In fact, Meredith has been posing as a human in Los Angeles, living as a P.I. specializing in supernatural crime. But now Doyle, the Queen's chief bodyguard and assassin, has been dispatched to fetch her back -- whether she likes it or not. Suddenly Meredith finds herself a pawn in her dreaded aunt's plans. The job that awaits her. enjoy the constant company of the most beautiful -- and immortal -- men in the world. The reward: the crown -- and the opportunity to continue to live. The penalty for failure: death.