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Briar Boleyn
A Kiss of Shadows
by Laurell K. Hamilton
About this book
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 queen’s assassin has been dispatched to fetch her—whether she likes it or not. Suddenly Merry finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunt’s plans. The job that awaits her: enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful immortal men in the world. The reward: the crown—and the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty for failure: death.
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 . . . Merry’s 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
“I’ve never read a writer with a more fertile imagination.”—Diana Gabaldon
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
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Reader Reviews
May 16, 2026
Great first book to the series. The first 30% is boring. But after that it's great. Love the guys. But very dark. )
January 30, 2012
My first exposure to Laurell Hamilton's writing was the Anita Blake series. That series was mildly entertaining but, at the end of the day, I just wasn't connected enough to that series to continue reading it. When I expressed my disappointment with Anita to a coworker, she suggested that I try Meredith Gentry and I'm sooooooooooo glad I took that advice!!! Hamilton's writing is as dazzling and exciting as it is intense. She does such a wonderful job building her character's that I can't decide...
May 18, 2014
Reviewed by: Rabid Reads Laurell K. Hamilton is consistently a woman ahead of her time. It started with her Anita Blake series back in 1993. Yes, that’s right—1993. I was . . . well, I’m not going to tell you how old I was in 1993, but suffice it to say, I was young enough that my mother wouldn’t want me reading an adult UF series, and that was BEFORE the Big Shift from straight-up UF to UF/erotica that took place in 2001 with book 10. So first Hamilton was one of the pioneers in the Urban...
March 24, 2026
Love this book )
July 9, 2023
This is an interesting take on faeries. I love Merry, she is a very realistic character that faces many challenges over the course of the series. She is a fairy princess in hiding working as a magical detective. This series was written long before trigger warnings were a thing. In this first book there is discussion and threat of torture as well as , and I hate to phrase it this way, but a quickly interrupted nonviolent rape, as much of an oxymoron as that sounds. There is a kind of magical...
