Darkest Mercy (31 page)
Authors: Melissa Marr
Tags: #Fantasy fiction, #Fairy Tales & Folklore, #Young Adult Fiction, #Juvenile Fiction, #Queens, #Fairies, #Science Fiction, #Magic, #Royalty, #Love & Romance, #Fiction, #Etc., #Etc, #General, #Rulers, #Kings, #Fantasy
But, as always and ever, the daily debt of gratitude is to Loch. I’ll never figure out how you keep from locking me in an attic somewhere when I’m
lost in the story or in a mood, or how you know what I need before I do. I love you.
About the Author
Melissa Marr : Although I was voted “most likely to end up in jail” in high school, I decided to get an MA and teach literature and gender studies
to college students across the country. Along the way, I’ve been unable to resist trying new things—including working an archeological dig, slinging
drinks at a biker bar, and getting fabulous tattoos.
I call all of this research for my writing. To fill my craving for new experiences, I’ve lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Southern California, and
Virginia, and I plan to keep roaming with my family as widely and as often as possible.
Please help feed my addiction to meeting interesting people by visiting me on the Web at www.melissa-marr.com or follow me on
Twitter@melissa_marr.
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Also by Melissa Marr
Wicked Lovely
Ink Exchange
Fragile Eternity
Radiant Shadows
Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales
(Art by Xian Nu Studio)
Volume 1: Sanctuary
Volume 2: Challenge
Volume 3: Resolve
Copyright
Darkest Mercy
Copyright © 2011 by Melissa Marr
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marr, Melissa.
Darkest mercy / Melissa Marr. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Sequel to: Radiant shadows.
Summary: The political and romantic tensions that began when Aislinn became Summer Queen threaten to boil over as the Faery Courts brace
against the threat of all-out war.
ISBN 978-0-06-165925-6 (trade bdg.)
ISBN 978-0-06-165926-3 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN 978-0-06-205954-3 (international edition)
[1. Fairies—Fiction. 2. Fantasy.] I. Title.
PZ7.M34788Dar 2011
[Fic]—dc22
2010033584
CIP
AC
EPub Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780062078377
11 12 13 14 15 LP/RRDB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
First Edition
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