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Someone You Can Build a Nest in: A cosy fantasy as sweet as love and as dark as night

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By (author): John Wiswell

Do love stories often end this way? Why do you think it's over?

Shesheshen has made a fatal mistake for a monster: she's fallen in love.

Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who usually resides as an amorphous lump in the swamp of a ruined manor, unless impolite monster hunters invade intent on murdering her. Through a chance encounter, she meets a different kind of human, warm-hearted Homily, who mistakes Shesheshen for a human in turn.

Shesheshen is loath to deceive, but just as she's about to confess her true identity, Homily reveals she's hunting the shapeshifting monster that supposedly cursed her family. Shesheshen didn't curse anyone, but to give them both a chance at happiness, she must figure out why Homily's twisted family thinks she did. And the bigger challenge remains: surviving her toxic in-laws long enough to learn to build a life with the woman she loves.

A glorious, funny, occasionally slightly violent love story which asks us to examine - and re-examine - the meaning of legacy, family and love.

Readers love John Wiswell:

'Like a warm hug' - Goodreads reviewer on Open House on Haunted Hill

'So very sweet . . . a perfect little story' - Goodreads reviewer on 'Open House on Haunted Hill'

'Heart-aching . . . you shouldn't miss this one' - Goodreads reviewer on 'Open House on Haunted Hill'

'Cozy and charming and made my heart grow three sizes which cannot be healthy' - Goodreads reviewer on Open House on Haunted Hill

'Has such a unique view and voice in his writing that his work is literally incomparable. And I can't wait for what comes next' - Goodreads reviewer on 'Open House on Haunted Hill'

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Product Details
  • Weight: 531g
  • Dimensions: 164 x 236mm
  • Publication Date: 11 Apr 2024
  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781529431339

About John Wiswell

John Wiswell won the Nebula Award for his short story 'Open House on Haunted Hill' and won the Locus Award for his novelette 'That Story Isn't The Story'. He has also been a finalist for the Hugo Award World Fantasy Award British Fantasy Award and Locus Award. His work has appeared in acclaimed publications like Uncanny Magazine The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Tor.com Nightmare Magazine and others as well as numerous podcasts including LeVar Burton Reads NoSleep Podcastle and Escape Pod. He was most recently a finalist of the Hugo Award a second time in 2022 for Best Novelette. You can find him on X @Wiswell and online at https://johnwiswell.blogspot.com.

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