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Women in the Shadows
Paperback
RomanceGeneral FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
ISBN13: 9781667664439
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: Feb 8 2026
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In 1950s New York, a strained relationship pushes two women toward separate lives. One wants safety and respectability, even if it means hiding in plain sight for years. The other lives on the edge, pulled toward heavy drinking and sudden anger.
As the distance grows, the city closes in-police raids, gossip, and the daily pressure to pass as straight. A job, a marriage of convenience, and a new circle of friends promise cover, but they also demand silence. Across town, the bar scene offers freedom in the dark, along with danger.
A risky new attraction, complicated by race and class, tests loyalties and stirs jealousy. Old wounds surface, and the line between protection and control starts to blur.
Caught between love, fear, and survival, each choice carries a cost. The question is not only who to trust, but what it takes to live honestly when the truth can ruin everything.
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