In national bestselling author Sharon Shinns latest Shifting Circle novel, a woman must choose between hiding her nature—and risking her heart...For Karadel, being a shape-shifter has always been a reality she couldnt escape. Even though shes built a safe life as a rural veterinarian, with a close-knit network of shifter and human friends who would do anything for her—and for each other—she cant help but wish for a chance at being normal.When shes not dealing with her shifts or caring for her animal patients, she attempts to develop a drug that will help shifters control their changes—a drug that might even allow them to remain human forever.But her comfortable life is threatened by two events She meets an ordinary man who touches her heart, and her best friend is forced to shift publicly with deadly consequences.