A
Cat's Tale
Melissa
Snark
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Date of Publication: March 7,
2014
ISBN: 978-0-9842095-3-8
ASIN: B00IVPYACA
Number of pages: 78
Word Count: Approx. 24,000
words
Cover Artist: Farah Evers
Book
Description:
"With a starting phrase
'somewhere between Virginia and California'; you know you are in for a treat
with A Cat's Tale. Jared is so much fun, a true Alpha male who knows when to
keep his Alpha tendencies down and hidden."
~
Just Erotic Romance Reviews
Alpha werewolf, Jared Kohl,
wakes up in a vampire’s dungeon, swearing revenge upon the wily Siamese werecat
who lured him there with her sultry lips and the sweetest tail. To escape his
undead captor, all he has to do is seduce the skittish puss and show her that
trust is often a hot and hard lesson to learn.
Enslaved feline shifter,
Josephine Young, has learned the hard way not to believe in anything or
anyone—not men, not love, and certainly not the blood-sucking mistress who
tossed her into the cage with the hungry beast she’d betrayed. But Josephine
does what she must to survive, including tempting the dominant werewolf to give
her more than promises.
Imprisoned for their blood,
Jared and Josephine fight for survival and discover a passion that neither can
walk away from. Can these two predators survive long enough to prove that cats
and dogs can be more than enemies?
Fast Facts About
Melissa Snark:
- Melissa
Snark is published with The Wild Rose Press & as an Indie author with
four different titles.
- Her
Loki's Wolves series includes THE CHILD THIEF, HUNGER MOON AND BATTLE CRY
(to be released June 2014).
- Her
novel THE MATING GAME, an erotic paranormal title will be released in
Spring 2014.
- She
lives in the San Francisco bay area with her husband, three children and a
glaring of cats.
- She
blogs about books and writing on The Snarkology.
Learn more about Melissa Snark:
Email: melissasnark at gmail.com
Excerpt
Chapter 1 (Adult rated)
A Cat’s Tale
Somewhere
between Virginia and California
It
happened in a nowhere town at a shithole bar off the main highway somewhere
between Virginia and Los Angeles. Jared Kohl pulled off to get a drink and a
burger. Okay, more than one drink, and a pile of burgers. But a werewolf had to
eat and it took more than just one shot to get him buzzed. Whatever the case,
he never did get to order.
The
bar was dim and cheap with its 60s themed movie and rock posters, and a jukebox
pumping out Jimi Hendrix and The Stones. Jared took a seat at a corner table
where he could stretch out his long legs and appreciate the classic image of
Marilyn Monroe and her billowing white dress.
As
a stranger to this community, he was bound to attract attention. Jared measured
a neat six-four and two hundred twenty pounds of pure sinewy muscle. His dark
brown hair had gotten too long, so stubborn curls tumbled across his forehead.
His neat mustache and beard covered only his chin, framing his mouth. He was
handsome and knew it. He had his father’s good looks—broad forehead, strong
nose, generous mouth, and square jaw. From his mother, he’d inherited startling
topaz eyes. A cleft divided his chin.
As
distracting as all the eyes upon him were, Jared got hard the second he scented
her—rich and musky and designed for fucking. His posture remained relaxed as
she walked up behind him. He did not glance up until she ran a hand over his
shoulder. Her fingernails were painted fire-engine red and sharpened to points.
The light scratches she left on his skin healed thanks to his regenerative
ability.
“So
a werewolf and a werecat walk into a bar…” Her voice was low and husky, pitched
to create a seductive resonance within a man’s crotch. Beneath the pheromones,
he smelled sadness and anxiety, which intrigued him more than the blatant come
on. She seemed more complex than she wanted to let on.
Jared
looked up from his drink to get hung up on a pair of pretty knees clad in white
stockings and red lace garters encircling slender thighs. Her plaid skirt was
the right length of short, stopping just shy of crotch level, low enough to
tease him. She wore a prim white button-up shirt with a collar and rolled
sleeves. Her skin was Asian mocha, and her hair was black and worn in pigtails
secured with red ribbons. Her almond-shaped eyes were bright blue with slit
pupils. The ornate gold collar around her neck seemed incongruous with the
outfit. She was working the Japanese schoolgirl angle hard, but he judged her
to be in her early twenties. Sometimes with shapechangers, it was hard to tell.
“Let’s
cut to the chase,” Jared said. “Does the wolf eat the pussycat?” He smiled,
showing a hint of fang. It had been a while since he’d eaten, and he was hungry
enough to consider her the entrée. Jared met those cobalt eyes but did not
worry about dominance. He was smart enough not to get into a staring contest
with a cat.
“Does
the wolf want to eat the pussycat?” She trailed a suggestive hand down his
chest and then sat on his lap. Unless he was mistaken, she wasn’t against the
idea of being splayed and licked. Hell, she might go for biting if her kink was
pain.
“It’s
been a while since I last ate,” he said. She wasn’t what he expected of a
werecat. But then he’d never met one until she walked up and sat in his lap, so
he was free of preconceived notions.
“You’re
new to town,” she said. “Are you here with your pack?” Oh man, she was leading
him without any subtlety. He smelled the trap big time.
“I’m
on my way to LA,” he said. “Sorry, but I’m afraid it’s just me.” He watched her
reaction, trying to figure her angle. She had fire and spirit, and the air of a
creature abused.
Her
smile widened. “So, you’re a lone wolf?”
“Not
exactly,” Jared responded with caution. He shrugged. “It’s more a matter of
circumstance than choice. It’s complicated.”
“I
like complicated men.” On his lap, she shifted, rubbing her buttocks against
his swollen cock and working the denim for friction.
Jared
sucked in air between his teeth. Oh yeah, a baited but obvious trap. “What’s your
breed?”
Anger
flared in her cobalt eyes. She withdrew several inches away from him. He held
up a staying hand. “I only meant—” Fuck, what had he meant? “Are you Persian?
Burmese? You smell like a purebred.”
“You
know cats?” She seemed thrown. Mistrust glittered in her pretty eyes, causing
her mask of sophistication to slip. “I’m Siamese.”
He
grinned. “My mom had a Siamese. He was a crazy cat.”
“What
happened to him?” she asked in a way that could only be described as catty.
“Was he eaten by a werewolf?”
“Sol
passed away at the ripe old age of twenty-one,” Jared said. At twenty-six, he
had grown up with the cat and loved it a great deal.
Restless,
the werecat shifted. He smelled her fear—fear of him. His protective instincts
rushed to the fore. He opened his mouth to ask why when she twisted on his lap
to straddle him. With a glance, he got a good look at her crotch as the skirt
bunched up high across her thighs. She had no panties on and a manicured
pussy—Brazilian waxed.
“Want
to fuck me?”
Jared
swallowed hard. She hadn’t bothered to ask his name. No doubt, it was a trap.
Jared nodded and followed her out of the bar anyway. He wanted to fuck her that
bad.
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