Josephine Young is a petite Asian woman in her early
twenties with delicate bone structure and startling blue eyes. She possesses
cat-like grace and is capable of staring without blinking for extended periods
of time. Although she appears fully human, one still receives the distinct
impression that her tail is twitching.
Interviewer: Ms. Young, welcome to the Daily Show.
Josephine (smiles): Hello! And thank you. Please, my name is Josephine. My friends call me Josie. I'd like to
thank my host for having me as a guest today.
Interviewer: I understand that you're the heroine of A Cat's Tale? Please tell us a
little bit more about yourself.
Josephine: Well, I'm
a pure bred seal point Siamese. I'm
also a shapechanger. I was born in Florida and used to live with a little
old lady from Pensacola before a vampire catnapped me.
Interviewer: Goodness that sounds terrible. Was it traumatic?
Josephine: Oh, absolutely! That leech held me captive for three years as a blood
pet. I suffered an awful amount of torment.
Interviewer: But you're free now.
Josephine: Well,
the vamp met with a dusty fate so I'm on my own for the first time in my life. Independence is a little bit scary but I'm
enjoying it.
Interviewer: That's wonderful. Now, let's take a moment and talk about your story—A
CAT'S TALE. I understand that the hero isn't exactly the same... Erm, what's
the best way to put this?
Josephine: Creature?
Interviewer: Yes, that's it!
Josephine (sniffs): Jared is a werewolf.
Interviewer: So yours is a cross-species romance?
Josephine: I suppose you could say that.
Interviewer: How did you and Jared meet?
Josephine: In a bar. He was very attracted to me—naturally.
At the time, I thought he was sorta cute but nothing to write home about.
Anyway, I slipped a horse tranquilizer into his drink and abducted him.
Interviewer: Good grief!
Josephine (innocent look): What?
Interview: You
must be kidding?
Josephine (blank stare)
Interviewer: I can see you're not kidding. Well, Jared must have been upset.
Josephine (grins): Yes, he was furious.
Interviewer: So, when you fight—it's like cats and dogs?
Josephine (huffs in obvious irritation): Look, I understand where you're going with this
but I'm not interested in labels. Jared and I may not be a conventional couple,
but that doesn't mean we should be
treated like a spectacle.
Interviewer (clears throat): Let's try a less inflammatory topic. Josie, what is
that you enjoy doing in your free time.
Josephine: I enjoy all the things other girls do: endless
hours grooming, long naps in the sun, a little bit of nip now and then.
Interviewer: Uh, yes. I can see how that makes you just like other girls.
Tell me, do you embrace your uniqueness, or have you always just wanted to fit
in?
Josephine (brow lifts): Fit into what? I'm extremely limber. I can
squeeze my body through any opening my head fits through, and as a cat, I'm not
very large. So sure, I guess you could say that I can fit into almost anything…
I'm very talented at getting into trouble too or so Jared says.
Interviewer: Uh, so you're just a conventional cat-girl.
Josephine: Exactly!
Interviewer: Is Jared
as unconventional as you?
Josephine: My man is a werewolf, but he's not all that
different from other wolves, at least not that I've noticed. I wouldn't call
him unconventional. Snarky and something of a smart ass, maybe… Jared is also a firefighter which resulted in
unfortunate and really bad jokes when we first met. I won't go into details,
but I'm sure you can imagine.
Interviewer: Yes,
I can imagine. Unfortunately, our time is running out. Josie, do you have
anything else you'd like to share with our readers. Any dark secrets?
Josephine (unblinking): I can't
tell you or I'd have to kill you.
Interviewer: I
can't tell if you're kidding. That's really disturbing. Er, one last
question. If you could do anything
without concern for consequences, what would it be?
Josephine (smirks): Give a
werewolf a hot foot.
Interviewer: And
that's all the time we have today! Everyone, please give Josephine Young a
hand!
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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?
~Excerpt~
“Ooph.” Jared’s
breath expelled from his lungs with the sudden addition of Josephine atop his
chest. The cot creaked under the strain of their combined weight.
The curious
blue-eyed cat shoved her head between the werewolf and his book. He had been
ignoring her for hours to read. It was unacceptable. “Whatcha doing?”
“Plotting to take
over the world. What the hell does it look like I’m doing?” He closed his book.
“Don’t be surly.”
She stuck the pad of her palm against his chin and brushed his lips with her
knuckles. “No one likes a grumpy werewolf.”
“Funny, I don’t
recall ever worrying about my popularity.”
“You should.”
Josephine watched as he set the book aside. “Does Shakespeare say anything
about cats?”
Beneath her, Jared
contemplated in silence, his chest rising and falling with comfortable
regularity. “In Othello, he says, ‘Drown thyself? Drown cats and blind
puppies.’”
“Ouch! Hey, no
claws!” Jared jumped as Josephine’s claws dug into his bare chest; he grabbed
her and lifted her. His laughter echoed through the small cell.
“Something more
flattering.”
“Henry IV: ‘I am
as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.’” He lowered her to rest upon his chest
again.
~About the Author~
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.
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ReplyDeleteWhy do I love shifters because in most cases the shifter is a blending of the best of a human being and the animal counterpart. Because I am in constant pain the idea of a shifter suspends my reality by believing just maybe this is actually happening. That idea takes me away from my pain so for me shifter stories have become a necessessity
ReplyDeleteLady Birdrobi,
DeleteI'm sorry to hear about your pain. I do understand how fantasy provides a necessary escape from reality. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with me.
I love shifter because most of the time they are strong, sexy, strong willed, love hard and forever.
ReplyDeleteMelvena,
DeleteI agree with you so much. Shifters are usually such wonderful characters and there's the opportunity for fun too when their animal sides comes out to play. :-)