens. I once post about this daddy-daughter romance I read. Lol 7y
EchoLogical @WarpedSweetness Gross! 🤢😂 Did you make it through the whole book? Lol 7y
WarpedSweetness It was gross! Unfortunately I did make it through the whole book. It was for research purposes. Lol A bunch of us on here kept seeing this book pop up, so I read it. 7y
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Lizpixie
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#UncannyOctober #day21 #Exasperation🙄No author but Laurel.K.Hamilton can make my eyes roll so hard they feel like they're falling out of my head! The Anita Blake series started off so good when it was about executing vampires, raising zombies & solving cases, then she had to impose her life onto her book characters. I don't care who or how many she chooses to have in her life, but when her books become half plot, half porn, we have a problem🙄

jillannjohn Love this pic! 7y
DiruVamp Couldn‘t agree more! 7y
Owlizabeth I wouldn‘t mind if the porn was interesting, but it‘s gotten so complicated I just skim through so I don‘t get a headache. 7y
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julesG
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#UrbanFantasy #PrinceOfDarkness

Most urban fantasies I've read contain an element of darkness. In the Merry Gentry series by LK Hamilton Merry is a princess of darkness and needs to find her prince to become queen.

#JuneBookBugs #characters2017
@RealLifeReading @LibrarianRyan

LibrarianRyan 👍🏻🤓 7y
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Lizpixie
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#booktober #day29 #supernaturalbeings I love my vampires& werewolves but I'm a sucker for a good faerie story,especially ones that are based on the Celtic version of the High Fae,the Seelie Sidhe & the Unseelie Sidhe.I know these are romance disguised as paranormal,but it's the descriptions of the courts & the specific deities that keeps my interest.The powers are nature based & the worship of a mother goddess are very pagan & based on real tales.

Claireluana I love books about the fae too! So much interesting mythology 8y
v_cuev @Lizpixie @Claireluana I hope you guys have read Karen Marie Moning's works. I love them! 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Merry and the crew are wonderful to read about! 8y
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ArmedWithInk
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Fourteen chapters in and I'm not only loving this book, but also inspired 📖💕. If you loved The Anita Blake Series and have been hesitating or looking for something different to dive into. DO IT !

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