LADY SHEBA
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ISBN: 9781419906350
Paranormal Fantasy/shapeshifter
The Egyptian gods and goddesses must protect humankind, and to do so, they bestow certain loyal followers with magical powers. One of those ancient immortals is the cat goddess Bast. To her priestesses and their descendants, she gives the Powers of the Cat—the ability to shapeshift into any feline form at will.
Dr. Katina Fellini spends her days working for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but at night she transforms into Lady Sheba, protector of human and animal kind. She is brave, daring and untouchable—except when it comes to the museum curator, Dr. Seth Matthews. One look from his icy blue eyes is enough to make Kat purr.
Kat doesn’t realize that Seth is battling his own desire—to make her submit to his passion. When an evil Egyptian spirit is accidentally set free and possesses his body, Seth can no longer resist his feelings. Kat will have no choice but to surrender to his desires, and a new war will begin—the battle between love and evil.
Publisher’s Note: This title was previously published elsewhere. It has been extensively revised and expanded.
EXCERPT
The next morning, Kat walked to work feeling refreshed. The bath and the night’s sleep had done her good and she felt confident climbing the stone steps toward the museum entrance.
Once inside, however, she sensed immediately that something was very different—a sinister air had permeated the atmosphere.
Making her way through the Egyptian collection, she stopped cold. There again stood Seth, this time in front of a statue of the falcon-headed god Horus. Something was definitely different. He turned at her approach and smiled. Instead of the cool manner she had come to expect, a fire lit his eyes as they traveled slowly over her body, making her feel naked, vulnerable—excited.
Oh dear Bast, the desire he ignited with that look! Her heart skipped a beat, her palms began to sweat and her pussy tingled as it stirred to life.
He looked different as well. While still dressed to perfection in his signature dark suit, his hair fell loose about his shoulders, giving him a wild, untamed look.
“Katina, you look beautiful this morning.”
Her heart beat a little faster at his seductive tone. Never had he commented on her looks. “Thank you, Seth,” she replied in an unsure, cautious voice. What’s caused such a change in him? And what was that overwhelming sense of dread she felt in her bones? “You look…different today.”
“I felt it was time for a few changes.” Stepping closer to her, he stopped just a breath away, near enough for his cologne to fill her senses with the scents of sex, desire and danger. Her breathing quickened as she inhaled his closeness.
Then he clasped her face between his hands, letting the warm touch of his skin flow through her. “One of those changes involves you, Katina,” he said in a low, husky voice. He lowered his face to hers and whispered against her lips, “I want you in my life—much more intimately.”
Then he covered her lips with his.
Kat felt her own control melt away at the gentle play of his warm mouth against hers, lips mingling tenderly. His tongue flicked out, urging her to open to him. With a gasp she parted her lips, allowing him entrance as she wrapped her arms about his neck. As his tongue darted inside, tasting her, his hands traveled down her body, molding her soft curves to his hard muscle. Cupping her buttocks, he pulled her hips toward his, letting her know the extent of his excitement.
Their breathing had become fast and labored as they broke their kiss long enough for his mouth to travel down her neck to her blouse, tasting every exposed area. He murmured against her skin, words too low to hear or understand. She didn’t care. The magic he wreaked upon her senses had made everything else unimportant. The only thing that mattered at the moment was being here with Seth. They were the only ones who existed.
Her fingertips brushed through the silkiness of his long midnight hair, relishing the feel of it against her skin. His mouth traveled still lower as he unbuttoned her blouse, searching for more skin to taste.
When his hand stroked the fullness of her breast, she tossed her head back, allowing his touch to infiltrate her. He rubbed her nipple to a hardened nub between his forefinger and thumb, then dipped his head down and suckled it through the lace of her bra. His hot mouth felt intoxicating as he teased the nub with his teeth, nibbling gently.
When he finished with one breast, he lavished the same delectable care on the other. The sensations were so wonderful, she thought she would climax just from the attention he gave her breasts.
“Oh, Seth,” she said breathlessly, as he feasted on one breast while caressing the other with his hand and fingers.
His lips traveled back up to her mouth, capturing her in another passionate kiss—fiery, stoking, burning.
Then someone cleared his throat behind them.
