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  • Published: 15 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781837321186
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

Mistral's Kiss

Urban Fantasy (Merry Gentry 5)




Dark and oh-so-dangerously exciting - the spicy, spellbinding fifth book in the thrillingly original, genre-defining Merry Gentry series from Laurell K. Hamilton, the original Queen of Romantasy . . .

Powerful new magic is awakened as Faerie princess Merry Gentry tries to conceive an heir – and in doing so, save her own life – in this sexy and suspenseful novel.

The time has come for Meredith Gentry to put aside her detective work and fulfil her ultimate obligation to the world of Faerie. Conceiving an heir to the throne of the Unseelie Court is crucial to restoring magic, and life itself, to the Fae kingdom. And though her quest may be rich with pleasures, the shadows of intrigue continue to suffuse the royal court . . . and sabotage and betrayal may lurk at any turn.

While the Unseelie Mound reawakens in the dead gardens, powerful enchantments are at work. Merry's uncle, the King of Light and Illusion, accuses her immortal guardsmen of heinous crimes. And her own command of magic has become dangerously unpredictable.

As plots and counterplots are hatched, and strategies and subterfuges are played out, the destiny of an entire world turns upon the fortunes of Merry Gentry: object of obsession, target of treachery, pawn of uncertain fate . . .

  • Published: 15 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9781837321186
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry series. She has also written A Terrible Fall of Angels, the first book in an exciting series featuring Detective Zaniel Havelock in a world where angels and demons walk among us.
 
With more than forty novels published, Laurell continues to create groundbreaking fiction inspired by her lifelong love of monster movies, ghost stories, mythology, folklore, and things that go bump in the night. Her love of the macabre, books in general, animals, and nature led her to degrees in English and biology. She is a nonpracticing biologist but uses her science background to add an extra level of realism to her fiction.
 
She currently lives in St. Louis with her family, two spoiled Japanese chins, a house panther, and a house lion. In her free time, Laurell trains in Filipino martial arts with a specialization in bladework, and travels to scuba dive and bird-watch as often as she can.

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