Troubled Waters
by Sharon Shinn

The author of the Twelve Hours series welcomes readers to a new fantasy world, where the elements rule.

Zoe Ardelay receives astonishing and unwelcome news: she has been chosen to become the king’s fifth wife. Forced to go to the royal city, she manages to slip away and hide on the shores of the mighty river.

It’s there that Zoe realizes she is a coru prime ruled by the elemental sign of water. She must return to the palace, not as an unwilling bride for the king, but a woman with power in her own right. But as Zoe unlocks more of the mysteries of her blood—and the secrets of the royal family—she must decide how to use her great power to rise above the deceptions and intrigue of the royal court.

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

Troubled Waters

The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance 2

Never After

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