Nicole Kimberling’s debut novel won the 2008 Lambda Literary Award for best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror.

Raised in a remote farming community, Tom Fletcher knows little of his Shifter heritage and less about the dangerous lives that others of his kind lead in the city of Riverside. For Tom the big city is a daydream of opening nights and bright theater lights.

But when Tom meets Cloud Coldmoon—infamous and handsome heir to a criminal syndicate—everything changes. Suddenly suspected of murder, Tom must flee to the only city where his kind are common.

Filled with shapeshifters, con men, mobsters and ruled by the vengeful Coldmoon Family, Riverside is as perilous as it is alluring. Tom seeks refuge in the Turnskin Theartre, where his shape-changing skills can be put to good use on and off the stage.

Here he has a chance to fulfill his dreams of stardom and romance, but only if he can stay one step ahead of police and criminals alike, otherwise the next shape he takes could be his last.

“The story is inventive with plenty of twists and turns, the characters are colorful and complex, and the mythology is well developed and intricate.” Matthew, Rainbow Reviews

“A gem like Turnskin reminds us of how much potential the m/m genre has for stories as funny, unique, and creative as this one.” Val Kovalin, Obsidian Bookshelf