A Lick of Frost

Publisher Marketing: 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." Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2007 pg. 116 (EAN 9781423340386, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist 06/01/2007 pg. 116 (EAN 9781423340409, Compact Disc) Publishers Weekly 09/10/2007 pg. 45 (EAN 9780345495907, Hardcover) Romantic Times 11/01/2007 pg. 116 (EAN 9780345495907, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Hamilton, Laurell K 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, Mistral s Kiss, as well as fifteen acclaimed Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novels. She is a full-time writer; she lives in a suburb of St. Louis with her family. Contributor Bio:  Merlington, Laural Laural Merlington has recorded well over one hundred audiobooks and has received several "AudioFile" Earphones Awards, including one for "Never Say Die" by Susan Jacoby.