Author Kate Lowell is here at Love Bytes today with her blog tour for her book Rise of the Alpha Squirrel.
Welcome to the blog, Kate!
Author Name: Kate Lowell
Book Name: Rise of the Alpha Squirrel
Series: Nutty Romances #2 (Series should be read in order for maximum enjoyment)
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Pages or Words: Approximately 24,000 words
Publisher: Kate Lowell
Cover Artist: Ana J. Phoenix
Blurb:
Nathan’s met Vince’s family, but Vince hasn’t met Nathan’s, and Nathan would like to keep it that way. Holy smoked almonds, what else do you do when you know how completely nuts your relatives are?
Why, you ease your man into it, by introducing him to normal shifters. Assuming you can find any.
But with a gossipy werehummingbird spreading the news, and a pair of young red pandas wreaking havoc with their fainting goat friends, Nathan’s about ready to climb into a pine cone and pull it in after him.
Then the local playboy weremoose hears about Vince, and Nathan has to find his inner alpha or the consequences will be worse than moldy hazelnuts.
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, Humor, M/M Romance, Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy
The following excerpts are taken from the best-selling series ‘A Were’s Guide to Living in the Human World’ by Finnley Lakewood, Ph.D, and Gardenner Monk, Ph.D. Please don’t tell anyone where you got these excerpts—I had to take ridiculous risks to get my hands on these books and if they found me, they’d probably eat me.
Chapter 7: A Were’s Work is Never Done–Finding Work you Like Without Giving Yourself Away
… The working were should take care to minimize or, if possible, eliminate those reactions or habits which absolutely cannot be attributed to the wide variety of human behavioral context. Thankfully, humans are so bizarre, and respond with such an amazingly diverse range of gestures and vocalizations, that it is only the most species-specific of behaviors which might need to be modified.
I was at work at the local swimming pool, watching the little kids playing in the water. One of them threw a ball out of the pool and instinct took over—before I knew it, I was parading around the edge of the area with the ball balanced on my nose, and when they took it from me, they didn’t give me any fish! I’m looking for a new job now.
“Breakfast,” Vince said and waved a hand toward the table.
It was a squirrel’s wet dream. Or it would have been, if good-enough-to-lick-all-over-then-eat Vince hadn’t been sitting on the other side of the table. Maybe he could say it was any other squirrel’s wet dream—whatever, it was the breakfast of Roman squirrel emperors.
A pile of thick, deep brown pancakes waited for him in the center of his plate. Raspberries and shaved almonds sprawled seductively over the side of the stack, glistening with sweet, sticky maple syrup. Some of the less audacious ones hid decorously beneath the edges of a heavy daub of whipped cream, but Nathan knew they were there, waiting for him to discover them. He could see them peeking diffidently out, uncertain whether they wanted to attract his attention or not.
And the best part—the most gorgeous massage therapist in the world was sitting across the table from him, watching him with eyes that were dark in more than just the usual way. He looked at Nathan like Nathan was a maple walnut ice cream with a peanut dip. Like he wanted to lick him all over and suck bits of him deep inside his mouth…
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Kate Lowell lives on the east coast of Canada, in an old farm house that has way more personality than it has any right to. During the winter, she spends her time dreading snow, cursing at snow, shoveling snow, and scheming ways to shove it down the kids’ necks. During the summer, she prays not to have snow. 🙂
Kate likes to play in ALL the sandboxes. While her main genres are paranormal and contemporary suspense, she is also interested in science fiction, fantasy and–weirdly–romantic comedy. She’s willing to pay large amounts of money to anyone who can come up with a Time Turner, or find her an agreeable Time Lord to sort out her scheduling problems.
Tour Dates & Stops:
25-Feb: A.M. Leibowitz, Hearts on Fire, Velvet Panic, Nautical Star Books, MM Good Book Reviews
26-Feb: Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Wake Up Your Wild Side, Inked Rainbow Reads, KathyMac Reviews
27-Feb: Happily Ever Chapter, Molly Lolly, Love Bytes
29-Feb: Nephy Hart, Man2ManTastic, Bonkers About Books, Open Skye Book Reviews, My Fiction Nook
1-Mar: BFD Book Blog, Dawn’s Reading Nook, V’s Reads, Boy Meets Boy Reviews
2-Mar: Bayou Book Junkie, Jessie G. Books, Alpha Book Club
EEE a werehummingbird! I’ve been waiting for a hummingbird shifter *forever*, even if he’s not the MC…
I love Nutsy and Vince…but I would love to see Kate write about Charlie.
book sounds great…congrats
. Wow, prize bird is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. 🙂 Perfect for my niece’s big BDay gift.
I don’t think I have read a cute one before, I look forward to reading this 🙂
This has to be the cutest story and cutest hummingbird.
This series sounds adorable. There have been a couple of cute ones, but I can’t think of their titles. There was one with shifters of endangered, rare or extinct animals and they attended a support group due to their rarity – it was cute.
Looking forward to reading this series. Please write many more!