Suddenly, none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom her best friend, Seth her life everything.įaerie intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning 21st-century faery tale. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost - regardless of her plans or desires. Keenan is the Summer King who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.īut it's too late.
One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer. Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries. 'Set 100 years before the events in Wicked Lovely, Cold Iron Heart finds Irial, the king of the Dark Court, in New Orleans and entranced by a mortal. Aislinn fears their cruelty - especially if they learn of her Sight - and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. To protect her, Irial must risk a war he can't win-or surrender the first mortal woman he's loved.Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.Īislinn has always seen faeries. Unbeknownst to Tam, she is the prize in a centuries-old fight between Summer Court and Winter Court. Too soon, New Orleans is filling with faeries who are looking for her, and Irial is the only one who can keep her safe. So, Tam doesn't respond when they trail thorn-crusted fingertips through her hair at the French Market or when the Dark King sings along with her in the bayou.īut when the Dark King, Irial, rescues her, Tam must confront everything she thought she knew about faeries, men, and love. Tam can see through the glamours faeries wear to hide themselves from mortals, but if her secret were revealed, the fey would steal her eyes, her life, or her freedom. Thelma Foy, a jeweler with the Second Sight in iron-bedecked 1890s New Orleans, wasn't expecting to be caught in a faery conflict. In this prequel to the internationally bestselling Wicked Lovely series, the Faery Courts collide a century before the mortals in Wicked Lovely are born.
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