Description: As a child, Coriel Halsing spent many glorious summers at Castle Auburn with her half-sister--and fell in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers. But now that she is a young woman, she begins to see the dark side of this magical place ...
Brief description: Sharon Shinn is the bestselling author of the Elemental Blessings novels, as well as 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 the William L. Crawford Award for Outstanding New Fantasy Writer and was twice nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. She has also received an RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award and won RT Book Review's 2010 Career Achievement Award in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category.
Review Quotes:
"Provocative...I was truly, deeply delighted."
-- "Anne McCaffrey, New York Times bestselling author, praise for the author"