Hello Everyone and welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors. I took last weekend off to go the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, and I am filled with Words, Story, Laughter and Smoke! We were lucky and none of our outdoor plays were cancelled. Thanks so much to the actors who made the show go on in less than ideal circumstances. We’re all in this together, we crazy people who love words and story so much.

Last time I shared I posted the first 10 lines from Wild, Book 4 in my Jacqui the Cat Mysteries series. Wild is still in first draft form, but Jacqui is anxious to be unleashed on the world once again, so what’s a writer to do? Share an excerpt and hope for the best. We left Jacqui in an agitated state, fretting about the return of the dog shifters who turned out to be not very nice people (or dogs). You can read it here. Full of bravado, he briefly thinks he wants to confront them and get it over with.

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But not really.  What he really wanted to do was run away. He knew he should pack his meager belongings and flee from San Juan Island, change his name again, and find a deeper hole to hide in.

But he really didn’t want to do that either.

He liked Friday Harbor. He’d settled in, his business was doing well, and he was sick of hiding.

And boyfriend.

And boyfriend.  Wyatt, who right now was sprawled across his king-sized bed alone, whistling softly through his nose in that annoying but also cute way of his; The man had become a habit.  A dangerous, delicious, sexy addiction that Jacqui couldn’t get enough of.

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Jacqui the Cat Mysteries, the cozy gay shifter romance mystery series the world has  been waiting for~

Jacqui Corleone is a fashion designer, a yoga-instructor and a concerned citizen who selflessly helps the police solve crimes. Oh, and he occasionally turns into a small wild cat. Probably due to a wizard’s curse or an evil government plot to create super warriors.

Or, he’s a cat cursed to turn into a human and only the bite of a sexy alpha lion will allow him to remain in his superior form of Cat.

Jacqui does not have a split personality, but sometimes his cat personality can get rather loud.

Loud? You’re loud.

Jacqui Corleone is a cat shifter who doesn’t know why or how he turns into a cat. He lives a solitary life in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. He’s not afraid of intimacy (yes, he is) but sensibly refrains from potentially awkward entanglements. Unfortunately, the sexy new deputy sheriff just moved in across the street and Jacqui’s vow not to get mixed up with island dudes is sorely challenged.

When the mysterious disappearance of three blue pots draws Jacqui to investigate, he’s drawn ever deeper into danger–and into the muscular but not too bulgy or veiny arms of deputy Wyatt West (he wishes).

Join Jacqui (and Cat) in this new exciting and sexy gay shifter romance mystery series from author of fantastical romantic fiction, Alexis Duran.

Here be the Amazon links:

Prowl

Pounce

Roam

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I’ve had some inquiries if my books are available in formats other than Kindle. At this time, only Gryffon Hall is out there on B&N, Apple, etc. One reason is because I’m re-releasing all my Loose ID titles and am just flat out overwhelmed. The other reason is that I’m experimenting with Kindle Unlimited to see how that goes., which means if you have a Kindle you can read the books for free! When the KDP select term is up, I’ll distribute the books to other retailers. If you’d like to know when that happens, you can sign up for my nifty newsletter here!

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Weekend Writing Warriors is a blog hop where writers from a wide variety of genres share from their work in excerpts of ten sentences or less.  Click the link to check out the other writers participating today.  It’s a great way to discover your next favorite book!

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Thanks to Robin Ludwig Design, Inc. for the fabulous covers!