Never After
by Sharon Shinn, Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu

The bonds of love...The bonds of matrimony...The bonds between husband and wife...

Some bonds are made to be broken.

Here, for the first time ever, are four stories based on the classic idea of the "faerie tale wedding"—except this time, the damsels aren't the ones in distress.

New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton spins a story of a princess who decides to take her own destiny in hand and rescue a pampered Prince Charming from an evil sorceress in "Can He Bake a Cherry Pie?"

A selkie on the run from a century-old broken marriage arrangement has finally found true love—only to have the darkness from her past return to threaten both her and her dearly beloved in USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn's "The Shadow of Mist."

New York Times bestselling author Marjorie M. Liu tells the tale of a young princess who escapes betrothal to a warlord by entering a magical forest. But when an evil queen sends her on a quest to "The Tangleroot Palace" she faces dangers more perilous than marriage.

When a princess refuses her boring betrothed, the king holds a competition to see who will win his daughter's hand. But in matters of the heart, is a winner truly worthy—or can a loser offer even more in national bestselling author Sharon Shinn's "The Wrong Bridegroom."

Other Books by Sharon Shinn

Jeweled Fire
An Elemental Blessings Novel #3

The Turning Season
A Shifting Circle Novel #3

Royal Airs
An Elemental Blessings Novel #2

Still Life with Shape-Shifter
A Shifting Circle Novel #2

The Shape of Desire
A Shifting Circle Novel #1

Angels of Darkness

The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance 2

Never After

Troubled Waters

Quatrain

Fortune and Fate
A Novel of the Twelve Houses #5

Elemental Magic

Reader and Raelynx
A Novel of the Twelve Houses #4

Dark Moon Defender
A Novel of the Twelve Houses #3

The Thirteenth House
A Novel of the Twelve Houses #2

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Sharon Shinn's Bio

Sharon Shinn has published seven fantasy and science fiction novels, with her eighth one scheduled to appear next April. She lives in St. Louis, where she holds a job as co-editor on a new association-sponsored magazine. Her novels are: The Shape-Changer's Wife, Archangel, Jovah's Angel, The Alleluia Files, Wrapt in Crystal, Heart of Gold, and Summers at Castle Auburn. The new book, Jenna Starborn, will be a futuristic retelling of the Jane Eyre story.

Interview Nominated for PEARL AWARD 1999
WRAPT IN CRYSTAL - Finalist: Best Fantasy/Magical