Leila has spent her life suppressing her fae blood to live as a human, until fae nobles appear on her doorstep to announce she is the chosen Queen of the Night Court. Inheriting a bankrupt court, a culture of backstabbing, and an immediate assassination problem, Leila must navigate supernatural politics armed with humor, practicality, and the Night Court's signature creatures — nightmares, shadows, and living melancholy. Her only real ally is Rigel, a deadly fae assassin who is also, technically, her consort.

Leila is laugh-out-loud funny, stubbornly ethical, and deeply practical — an accidental queen who refuses to play the game by the old rules. Her warmth toward the Court's strange magical creatures (nightmares and shadow cats especially) is one of the series' greatest delights.

Across three books, Leila transforms the Night Court's culture of cruelty into something approaching functional governance, falls in love against every instinct, and uncovers the conspiracy behind the attempts on her life. The series is set in KM Shea's Magiford Supernatural City universe and rewards readers of the connected Hall of Blood and Mercy trilogy.