Cat Scratch Fever by Sarah O’Rourke – Blog Tour with Review
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.
Sarah O'Rourke does shifters?? Yes, please!!! When your favorite writing duo lets you know that they've written a new book, what do you do- well you jump right on that sucker- that's what!!
There isn't a time when I have passed up an Sarah O'Rourke book, and I was not about to start with this one! I love me a good shifter book, and Cat Scratch Fever, was damn good! Beau, oh what a naughty little Panther you are.... Sexier than sin doesn't even begin to describe this man. Both man and panther are purely alpha, and know beyond a shadow of a doubt what they want. And the one thing they want, is Alexa. Lucky girl.
With Beau being the man in charge, he knows when it's time to claim his mate, even if he was shocked as all get out to find out that he had one. So, when the time came, he set about making sure he knew everything there was to know about his Alexa, as well as ward off any other man that even thought of stepping into his territory. Hello, hotness!!
Now, poor Alexa, not only having no idea that shifters existed, was a little taken aback by her secret crushes sudden devotion and admiration of her, but Beau was determined to show her that he wasn't going anywhere. He was on a mission to show her that she was the only woman that both his human, and his panther, wanted and craved. Again, lucky girl.
While Cat Scratch Fever is a quick read, it is no less amazing than any other O'Rourke book, and shouldn't be passed up for any reason! I can only hope that the ladies continue to venture into the world of the furry, and give us more shifter love in the future, because I am more than ready to take it on!!! 5 purr-fect stars!!!!!
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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.
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