Cats And Dogs: A Shifter Novella

By Georgette St. Clair

This is a 15,000 word paranormal werewolf romance.

Cats and dogs don’t mix – so panther shifter Belle Simmons will never get a chance to act on her secret crush on Axel McManus, the sexiest werewolf this side of the Montana state line...right?

That’s what she thinks until the day she’s fleeing an arranged marriage with a much older panther known to have perverted desires and a vicious temper – and Axel comes to the rescue.

The only way that the wealthy, corrupt Raymond Charucki will release Belle from her obligation is if she can steal a certain priceless icon belonging to a terrifying witch...and to her shock, Axel insists on accompanying her. Is he protecting the shy, orphaned panther out of pity...or out of love?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Georgette St. Clair
• Release date: Jul 10, 2013

Georgette St. Clair

Hello, I am Georgette St. Clair, writer of hot, sexy romances which star all Alpha heroes, all the time. The road to love may be rocky and fraught with peril, (and humor and scorchtastic sex and healthy heapings of snark) but my shifters will stop at nothing to claim their fated mate.A little about me: I live in Florida. My checkered career involved stints as a newspaper reporter, EMT, internet marketer, cocktail waitress, temp, nurse’s aide (but not all at the same time...)Now I’m living my perfect life, spending my days in a fantasy universe where I nudge my smart-mouthed, take-no-guff heroines onto the path that will set them on a collision course with true love.

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Copyright 2013 by Georgette St. Clair

This book is intended for readers 18 and older only. It is a work of fiction. All characters and locations in this book are products of the feverish imagination of the author, a tarnished Southern belle with a very dirty mind.

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Cats and dogs don’t mix – so panther shifter Belle Simmons will never get a chance to act on her secret crush on Axel McManus, the sexiest werewolf this side of the Montana state line…right?

That’s what she thinks until the day she’s fleeing an arranged marriage with a much older panther known to have perverted desires and a vicious temper – and Axel comes to the rescue. The only way that the wealthy, corrupt Raymond Charucki will release Belle from her obligation is if she can steal a certain priceless icon belonging to a terrifying witch…and to her shock, Axel insists on accompanying her.  Is he protecting the shy, orphaned panther out of pity…or out of love?

Chapter One

Belle Simmons lived for the beginning of summer, although not for the usual reasons. Oh, she loved the sunshine and the ripening berries on bushes, the melting of snow and the budding of flowers, and the chance to shift into panther form and race naked through the woods with the sun warming her fur.

But what she really yearned for was a glimpse of Axel McManus, in all his glory. Axel, the handsomest werewolf in Montana, came to visit his grandparents in Big Timber Falls every summer. And when he did, he frequently came into the general store owned by Belle’s aunt and uncle.

Of course there was no chance the two of them would actually get together. Axel was a handsome, popular wolf, the son of a wealthy and successful Alpha, and rumor had it that his father wanted him to take over his Northern Montana pack in the near future. Belle was a shy, quiet panther whose parents had died when she was a cub, and she was stuck behind the counter of the Big Timber Falls Mercantile.

And everybody knows…cats and dogs don’t mix.  In fact, the local panther shifters and werewolf pack were increasingly on edge with each other, mostly out of stupid territorial pride.

Still…she could look, and dream.

There he is, Agnes Hamilton, her best friend and co-worker, said, nudging her.

Yep. I see that,  Belle had a feather duster in her hand, and she was standing on the porch, slowly and carefully dusting the windows.  She was concentrating on her job very hard.

That was because she could see Axel’s reflection in the window.

His people were descended from a tribe of Native American shapeshifters, and his coppery skin and thick, silky black hair reflected that. He was tall and broad shouldered and narrow hipped.   He was wearing faded denim jeans and a tank top that revealed his smooth, tan skin and the curve of his biceps.

Axel was across the street, leaning on his pickup truck, talking to his cousins, Lucas and Nicholas Redburn.  They were handsome enough, but for some reason, they’d never had the effect on her that Axel did.  Every time she saw Axel, her heart raced and she tingled all over.

As Belle watched, Axel turned around and reached into the back of the pickup truck, bending over as he did so.

Oh my God. His ass is magnificent, Agnes said admiringly. Axel straightened up, holding three sodas. He handed two of them to his cousins, and opened up the third, taking a healthy swallow.

It sure is. Dust, dust, dust. Belle very slowly ran her duster over the same spot she’d just dusted. It’s a thing of beauty.

Agnes pretended to stare into the window that Belle was dusting so she could watch Axel too. His ass could have been sculpted by Michaelangelo.

It’s like two perfectly rounded halves of a cantaloupe, covered in denim, Belle nodded. It’s the ass to end all asses.

She glanced at her own reflection. She was small and slim, with straight golden brown hair and brown eyes.  Nothing special. She didn’t have big poufy blonde