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Lush, magical
fantasy with heart.
Winner
or finalist in multiple national contests—
including the 2007 Golden Heart® Award!
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Fantasy
romance manuscripts
now
available or in progress:
The Kiss of Fate
2007
Romance Writers of America Golden
Heart® Finalist
When
a devastating epidemic strikes the
royal house of Kad, only a healer
from an enemy land can save them.
Sultan Kuramos bends his pride to
ask help from Teganne and its court
healer, Varene.
But
can arrogant Kuramos save his heart
from the feisty, independent Varene?
And
can Varene abandon her principles
for the fascinating sultan, a man
who already has six gorgeous wives? |
The Huntress of
Fate
The
brazen Princess Zahlia returns to
her desert homeland and finds its
Machiavellian ruler, her sister's
husband, tightening a sinister noose
around their people. For Zahlia
to overthrow him and free her sister,
she must relinquish her cherished
liberty and bind herself to a dangerous
hunter, Khalid—the hot-blooded
one-night-stand she'd sworn never
to touch again.
Ambitious
Khalid, long persecuted by the tyrannical
ruler, stands to gain everything
from the union—but wary Zahlia,
who seduced him with a forest god's
magic spell, is the reward he really
wants. Snared in a maze of deadly
schemes and intrigue, can they forge
a true bond from their passion and
claim the thrones?
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The
Ocean Between Us
The
Sea-god Poseidon covets the Land
and
grows restless...
King
Kyros returns from battle to find
his sister raped and his kingdom
destroyed by one of Poseidon's sons.
When Kyros sets sail for Zeus's
temple to demand justice, he barely
survives a shipwreck that drowns
his entire crew—and washes ashore
on the isle of the immortal Siren
who caused it.
The
Siren Mareisa was born a mermaid,
but Poseidon's mistress cursed her
to sing sailors to their doom. Now
her ruined life is invaded by a
fierce, vexatiously sexy mortal
who seeks revenge. But even more,
Kyros wants to bring down Poseidon's
powerful junta—and so does
Mareisa.
In
the violent stillness before a war
between the gods, two passionate
enemies may join forces...and change
the destinies of man and gods alike.
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The
Faery Fiancée
A
dangerous family secret forces
the no-nonsense aristocrat Aleron
on an insane quest: within ten
days, he must woo, bed, and wed
a woman with faery blood. And
in that particular order.
A
half-blooded faery, Zara, must
procure an amulet to protect her
newfound powers, or the god Hermes'
singing gnomes will filch her
magic. The goddesses of Olympus
are feisty Zara's only hope, but
to reach them, she needs skeptical
Aleron's help.
The
last thing Zara wants is to behave
like her wanton, pariah mother,
but Aleron, a hot-blooded man
now on a quest of his own, is
Temptation itself... |
My
Soul to Keep
Claire
Alexander is a reclusive jewelry
artist in
California. She thinks her life's
working just fine, until she gets
a mysterious package from her dead
father. The green stone inside sends
her soul into the body of Lyssa,
an engaged and hunted woman on a
medieval world. And soon Claire
falls for dark and brooding Ronan,
the best friend of Lyssa's fiancé!
Can
Claire unravel the secrets and undo
the switch before both women's lives
are ruined—and will she be
able to leave Ronan, the man who
would give up his kin and his heritage
to love her? |
The
Source of Magic
Where's
9-1-1 when you need it? It's not
in Teganne, the magical realm into
which Jilian Stewart has been kidnapped.
Prince Alvarr, her gorgeous abductor,
offers a cure for her mother's lethal
illness—but can't send Jilian
home with it until she helps him
destroy the evil wizard threatening
Teganne.
To
succeed, Jilian must release the
mystical powers hidden deep inside
her, confront her mother's secret
past, and choose between safety
and love.
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The
Lure of Magic
When
the mage Rokad sacrifices his
magical powers to protect his
prince, he also forfeits his life
purpose and his deepest joy. Asked
to tutor the prince's grown daughter
Qiara, Rokad doubts whether anyone
or anything could temper the fiery
princess.
Will
Qiara, a mage who craves a challenge
to prove herself and her powers,
discover how to heal Rokad's broken
soul—and win his heart?
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If
you're an editor interested in these
manuscripts,
please contact my wonderful agent,
Emily Sylvan Kim of Prospect
Agency.
About
Cate
I'm
pretty sure I was born with a book
clutched in my fist. Reading
was my first love, and writing became
a force in my life when clever elementary
school teachers assigned weekly
creative writing projects.
I wrote through high school, particularly
when bored in class. (Rumor
has it those early pages consisted
of fantasies about Duran Duran,
but I'm silent on the issue and
keep those notebooks from prying
eyes.)
I
put fiction aside to earn a Ph.D.
in the biological sciences—but
my muse, though stuffed in a dark
closet, never shut up. In
the fall of 2000 I joined an online
writers group, but was still afraid
to fail at the thing I loved most.
In March 2001 I learned of an upcoming
contest for unpublished novelists:
the Winning Beginnings Contest.
I realized this was the boot in
the butt I needed. I snared
every thread of courage and began
my first novel. You can read
about the genesis of that novel,
The Source of Magic, in the
Crumbs
in the Keyboard
anthology.
The
Source of Magic
won second place in that contest
and the final judge, an editor at
Berkley/Jove, requested the full
manuscript. That began the
"Summer of Writing, Stress,
and Butt Glued to the Chair."
I finished the manuscript in two
months.
I credit my favorite authors—a
list that includes J.R.R. Tolkien,
Guy Gavriel Kay, Anne McCaffrey,
Ursula K. LeGuin, James Herriot,
and C.S. Lewis—for my love of fiction,
great characters, and a rich imagination.
I also thank my family for forgiving
all those times I brought a book
to dinner.
Awards to Date
The
Kiss of Fate
Winner or Finalist in:
2007
Golden Heart®
2007-8 Duel on the Delta—WINNER
(as Kismet's Kiss)
2008 Linda Howard Award of Excellence
(as Kismet's Kiss)
The
Ocean Between Us
2008 Spring Into Romance: Current
Finalist
The
Source of Magic
Winner or Finalist in:
2007 The Sheila (WINNER)
2006
Merritt
2006 Linda Howard Award of Excellence
2004 On the Far Side
2003 The Maggie (WINNER)
2003 Finally a Bride
2003
The Emily
2003 Spring Into Romance
2003 Great Expectations
2002 Opening Gambit
2002 Original Golden Opportunity
2002 Touch of Magic
2001 The Molly
2001 Winning Beginnings
The
Faery Fiancée
2006
Sharp Synopsis Contest—Finalist
The
Lure of Magic
Finalist in:
2006 Sharp Synopsis
2002 Original Golden Opportunity
2001
The Gotcha
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