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The Shape of Desire

By Sharon Shinn

By Sharon Shinn

By Sharon Shinn

By Sharon Shinn

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Part of A Shifting Circle Novel

Part of A Shifting Circle Novel

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Apr 03, 2012 | ISBN 9781101561621

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    About The Shape of Desire

    ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    Master storyteller Sharon Shinn has thrilled readers with her national bestselling Twelve Houses series. Now experience her original new novel in which love and loyalty are tested at every turn….

    For fifteen years, Maria Devane has been desperately, passionately in love with Dante Romano. But Maria knows that Dante can never give everything of himself back—at least not all of the time. Every month, Dante shifts shape, becoming a wild animal. He can’t choose when he shifts, the transition is often abrupt, and, as he gets older, the time he spends in human form is gradually decreasing.

    Maria has kept his secret since the beginning, knowing that their love is worth the danger. But when a string of brutal attacks occurs in local parks while Dante is in animal form, Maria is forced to consider whether the lies she’s been telling about her life have turned into lies she’s telling herself…

    About The Shape of Desire

    ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    Master storyteller Sharon Shinn has thrilled readers with her national bestselling Twelve Houses series. Now experience her original new novel in which love and loyalty are tested at every turn….

    For fifteen years, Maria Devane has been desperately, passionately in love with Dante Romano. But Maria knows that Dante can never give everything of himself back—at least not all of the time. Every month, Dante shifts shape, becoming a wild animal. He can’t choose when he shifts, the transition is often abrupt, and, as he gets older, the time he spends in human form is gradually decreasing.

    Maria has kept his secret since the beginning, knowing that their love is worth the danger. But when a string of brutal attacks occurs in local parks while Dante is in animal form, Maria is forced to consider whether the lies she’s been telling about her life have turned into lies she’s telling herself…

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    Jeweled Fire
    Unquiet Land
    Royal Airs
    Angels of Darkness
    Troubled Waters
    See all books by Sharon Shinn

    About Sharon Shinn

    Sharon Shinn is a journalist who works for a trade magazine and is the author of the Shifting Circle novels. Her first novel, The Shape-Changer’s Wife, was a nominee for Locus’s Best First Fantasy Novel of 1995. She has won… More about Sharon Shinn

    About Sharon Shinn

    Sharon Shinn is a journalist who works for a trade magazine and is the author of the Shifting Circle novels. Her first novel, The Shape-Changer’s Wife, was a nominee for Locus’s Best First Fantasy Novel of 1995. She has won… More about Sharon Shinn

    Product Details

    Category: Paranormal Romance | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Paranormal Fiction | Women’s Fiction

    Mass Market Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Ace
    Jan 29, 2013 | 336 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780425256480

    Category: Paranormal Romance | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Paranormal Fiction | Women’s Fiction

    Ebook | $2.99
    Published by Ace
    Apr 03, 2012 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9781101561621

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    Praise

    “Shinn has written an enthralling mystery with compelling, gritty characters.” —Library Journal

    “A lyrical love story.”—Night Owl Reviews

    “The tale…meanders like a stream, with strong characterizations and poetic prose polishing the story until it shines.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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