The seventh instalment in this fantastic series of erotica, from the author of the ‘Anita Blake’ novels. We continue to follow the charismatic Merry through perils and adventures as she tries to become pregnant and attain the Unseelie throne. At last she is carrying twins and her accession seems secure, but things are never that simple … This is a compelling and exciting series from an accomplished novelist. It’s well worth reading them all.
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About Swallowing Darkness
Merry Gentry is not your average private investigator. Half human, half faerie, she's caught in a struggle that threatens not only her life, but the lives of those she desires and holds dear. Her very existence and her rightful place on the throne of Faerie have long depended on her producing an heir - and now, after many failed attempts, she is pregnant...A triumphant moment, but revelation follows revelation: for Merry carries twins, and they have more than one father...
Merry Gentry is not your average private investigator. Half human, half faerie, she's caught in a struggle that threatens not only her life, but the lives of those she desires and holds dear. Her very existence and her rightful place on the throne of Faerie have long depended on her producing an heir - and now, after many failed attempts, she is pregnant...A triumphant moment, but revelation follows revelation: for Merry carries twins, and they have more than one father...
There are those of her own flesh and blood who want Merry and her unborn children dead, but she is a fighter and wields a wild magic. And this is her world. This is where the magical and the mortal intertwine, where folklore, fantasy and erotically charged adventure collide...
Laurell K. Hamilton is the New York Times bestselling author of the Meredith Gentry novels - A KISS OF SHADOWS, A CARESS OF TWILIGHT and now SEDUCED BY MOONLIGHT, which are also published by Bantam Books, and ten acclaimed Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novels. She lives in St Louis with her family.
Merry Gentry is not your average private investigator. Half human, half faerie, she's caught in a struggle that threatens not only her life, but the lives of those she desires and holds dear.
Swallowing Darkness features in the following genres: Fantasy, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, Ebook. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. Pre-order. 11th February 2027.
Swallowing Darkness was written by Laurell K Hamilton and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Transworld
Swallowing Darkness has 528 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. Pre-order. 11th February 2027.
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