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    Cats on the Keyboard: Real Life Cat Stories by 14 Historical Romance Authors
    Cats on the Keyboard: Real Life Cat Stories by 14 Historical Romance Authors
    Cats on the Keyboard: Real Life Cat Stories by 14 Historical Romance Authors
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    Cats on the Keyboard: Real Life Cat Stories by 14 Historical Romance Authors

    By Michele Stegman

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    Everyone enjoys a good cat story and a cute cat photo. These are true stories, written by cat-loving historical romance writers. Enjoy the stories and take a look at the excerpts from each author's book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichele Stegman
    Release dateMar 30, 2015
    ISBN9781310604911
    Cats on the Keyboard: Real Life Cat Stories by 14 Historical Romance Authors
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    Michele Stegman

    Michele Stegman has loved history all her life. When she was studying history in graduate school, one of her professors quipped that she put too much romance in her research papers. She decided to put in more romance and write historical romances.Her Fortune series is following the adventures of the Fortune family through piracy and war in the 1700’s.Conquest of the Heart, her upcoming book, takes place in England in 1067, just after the Norman Conquest. It is quite different from most books that are set during the Conquest. For one thing, her hero is not a big, brash Norman conqueror. He’s a Saxon. It’s the heroine who is the Norman. Her people conquered his country, now she must conquer his heart!Michele was never interested in writing contemporary novels. But one day she was driving along, thinking of nothing in particular, when the entire plot for Mr. Right’s Baby popped into her head. She couldn’t stop thinking about it and finally decided it was a book that had to be written.Michele lives her history every day. She lives in an 1840’s log cabin, and sleeps in a 200 year old bed with her very own hero, her husband, Ron. She spins, weaves, makes her own soap, and bakes her own bread and crackers.Two cats, Chopstix and 5, demand lots of petting, but her two daughters, Kira and Shana, are the delight of her life.Michele also dabbles in art, and is a member of the Southeastern Indiana Art Guild.

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      Cats on the Keyboard - Michele Stegman

      Cats on the Keyboard:

      Real Life Cat Stories by 14 Historical Romance Authors

      Edited by Michele Stegman

      Copyright 2015 Michele Stegman

      Smashwords Edition

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. Although this is a free book, it remains the copyrighted property of the authors, and may not be reproduced, copied, or distributed for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy and also discover other works by these authors. Thank you for your support.

      Thanks to Jennette Marie Powell, the cover artist, who also helped create this book.

      Cover photo: Kit Kat, a rescue cat who has taken over the hearts of many. Photo by Shana Stegman.

      Cats on the Keyboard:

      Real Life Cat Stories by 14 Historical Romance Authors

      Everyone enjoys a good cat story and a cute cat photo. These are true stories, written by cat-loving historical romance writers. Enjoy the stories and take a look at the excerpts from each author's book.

      Stories:

      Samurai Cat by Michele Stegman

      A Rescue on the Q.T. by Jennette Marie Powell

      Topaz by Anna Markland

      The Cat Who Came Back by Alina K. Field

      Unforgettable Road Trip by Charlotte Russell

      Jess and Crosby by Raven McAllan

      Cisco by Cindy Holby

      My Cat Sitter Adventure by Vicky Dreiling

      The Stray that Came to Stay by Collette Cameron

      The Cat in the Wall by R.L. Syme

      Being Ivan by Madeline Hunter

      Lost and Found by Ally Broadfield

      Ride, Vaquero by Mark Ozeroff

      Whisky, the Organizing Cat by Louise Clark

      Samurai Cat

      by Michele Stegman

      Katana

      If it wasn't for her teacup size, I would have sworn that the tiny white kitten with badly sunburned ears and nose was actually a tiger in disguise. She had shown up at our isolated home begging for, well, anything, food, affection, a lap.

      She was so tiny, so skinny, in such bad shape, there was no way she could make it any further. We didn't want another cat. But how could we ignore her plight? We began feeding her, and she began curling up on any lap available.

      The problem was, we had two other cats and this white tidbit tiger was terrorizing them. Chopstix and 5 were three times her size, but they were totally cowed. Even the neighbor's dog ran in fear when this little thing launched herself at him in full cartoon mode with a yowl, outspread claws, and poofed fur. We certainly couldn't keep this cat. Not if we expected our own two cats to stick around. We were leaving on a trip in a couple of days, and we didn't want to take it to the shelter (even though it is a good no-kill one) but what could we do?

      When my daughter, Kira, came over, she and the little cat fell in love. Kira sat with her on her lap for hours, and the cat was content to be there. As starved as she was, she passed up food a time or two to remain on a lap where she was cherished. Kira wanted a cat, but hated to confine one to a small apartment. She agreed to foster the cat at least until we got back from our trip, but I think she was hoping she would be able to keep her.

      After a visit to the vet, Kira took the cat home and by the time we returned from our trip, the little cat, now appropriately named Katana, after the Japanese Samurai sword, had a new home. She loves it here, our daughter said, and she feels secure. When I open the door she runs the other way. This is where she wants to be.

      Katana, now at 9 pounds, has doubled her weight and the sunburn has healed nicely. She is sleek and playful, at home wherever Kira is, and, like any other cat, completely self-satisfied and master of her domain. She is still fierce, but she loves Kira. And the feeling is mutual.

      Conquest of the Heart

      by Michele Stegman

      Blurb:

      Her people conquered his country. How can they overcome the distrust they feel to find love?

      Madeline wants a big, brash, never-defeated-in-battle, Norman knight. What she gets, by order of the king, is a wiry Saxon who once studied for the priesthood instead of warfare. But is this gentle man she has fallen in love with entangled in the rebellion now sweeping the land?

      Ranulf wants to marry the girl next door. What he gets, by order of the king , is a lush, strong Norman woman who just might be a spy reporting his every move. He wants her in every way a man can possibly want a woman. But can he trust his heart to a woman who might have been sent to root out the struggle for freedom his people are engaged in?

      Excerpt:

      She did not cry out or pull away. She opened her mouth farther, inviting a deeper taste of her sweetness, an invitation that this time, he did not ignore. She swayed against him, and the combined heat of their bodies seemed to melt them together, fusing them into one.

      Somewhere in the deep recesses of his mind he marveled at how well their two bodies fit together, curve to cavern, hill to hollow, swell to depression. He started when her hand touched the bare flesh of his back, and again when her other one was also laid upon him, was utterly lost to dignity when they moved over his skin.

      His own hands began to explore, almost, it seemed, of their own volition, but he drank in their findings, savoring the slope of her shoulder, the long curve of her back, a cresting buttock. His hands found it all, gliding over her, sending searing sensations to him to feed his hunger for her. But it was an insatiable hunger, a hunger that grew with each touch, each caress, each play of tongue on tongue.

      One of his hands searched upward from her waist, climbed the mound of her breast, and was rewarded by a hardening nub at the peak. He pressed closer, wanting that union of flesh with flesh that could not be accomplished through layers of silk and linen. He pressed against her and she stumbled back a step. He turned her so that her back was to the oak and ground into her, tongue thrusting, loins pressing in a frenzy to intermesh.

      Her hands moved with an equal searching frenzy across his back, kneading, clawing, wanting, urging him on. He grabbed at her skirt, trying to lift it, but the fullness of it defeated him, slithering back into the path of his groping hand, blocking him from his goal of bared thigh and hip and belly. He heard her moan and its plaintive note lent him new resourcefulness.

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