Author Ambush with Cheryl Brooks

Happy hump day, and oh… Happy Valentine’s Day!! 

LITERAL ADDICTION and Book Monster Reviews are very happy to welcome author Cheryl Brooks back to our sites today.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Cheryl Brooks is a former critical care nurse who currently resides near Bloomfield, Indiana with her husband, two sons, two horses, five cats, and one dog.

Her CAT STAR CHRONICLES series was first published by Sourcebooks Casablanca in 2008, and includes Slave, Warrior, Rogue, Outcast, Fugitive, Hero, Virgin, and Stud. The current release is Wildcat, with Rascal due Feb 2014.

She has one self-published e-book, Sex, Love, and a Purple Bikini, and one erotic short story, Midnight in Reno. She also published If You Could Read My Mind writing as Samantha R. Michaels.

As a member of The Sextet, she has written several erotic novellas published by Siren/Bookstrand. Her other interests include cooking, gardening, singing, and guitar playing.

Cheryl is a member of RWA and IRWA. You can visit her online at her Website, on Facebook, on Twitter, on GoodReads, or email her at:  cheryl.brooks52@yahoo.com.

For those of you new to Cheryl’s CAT STAR CHRONICLES series, here are the covers, synopses, & quick buy links to get you all caught up…

“Slave”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #1

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He may be the last of a species whose sexual talents were the envy of the galaxy. 
Cat is an enslaved warrior from a race with a feline gene that gives him awesome beauty, fearsome strength, and sensuality and sexual prowess unmatched by any other males in the universe. Even filthy, chained, and beaten, he gives off an aura of power and virility and his feline gene gives him a special aura. 

Jacinth is an intergalactic trader on a rescue mission and she needs a man she can trust with her life. 

She has spent years pursuing her kidnapped sister from planet to planet. Now her quest leads her to a place where all the women are slaves. "Jack" needs a slave of her own-one who can masquerade as her master. 
Enmeshed in a tangle of deception, lust, and love, they must elude a race of violent killers and together forge a bond stronger than any chains. 

“Warrior”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #2

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Even near death, his sensuality is amazing...

Leo arrives on Tisana's doorstep a beaten slave from a near-extinct race with feline genes. As soon as Leo recovers his strength, he'll use his extraordinary sexual talents to bewitch Tisana and make a bolt for freedom...

She has only one chance to tame him...

Tisana, whose healing powers are legendary, already knows Leo's the one who can help her fulfill her destiny... she can't let him get away now. Forced together on a dangerous journey, Tisana must reveal all of her powers, and Leo must give all of himself to gain his freedom...

“Rogue”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #3

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No woman has ever tamed him before...

Enslaved for years, Tychar belongs to the Queen of Darconia. His feline gene gives him remarkable sexual powers and every female on the planet is in love with him. Then, the Queen gives him to Kyra...

Does she even stand a chance?

Or will she be just another one of his conquests? Why would he choose the modest piano teacher? Yet the two are drawn to each other with a powerful, magnetic attraction unlike any he's felt before... Then the palace is attacked in a coup, and Tychar has to choose between freedom and love...

“Outcast”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #4

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Sold into slavery when his planet was destroyed, Lynx was enslaved in a harem. He is a favorite due to his feline gene, which gives him remarkable sexual powers, but after ten years, Lynx is exhausted.

Thrown out without a penny, Lynx is bitter and anti-female. He emigrates to a new planet but can only find a job with a female rancher.

Bonnie's boyfriend has left with all their money and she needs help with the ranch. Lynx is cynical, but honest, and though he has made it clear that he wants no part of a romantic relationship, Bonnie can't resist him. She finds out about his impotence and becomes determined not to let such a beautiful and sensual young man go to waste...

“Fugitive”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #5

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A mysterious stranger in danger...

The last thing Drusilla expected to find on vacation was a gorgeous man hiding in the jungle. But what is he running from? And why does she feel so mesmerized that she'll stop at nothing to be near him?

Hypnotically attracted, he will risk his life to have her...

Zetithian warrior Manx, a member of a race hunted to near extinction because of their sexual powers, has done all he can to avoid extermination. But when an uncommon woman enters his jungle lair, the animal inside of him demands he risk it all to have her. Until he saw her, his loneliness threatened to consume him. Would she risk her life to join him...or would their intense pleasure in each other destroy them both?

“Hero”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #6

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He is the sexiest, most irksome man she's ever encountered...

Micayla is the last Zetithian female left in the universe. She doesn't know what's normal for her species, but she knows when she sees Trag that all she wants to do is bite him...

He has searched all over the galaxy for a woman like her...

Trag has sworn he'll never marry unless he can find a Zetithian female. But now that he's finally found Micayla, she may be more of a challenge than even he's able to take on...

“Virgin”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #7

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Dax valued his freedom more than any woman until he met Ava, a spunky half-breed Aquerei who holds the key to the salvation of her father's homeworld. Can they save the world and still hold on to one another?

“Stud”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #8

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THEY'RE GALAXIES APART... 

Even for a Zetithian, Tarq Zulveidinoe's sexual prowess is legendary. Believing it's all he's good for, Tarq sets out to perpetuate his threatened species by offering his services to women across the galaxy... 

BUT ONE FORCE CAN BRING THEM TOGETHER... 

Lucinda Force is the sensitive dark horse in a self-absorbed family, repeatedly told that no man will ever want such a plain woman. Lucy longs for romance, but is resigned to her loveless lot in life-until Tarq walks through the door of her father's restaurant on Talus Five... 

“Wildcat”

CAT STAR CHRONICLES #9

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ONLY ONE WOMAN CAN TAME HIM 

When horse breeder Sara Shield encounters Jerden Morokovitz riding bareback and naked, she's stunned by the magnificence of both man and stallion. But Sara came to Terra Minor to get away from men.

IF SHE CAN GIVE UP HER FEAR...

The murder of Jerden's lover by a deranged woman has left this former star attraction of the Zetithian Palace brothel shattered in mind and body. Jerden is sure Sara can heal his anguish—but not unless he can find the key to her heart.

We hope that we got some new readers to add the series to their TBR lists and reminded CAT STAR fans just why they love them so much!  In celebration of the release of Wildcat, Cheryl has taken over our sites for the day. Let’s see what she had to say…

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Hello, everyone! My name is Cheryl Brooks, and I’m here at Literal Addiction and Book Monster Reviews to introduce Wildcat, the latest release in my Cat Star Chronicles. If you’ve already met my Zetithians, you’ll know that in addition to waist-length hair, feline eyes, fangs, pointed ears, slanted eyebrows, and the ability to purr, they possess some remarkable sexual abilities.

But there’s a catch. In order for them to function sexually, they have to inhale the scent of feminine desire. Unfortunately, any desire Sara Shield felt toward men died long ago. Jerden Morokovitz has had some difficulties along those lines himself, but his growing interest in Sara has him determined to bring her passions back to life.

This excerpt is from the end of Chapter 16 of Wildcat—the moment when he finally succeeds…

Her breath caught in her throat as she moved in behind him. This close, she could feel his body heat, its warmth drawing her to him like a moth to a flame.

Permission. She had it now. He not only wanted her touch, he seemed to crave it. Arching his back as she smoothed her palms over his shoulders, he purred his approval, widening his stance and pushing against her hands like a cat seeking a caress. She smiled to herself as she remembered he was a cat. A wild, savagely sweet pussycat. She glanced at Cria sitting by the doorway. Even she was tame when she should have been a dangerously wild animal. With a slow blink similar to Jerden’s, the big cat let out a purr and stretched out on her side.

Jerden seemed able to tame anything, from a leopard to a woman who’d sworn she’d never let a man get near enough to hurt her again. Still, she had a hard time imagining what it would be like to stand before Jerden as naked and vulnerable as he was right now. What an amazing display of trust…

“You feel so good,” she whispered. Closing her eyes, she leaned closer. She’d already kissed him, now she buried her face in his hair, feeling the soft silkiness of it along with the vibrations emanating from his throat. Her arms encircled his waist, allowing her fingers to skim over his chest and downward, feeling the crisp curls that trailed across his stomach. She breathed in his scent, letting it fill her head and was astonished at the effect it had on her—relaxing, yet stimulating.

Gliding over his waist, she felt the ridge of his oblique muscles and the hollow dip of his flanks. That fine ass Drania had referred to fit snugly into the space where her thighs met her torso. Again, he moved into the contact, the barely perceptible rotation of his hips sending a rush of heat coursing through her, taking her breath away. Her nipples tingled. Her hips curled under and an ache began between her thighs, growing steadily stronger until she let out a groan that could have been due to agony, ecstasy, or both.

An ear pressed against his back allowed her to hear the deep intake of his next breath—a breath he held as though savoring a scent so rare and delightful he refused to exhale. Moments later, a sigh escaped him, accompanied by a low moan. Purring louder than ever, his hand covered hers and pulled it forward and down until it rested on something much harder and hotter than the rest of his body.

“Way to go, Sara.”

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