I am Meredith Gentry, P.I., solving cases in Los Angeles, far from the peril and deception of my real home - because l am also Princess Meredith, heir to the darkest throne faerie has to offer. The Unseelie Court infuses me with its power. But at what price does such magic come? 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 become weak enough that she might be toppled from her throne. 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, and to keep my alliance with the Goblin Court, I must attend a ball in my honor. Pain and pleasure await me - and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death.