Blog Tour: Cat Scratch Fever by Sarah O'Rourke
Beau LaForte felt an internal pull to
the beautiful, innocent Alexa Davidson. Oh, this was not the typical
boy-meets-girl story. This was anything but typical. You see, Beau
was a shifter – a panther – and the alpha of the pack. What his
panther wanted, his panther got. And together, they wanted Alexa. But
when Alexa finds the pretty kitty lolling on her bed, she is
determined to get him out -- before he sheds more on her brand new
sheets! Can Beau convince Alexa that she is his mate for life?
Instalove. Shifter romantic comedy. 23K words. Novella.
Taking a deep breath, Alexa drew
herself up to her full height and steeled herself for a battle.
Although, since she stood just an inch over five feet, she knew her
intimidation factor was virtually non-existent, but she had to start
somewhere. It was time for her to quit stewing over decisions she
could no longer change and instead concentrate on the concrete facts
regarding her current situation. And the fact was there was a
flipping cat in her bed! A gigantic feline fiend apparently intent on
wrecking what was left of her birthday. Because, yes, there was a
cat in her bed, and it was stinkin’ immense. Since when did
ordinary cats – even if they were frickin’ panthers -
get that big? The simple answer was they didn’t. EVER.
And an even better question was – Why wasn’t she scared of it?
God knew, it had fangs that promised grim death to anyone that
provoked it. Oddly enough, though, she felt not a single ounce of
fear or distress standing in front of it. It was like she
instinctively knew this animal would never cause her a single second
of harm. In fact, the longer she looked into its eyes that glowed in
the darkened room, the more convinced she was that the purring beast
would do whatever was necessary to protect her. It was like she and
the animal had some kind of weird, unspoken connection. It was a bond
that she didn’t want and had never asked to share, but one that she
couldn’t deny and wouldn’t change even if she could. How fucked
up was that? Maybe this was some kind of voodoo curse one of her
disgruntled customers had wished on her when she hadn’t served
their coffee quickly enough. Personally, she thought that might be a
bit of overkill, but caffeine addicts were serious in
Louisiana, and one did not play around when it came to providing
quality coffee in the bayou. “Why couldn’t you be a dog? I could
have handled this if you were a dog,” she muttered as she rolled
her eyes toward the ceiling and hugged herself. “Especially since
I’ve always been a puppy person,” she continued to babble as she
shut her eyes and continued chafing her hands up and down her arms as
a bizarre electrical charge seemed to ripple through the air inside
the tiny bedroom. “Well, I think it’s safe to say that you are
now very much a cat person. Or, at least this cat’s person,”
a deep, sexy voice rumbled from the bed. “More specifically, you’re
this panther’s person.” Alexa’s eyes popped open as that
rich, deep voice seemed to vibrate through her being. Screaming as
she spotted an extremely real -- and from what she could tell (even
in the darkness) was an oh, so very naked man in her bed --
she quickly lunged for the nearest makeshift weapon she could find.
Sadly for her, the closest missile she could find was only her
television remote, and that merely bounced off her interloper’s
sculpted chest. “Ouch!” her prowler growled, batting away the
remote as she continued to screech, blindly searching for another
weapon in the mostly dark bedroom. “Alexa, chère, settle down!”
Wait a second? Why did her trespasser know her name? And why did that
southern drawl sound so familiar? Making a half-turn on her
not-so-steady feet, Alexa fumbled for the light switch on the wall,
relieved when her searching fingers found what they were looking for.
Flicking the switch, she squinted as her unfocused eyes tried to
adjust when the room was suddenly flooded with bright, artificial
light. Finally able to see a few seconds later, she couldn’t help
emitting a small squawk as she saw the nude man lounging in the
center of her bed
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An interesting short read that will make you fall in love! Anyway, this book is a novella, with insta-love. From the start up to the last, I was pulled in to the story. Beau and Alexa, this couple is interesting and good. I love how the two held my interest all throughout the story. Ms. Sarah did a good job in this book! Despite being short, everything is in the book. (But still I was kind of wanting more - LOL. I love them!)
Sarah O’Rourke is actually TWO
besties who live three states apart and write at all hours of the day
and night! Born and raised in the Southern United States, they are
overly attached to their one-click accounts, can’t make it through
the day without copious doses of caffeine, and spend way too much
time on the phone with each other.
Between them, they have four children
and twenty-four years of marriage. They hate empty chocolate wrappers
and writer’s block, love to talk to readers . . . and oh, by the
way, they write about strong, kick-ass women and hot alpha heroes!
Contact Sarah today . . . she loves to
chat!
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