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I loved 3 out of the 4 stories. They are innovative, compelling, intriquing, and spellbinding. This is a must read for all of Christine Feehan's fans. Stroke of Enticement by Nalini Singh, was an interesting way to view the future of earth. Psychics vs Humans, hmm? Sweet Dreams by Linda Winstead Jones, talk about a scary ghost story! Boy,I couldn't put the book down till I was done, and I don't like scary stories, but this one was well written. Last but not least Christmas Heat by Lora Leigh also just as riveting. Similar to Nalini Singh's story, but with definite differences. This story moves quickly filled with lots of passion, and Heat! I now have 3 new writers to shop for, great job guys.


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The Magical Christmas Cat Lora Leigh Erin McCarthy Nalini Singh Linda Winstead Jones 9780425223550 Books Reviews

This is a paranormal romance anthology containing four short stories, centered on Christmas, from four different authors.

Stroke of Enticement by Nalini Singh - Annie is a teacher and when one of her students hits another child, his uncle Zach comes, in place of the boys' parents, to straighten things out. An easy flirtation between Zach and Annie turns into a date and then more.

This is part of the Psy-Changeling series that Nalini writes about. Changelings are humans that can turn into an animal form and the Psy's have special extra sensory skills. This story was lighthearted and romantic. I have yet to read the Psy-changeling series and this story reminded me that I need to do that. I loved the characters and the paranormal aspects were written so they were totally believable.

Christmas Bree by Erin McCarthy - Bree Murphy is a witch living in the old Victorian home her Grandmother left her. While visiting with her witch sisters, Charlotte and Abby, Abby predicts that a man wearing a pink shirt will turn up at Bree's door with passion on his mind. When the doorbell rings, Bree finds Ian, a lawyer she met one year ago... and he's wearing a pink shirt.

This story is about the Magickal Murphy Sisters, centering on Bree, a story started in the anthology An Enchanted Season that centered on Charlotte. Erin McCarthy is the reason I bought this book and her story didn't disappoint me in the least. The Murphy sisters are colorful, the story is magical and the sex steamy. I can't wait to read Abby's story next.

Sweet Dreams by Linda Winstead Jones - An extremely old curse threatens the life and soul of a single woman named Ruby. Weird dreams plague her and just when she's starting to trust the sexy professor, Zane, from across the street, she is warned to trust no one.

This is the only story I didn't like. A lot of things aren't made clear, like Zane's extreme dislike for refined sugar and flour... which was just a weird thing to put into the story in the first place. The story was really dark for a Christmas tale and the hero was extremely rude and unlikable at first. I just didn't care for it.

Christmas Heat by Lora Leigh - In a world where humans were genetically altered with the DNA of certain predatory cats and trained and created for the purposes of killing. Those creations, called Breed's, have stepped away from that and our desperately trying to regain control of their breeds and live normal lives. One librarian overhears a discussion that could destroy the progress and her life becomes endangered as she is set to testify.

A sexy little tale about a Jaguar Breed and the librarian he covets and is sent t protect. As he is forced to live under her roof, the attraction the both of them have been feeling since they first met a year ago, is becoming harder an harder to ignore. This story was unique and the way she blended the male and the Jaguar instincts and desires were creative and hot. I enjoyed this story a lot.

I really enjoyed this anthology. Had it not been for the third story it easily would have been a five star book. The other three stories while short were sweet, sexy, filled with the Christmas spirit and extremely entertaining.

Cherise Everhard, January 2009
If you are a fan of Nalini Singh's Psy-changelings or Lora Leigh's Breeds, you will not want to miss The Magical Christmas Cat, both of authors' stories were simply terrific romances and either one of them make this book worth your hard earned cash. But wait there's more, for no additional cost, you get a `dreamy' witchy romance by Erin McCarthy and a fantasy tale `to die for' from Linda Winstead Jones.

My favorite of the bunch was Nalini Singh's "Stroke of Enticement", I love all of her shapeshifter males, but DarkRiver leopard-shifter Zach was truly wonderful. Not weighed down by the emotion baggage of Singh's last couple of predatory males, Zach is still intense, determined and possesive but Zach's playful courtship of human teacher Annie makes this romance fun as well as steamy, I just loved this story. (5 stars that will make you purr)

In Erin McCarthy's "Christmas Bree", the romantic magic of bespelled mistletoe, strikes again. This time witchy middle sister gets the man of her dreams, literally. The dreams that the unlikely pair have shared during the past year provide the jump to lightspeed necessary to connect the pair immediately when they meet again in the flesh, so that this ends up being an enjoyable romantic addition to the collection. (This ties in to "Charlotte's Web" fromAn Enchanted Season and sets up for a story for sister #3 too.)(4 Stars for the magic of mistletoe)

And now for something completely different, much milder from a romance standpoint than the rest of the stories, Linda Winstead Jones, instead focuses on her characters and, gasp, her plot. She fits an amazing amount of story, into her "Sweet Dreams", including world-building and back history. She also gives us a great leading lady in baker Ruby, who manages to get past her disbelief of all things woo-woo to gain the knowledge necessary to save herself, with a little help from the her oh so serious sugar deprived neighbor and the 'cavalry'. (4 stars for death by chocolate cake)

Finally, Lora Leigh's addition was so scorchingly hot, that smoke came off the pages. I don't tend to read romantica, strong erotic language doesn't do it for me, so I don't follow Leigh's Breeds novels, though I've enjoyed the last couple of novellas she contributed to anthologies like these. But language issues aside, "Christmas Heat" has to have one of the best tension building setups I've read in a short story ( and in most novels as well) culminating in a page burning scene with Breed Noble trying to hold his inner cat in check to avoid forcing the mating heat on Haley even as she pushes him past the brink of his self-control. (cold showers anyone?) For Leigh fans - this one apparently 'spoilerishly' wraps up some loose ends from Mercury's war. (5 stars going supernova)

I know that not everyone likes anthologies as much as I do, but these stories are well worth making an exception. All the authors, manage to fit an amazing amount of story, and/or steam into their enjoyable contributions, and for those of you not already familiar with the authors you don't need to be to enjoy these stories - all work perfectly fine as standalones. So check out Magical Christmas Cat, for a bunch tasty Christmas treats from these popular authors.
I loved 3 out of the 4 stories. They are innovative, compelling, intriquing, and spellbinding. This is a must read for all of Christine Feehan's fans. Stroke of Enticement by Nalini Singh, was an interesting way to view the future of earth. Psychics vs Humans, hmm? Sweet Dreams by Linda Winstead Jones, talk about a scary ghost story! Boy,I couldn't put the book down till I was done, and I don't like scary stories, but this one was well written. Last but not least Christmas Heat by Lora Leigh also just as riveting. Similar to Nalini Singh's story, but with definite differences. This story moves quickly filled with lots of passion, and Heat! I now have 3 new writers to shop for, great job guys.