It has been a long time since I’ve participated into the Book Hooks hop. Today I have a bit from one of my purest romance tales, with a pair of soul mates you will love. The Eyes of Bast is paranormal erotic romance with a twist—perfect for Halloween.
When
you’re done with my hook, I hope you’ll visit the other authors
participating in today’s hop. You’ll find their links at the end
of this post.
Blurb
Trust
your heart. Follow your dreams.
Shaina
Williams’ grandmother bequeathed her that wisdom, along with an old
pendant from the Islands, carved from an ocelot’s tooth. When
instinct tells Shaina to visit the feral cat trap she’s set in
Central Park, she listens to that inner voice. She discovers she’s
caged a magnificent black tom, but the cat inexplicably vanishes
after she tends to his wounds. Seeking the errant feline, Shaina
encounters instead a handsome stranger whose slightest touch sets her
body on fire. As the day dawns after a night of ferocious passion,
her mysterious lover is forced back into his true shape—the tomcat
she rescued.
Born
a cat, Tom was transformed into an unwilling shape shifter by a
sorceress who craved a human plaything to satisfy her perverse lusts.
Centuries old and irresistibly powerful, Delphine Montserrat will
stop at nothing to find her runaway familiar. Shaina vows to do
whatever is necessary to defeat the vicious but seductive witch and
save the man she believes is her soul mate—even though it might
mean losing him forever.
The
Hook
Tendrils of
morning sunlight
brought me
back to
full awareness.
Tom lay
sprawled on
top of
me, apparently
asleep. A
peace I
hadn’t
felt in
ages stole
over me.
I stroked
his luxuriant
jet-black hair
and listened
to his
regular
breathing. I
didn’t
mind his
weight. It
made me
feel safe,
whole.
A
ray slanted
through the
blinds to
gild his
dark skin
and he
stirred, rubbing
against me.
The friction
instantly
rekindled my
desire. “Good
morning, lover,”
I murmured
in his
ear.
His
eyes flew
open. In
their green-gold
depths, I
saw unexpected
terror. “Shaina…”
he croaked,
tumbling off
me onto
the floor.
On his
hands and
knees, he
scampered to
the opposite
corner of
the room,
near the
closet and
as far
as from
the window
as possible.
He couldn’t
escape the
sun.
I
watched,
horrified, as
his body
dwindled and
shrank. Black
fur crept
out to
cover his
naked skin,
expanding from
the patches
of hair
on his
chest and
at his
groin. A
tail sprouted
between his
thighs. His
human features
became
progressively
more feline.
The
transformation
could not
have taken
more than
sixty seconds,
but I
saw every
agonizing
instant, every
stage of
distortion. I
watched my
lover disappear,
to be
replaced by
a dumb
animal—the
massive tomcat
I’d
rescued in
the park.
Tears streamed
down my
cheeks as
the cat
circled
anxiously, jumped
onto the
bed and
howled.
I
felt like doing the same.
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2 comments:
What an interesting concept and what a horror for ehr to watch. She faces a real dilemma.
Oh wow... is it really "dumb" -- no intelligence? Sad :(
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