num_pages: 145
description: I am not beautiful...Knife's entire existence has been as twisted as his flesh and his face. The only thing beautiful in his life is his sister. When Gwennie is obliged to turn a suitor down because she fears to leave her brother to the brutality of their village Knife is desperate for anything to ensure her happiness.Her suitor's cousin offers him a way out but it won't be easy. Aerie-Smith has been cursed to walk upright in the form of a beast and his beloved village suffers from the same spell. Aerie-Smith offers Gwen a trousseau and some hope if only Knife will keep him company on his island for the span of a year and perform one regrettable task at year's end.Knife is unprepared for the form the island's curse takes on his own misshapen body. In one moment of magic he is given the body of his dreamsand he discovers that where flesh meets spirit and appearance meet reality sometimes the only place to find truth is in the darkness of a lover's arms.
language: English
title: Truth in the Dark
publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC