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Books by Tara Lain
From Tara Lain Books – Available in KU
EVER AFTER, NEW YORK STORIES
Better Red
FUZZY LOVE
Passions of a Papillon
BALLS TO THE WALL
Volley Balls
Fire Balls
Beach Balls
FAST Balls
TALES OF THE HARKER PACK
The Pack or the Panther
Wolf in Gucci Loafers
Winter’s Wolf
LONG PASS CHRONICLES
Outing the Quarterback
Canning the Center
Tackling the Tight End
GENETIC ATTRACTION SERIES
The Scientist and the Supermodel
Genetic Attraction
The Pretty Boy and the Tomboy
Genetic Celebrity
HOLIDAY NOVELLAS
Mistletowed
Be Bad, For Goodness Sake
STANDALONE TITLES
Home Improvement - A Love Story
From Dreamspinner Press
Hearts and Flour
The Fairy Shop
Trex or Treat
COWBOYS DON’T
Cowboys Don’t Come Out
Cowboys Don’t Ride Unicorns
Cowboys Don’t Samba
DREAMSPUN BEYOND #15 – Rome and Jules
DREAMSPUN DESIRES #5 – Taylor Maid
LOVE IN LAGUNA
Knight of Ocean Avenue
Knave of Broken Hearts
Prince of the Playhouse
Lord of a Thousand Steps
Fool of Main Beach
LOVE YOU SO
Love You So Hard
Love You So Madly
Love You So Special
Love You So Sweetly
MIDDLEMARK MYSTERIES
The Case of the Sexy Shakespearean
The Case of the Voracious Vintner
MOVIE MAGIC ROMANCES
Return of the Chauffeur’s Son
Love and Linguistics
PENNYMAKER TALES
Sinders and Ash
Driven Snow
Beauty, Inc.
Never
SUPERORDINARY SOCIETY
Hidden Powers
Rising Magic
From Pride Publishing
DANGEROUS DANCERS
Death Dancer
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Chapter One
“Thanks, I had a great time.” Sammy grinned down at the pleasant-looking guy and pulled his keys from his pocket. “Want to come in?”
Arnold smiled, but it seemed kind of… weird. “Uh, no, thanks. It was fun.”
Sammy paused opening the door. Was the guy uncomfortable because he didn’t know how to ask for a kiss? Should I make the first move? Maybe if he puckered up a little? Hells, it had been so long since he’d had a boyfriend, he was out of practice. “Maybe we can take in a movie next weekend?” There, that should show Arnold he really liked the evening and wanted to do it again.
Arnold looked down at his feet. “Yeah, maybe. So you’re friends with Chen, right?”
“Yeah.” Everybody at Manhattan University knew that Samlyn “Sammy” Raphael, Jimmy Janx, Marvin Chen, and Alvin “Alvish” McMasters were best friends.
“Does he have a boyfriend?”
Sammy frowned. “Chen’s straight. But I don’t think he has a girlfriend, unless he got one over the summer. Why? Who wants to know?”
Those feet were really interesting. “I guess I did. He’s so handsome, and I knew he was your friend, and I thought maybe… I guess I hoped.”
Sammy’s heart stopped beating for a second. Or at least that was how it felt. “I see. So you took me out for burgers to ask about Chen? Figured he must be gay too?”
“Yeah. That’s okay, isn’t it? I mean, he’s your friend and all. It’s not like we were on a date or anything.”
Sammy sighed. “Yes, we’re great friends. I’m a great friend. Like I said, he’s straight. See you at school.” Sammy keyed open the door and pushed inside.
He heard Arnold say “Thanks” as he closed it in his face.
Sammy pressed his back against the door. Rude. He wasn’t usually rude. No, au contraire. He was the best fucking friend on the planet. So good a friend that nobody could see him any other way. Gods, he was tired of it. He was tired of a lot of things.
He negotiated in the dark across the crowded single room past his painting corner. He stepped around the easel and the taboret where he stored his paints to the bed behind the screen. He flipped on the light beside his bed, went into the small bathroom, brushed his teeth and peed, then pulled off his jeans and T-shirt and crawled into bed.
Fuckity fuck! What had he been thinking? He ought to be ashamed. He didn’t even like Arnold that much, but when the guy had asked him to go out, he’d been flattered. He wanted a boyfriend so bad. Well, actually he wanted a specific boyfriend. Alvish. But since Sammy was stupid enough to have the hots for his BFF, who happened to be straight and in love with every big pair of tits at the university, Sammy deserved every disappointment he got.
He flipped over on his side and punched his pillow. Oh yeah, and Alvish also happened to be human. Which, though Alvish didn’t know it, Sammy was not. Nor were Chen and Jimmy. They were witches. But, of course, Chen and Jimmy were great witches. And Sammy was a crappy one.
So while he was laying his litany of disappointments before the gods, he might also mention his… powers. Or lack thereof.
Jimmy Janx? Now there was a witch with power. Jimmy had gotten married to