A Stroke of Midnight (Merry Gentry 4) I aeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home-because I am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer The Unseelie Court infuses ic coive up, and how much of the sinister side of faerie will I have to eh bloodshed and violence for centuries, I ht have to become that which I dread the most Enemies watch my every move My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now from his prison cell But not all the assassination attempts are his Some Unseelie nobles have waited centuries for my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, to becoht be toppled froainst us-ene us The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storuard Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten a the warriors of the sidhe Pain and pleasure await er, as well, for some at that court seek only death I will find new joys with the butterfly-winged deuards and I will show all of faerie that violence and sex are as popular a the lesser fey of our court The Darkness eep, and Frost will coth and break ather, for the future of both courts of faerie begins to unravel "From the Hardcover edition"