Out of the Shadows — Ann Gimpel

Ann Gimpel has woven a tale of unforgettable love which spans two continents and reveals the shadows where our nightmares live. From the old country to the new world, one woman learns you cannot change who and what you are in a quest for everlasting love.

Relegated to a shadowy existence of half-truths, Gwendolyn lives in fear her wolf side will be discovered. She leaves the Old Country with Hunters nipping at her heels, but things in the Americas aren't any better. Eighteenth-century society is just not kindly disposed to either shifters or witches.

Mikhail, the love of her life -- except the relationship always felt pretty one-sided -- has been missing for a hundred years. When he shows up after escaping imprisonment from an abbey in Austria, Gwendolyn is ecstatic to see him. But she's afraid nothing's really changed. Victimized by superstition and running for her life, she's sure she'll never be able to emerge from the shadows.