A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton

A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton  372 pages

Merry Gentry pretends to be human. She moved to Los Angeles and began working as a private investigator at Grey's Detective Agency. But all of this is just a disguise; in fact she is a princess of faerie, her real name is Meredith Nic Essus, and she had to flee the Dark Court of Faerie because of attempts on her life.

In order to inherit her rightful crown, Merry needed to conceive an heir, a notoriously difficult task for the slow-reproducing Fey. In the 2009 novel Divine Misdemeanors, Merry had finally achieved that goal.  Now she and the fathers need to protect their family from Taranis, King of Light and Illusion.

Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell Hamilton

Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell Hamilton  333 pages

Merry has turned her back on court and crown, choosing exile in the human world - and in the arms of her beloved Frost and Darkness.

While she may have rejected the monarchy, she cannot abandon her people. Someone is killing the fey, which has left the LAPD baffled and her guardsmen deeply disturbed. Their kind are not easily captured or killed. At least not by mortals.

But even stranger things are happening. Mortals she once healed with magic are suddenly performing miracles, a shocking phenomenon wreaking havoc on human/faerie relations. Though she is innocent, dark suspicions of banned magical activities swirl around her.

Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton

Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton  365 pages

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 ability to produce an heir - and now, after many failed attempts, the services of her royal guards have found her pregnant...

It is a triumphant moment, but revelation follows revelation: for Merry carries two babies, and she knows that they have more than one father... And of course, there are those of her own flesh and blood who want Merry dead, but she is a fighter and wields a wild magic. And this is her world, where the magical and the mortal intertwine, where folklore, fantasy and erotically charged adventure collide...