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  • Published: 15 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781837321155
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $29.99

A Kiss Of Shadows

(Merry Gentry 1)




Edgy, erotic and dangerously exciting - A Kiss of Shadows introduces readers to Private Investigator and Faerie Princess Merry Gentry, and marks the beginning of the original spicy dark romantasy series!

Meet Merry Gentry, paranormal P.I. and faerie princess, and enter a thrilling, erotically-charged world as dangerous as it is beautiful - a world full of earthly pleasures and ancient magic, and ruled by the dark 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 where she works as a private investigator specializing in supernatural crime.

But now her loathed aunt - the Queen of Air and Darkness - has sent an assassin to bring Merry back to court – whether she likes it or not. For Merry is to be a pawn in the Queen's ruthless plans for the succession.

The task that awaits her doesn't seem so onerous: to enjoy the company of the faerie world's most beautiful immortal men. Her reward is the crown – and to stay alive.

The penalty for failure: death . . .

Dark, sensual and dangerous, A Kiss of Shadows is an unbridled tour-de-force - the exciting, erotically-charged first chapter in Merry Gentry's thrilling, shiver-inducing story.

  • Published: 15 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781837321155
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Laurell K Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton is a full-time writer and the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series; the Zaniel Havelock series; and the Merry Gentry series. She lives in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri with her family. To find out more, visit https://www.laurellkhamilton.com/ [Facebook] LaurellKHamiltonOfficial [Instagram] @official_lkhamilton [X] @LKHamilton

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