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.
