A Caress of Twilight (Meredith Gentry Novels (Paperback))
6 journalers for this copy...
That's how I discovered the novels about fairy princess Meredith NicEssus, also know as Merry Gentry. Let's see, what do we have here: mystical creatures, crime, intruiges, fairy politics, lots of juicy sex and all the men are studs... Yes, I think I'll like that! ;-) Hell, that's why I read fantasy, no need to be realistic! LOL
This is the second book in the series.
From amazon.com:
"In the second R-rated outing (after 2000's A Kiss of Shadows) from bestseller Hamilton to feature bright and winsome faery princess Meredith Gentry, the unlikely shamus, who runs an L.A. detective agency with a staff of faery musclemen (plus a pet goblin), seems to spend almost as much time pondering her position in the fey world as attending to her client, glamorous film star Maeve Reed, actually a Seelie goddess, who needs Meredith's help in getting pregnant. Meredith does what she can for Maeve, although she has troubles enough of her own in the conception game. As one of two possible heirs to the Unseelie throne, the other being her nasty cousin, Prince Cel, Meredith must produce her own child and then, by faery tradition, marry her partner. It isn't easy, since any father must be kingly material, but our heroine is a game lass, and her failure is not for lack of trying. In an exciting climax, the LAPD Bureau of Human and Fey Affairs summons Meredith to battle a fearsome, crawling, tentacled and slobbering monster, the Nameless, which was too blithely created by opposing faery courts her own, the Unseelie, ruled by her millennium-old aunt, Queen Andais, and the Seelie, ruled by the ruthless and equally ancient King Taranis. More attention to the detective motif might have made the story more fun, but steamy prose and Meredith's obsessive personal conflicts should keep the faithful turning the pages."
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Here are the participants so far in shipping order:
1. MaryZee (US)
2. mysteryfan03 (US)
3. midwinter (US)
4. Luintaurien (US)
5. jessicaloveyou (SG) <-- asked to be skipped
travelling back to me, Morgaine77, will then coordinate and pass on to
6. cathepsut (EG) /intl.
7. CandyDarling (FI) /intl.
8. ...
9. ...
10. ...
... back to me, Morgaine77
Released 18 yrs ago (2/6/2006 UTC) at BookRing in ☑ 'Controlled Release' > Country > Province > City, .---controlled release---. Switzerland
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Sent to MaryZee. Enjoy!
I have one other bookring ahead of this one, so it'll be a week or so till I get to it. I'll update here when I start on it.
3/18/06 - Starting on this today.
Sending the new copy (same BCID) on to Mysteryfan03, per our pm's. This will be going out in the next trip to the po, in the next couple of days. Thanks for sharing this Morgaine77!
BTW--thanks MaryZee for the tisane! It smells great! I will try it tonight!
Note--Midwinter passed on this ring, so it is going to Luintaurien.
Released 17 yrs ago (8/17/2006 UTC) at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, RABCK in York, Nebraska USA
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Thanks again MaryZee to find such a wonderful replacement copy, I really appreciate that you did this! Awesome!
And of course thanks Luintaurien to ship it back to me! And since I'm in a thanking mood right now; thanks everyone who made this Bookring a success so far! BC'ers are the best!
Released 17 yrs ago (3/24/2007 UTC) at Book Spiral in Book Spiral, Book Spiral -- Controlled Releases
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Travelling to cathepsut so she may read the books in order... sorry I messed up the order of the books! :-)
"Faerie princess and private detective Meredith Gentry juggles love, sex, intrigue, magic, and more in this witty and sensual novel. Merry has her hands full: she's desperate to conceive a child and thereby claim the Unseelie throne; she's the target of intrigue from both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts; her newest client is an exiled goddess with a secret that could get them all killed; and a hideous fey force that alarms even her formidable lover-warriors is loose in Los Angeles."
I liked this a lot more than the first book. Perhaps because I knew what to expect? There is some storyline, every now and then, but it is more of a side event. The interesting part is the sex and the relationships. I keep wondering, how good these book would be, if they were plot driven. But then again, I am hooked now. Never mind the plot, I need to know what happens to Merry in the next book...
Waiting for the next address.
Released 16 yrs ago (4/16/2007 UTC) at by mail in To the next participant, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Released 15 yrs ago (7/31/2008 UTC) at Bookring, Book Ring -- Controlled Releases
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Going to toyjoy in Singapore to read. Enjoy!