In honor of my upcoming release, Lynx to the Pharaoh which features a caracal shifter hero:
Thirteen Things about Caracals
1. A caracal is related to both the leopard and the lynx.
2. They have large elongated ears with long tufts of hair on the ends, which make them very distinctive.
3. The caracal has a reddish-brown coat and is short-haired.
4. The caracal makes its home in Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan and India.
5. It’s usually nocturnal but can be seen during the day.
6. A caracal is very dangerous if it’s cornered and will attack.
7. The caracal is agile, is a good climber and is known to catch its prey in the air – i.e. it will spring into the air to capture birds on the wing.
8. Men in India and Iran used to capture them and use them to hunt birds.
9. It’s generally a solitary hunter.
10. They occupy varied habitats such as grasslands, plains and rocky hills. My caracal shifter lives in the desert. This is actually not usual, but my hero is not a usual man.
11. Their tail is short.
12. Their eye color ranges from golden or copper to green or grey.
13. Lynx to the Pharaoh is a historical paranormal set in Egypt. It comes out at Ellora’s Cave on 1 July.
Here’s the blurb:
Sethmet Khalil comes from a line of shapeshifters who protect the pharaoh from tomb robbers. It’s a sacred duty handed down from father to son—a duty he’s determined to carry out successfully so his family retain the shapeshifter powers they cherish. Failure means death at the hands of a deadly curse.
Desperate to escape the strictures of mourning, Charlotte Webster travels to Egypt with her stepbrother. The freedom of Patria Oasis is heady after the stuffy rules of the London season. It’s full of temptation. Sethmet, their guide, is handsome and sparks forbidden desire in Charlotte. Risking censure, she embarks on a passionate affair, secret rendezvous full of lingering caresses and explosive pleasure.
Charlotte pleases both man and feline, but she’s with the men Sethmet suspects are hunting for the pharaoh’s treasure. If Charlotte is involved, he can’t protect her from the pharaoh’s curse and she’ll die with the others. Love, danger and betrayal battle beneath the blood-red desert moon as the lovers steal moments together and fate works its wiles.
To read an excerpt.
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