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Brian Ames has never been lucky in love. Getting a guy has never been a problem; keeping one after they meet his mother and sisters, all witches with magical abilities, is another matter entirely. After a disastrous family dinner, Brian goes home dumped again, only to find a homeless cat outside his home.
After an accident involving too much beer, an old spell book, and some blessed Elderflower, Brian wakes up the next morning to Tom, his now very human, and very tempting, familiar. Will Brian keep his new lover? Or will he lose another love to circumstances he can’t control?
After an accident involving too much beer, an old spell book, and some blessed Elderflower, Brian wakes up the next morning to Tom, his now very human, and very tempting, familiar. Will Brian keep his new lover? Or will he lose another love to circumstances he can’t control?
60 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 15, 2011
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Amylea Lyn
13 books148 followersAmylea Lyn is a little odd, a lot weird, and just plain strange. At least that's what everyone tells her. She lives in Nevada, filling her laptop with too many stories to count and trying to ignore the yells of her football-obsessed siblings in the background. Most days, Amylea can be found sitting in her favorite chair after work, bugging those around her for fun tidbits to make her stories more interesting. When she's not writing, Amylea spends her time daydreaming her fantasies while talking to herself without realizing it, experimenting with different baked dishes that she force feeds her brothers, and plotting ways to get back at her psychotic cat. All in all, she likes to think of herself as pretty normal... even if it's only by her own standards.
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June 29, 2011
3.5 stars
This was just too cute. I loved Tom and his cat behavior. I laughed so much while reading this. A very light and cheeky read, but satisfying nonetheless. I thought the stalking plotline felt a little out of place, but it did what it was intended to do, which was drive the plot forward. Still, with the short format, it meant that it stuck out a little when the main story (and the tone of the story) was about Tom's transformation, Brian's burgeoning magic, and their growing relationship.
This reads like a guilty pleasure -- except I totally don't feel guilty.
This was just too cute. I loved Tom and his cat behavior. I laughed so much while reading this. A very light and cheeky read, but satisfying nonetheless. I thought the stalking plotline felt a little out of place, but it did what it was intended to do, which was drive the plot forward. Still, with the short format, it meant that it stuck out a little when the main story (and the tone of the story) was about Tom's transformation, Brian's burgeoning magic, and their growing relationship.
This reads like a guilty pleasure -- except I totally don't feel guilty.
June 22, 2011
This cute short starts with Brian taking his boyfriend of 6 months to meet his mother and sister. However it all goes to hell, again, when his family who are witches (Brian is a null with no power) scare him off claiming it's for his own good because he's not right. He was number 7 they've done that too. Later that night during a storm he takes in a stray cat and after drowning his sorrows in beer and whining to the cat, he decides on a whim to try one of his grandmother's spells to find a mate. When he wakes up in the morning, he's in bed with a very sexy guy ... with a tail and ears. There were things I loved in this story, Tom, the cat-man was perfect. He was aggressive in the bedroom, but a typical cat outside, curling up in the sun to sleep, watching the birds out the windows, eating tuna, very sweet. I liked Brian when wasn't around his family, I hated his family. It was a classic case of "we can do whatever we want and get away with it, as long was we say 'it's because we love you'". Somehow that makes any disrespectful treatment acceptable. And he got sucked into it. He couldn't be angry with them because "they loved him". *bangs head on wall* That's a personal thing for me and most people probably found it endearing or even funny. It makes me buggy. However Tom was so cute and cuddly I could live with it, and his family did kind of fade out, or become less obnoxious, after the first bit, with the focus on Brian and Tom. So if that kind of interfering family doesn't bug you, you'll love this (stalker alert), but as I said, Tom made it worth it, even with my little hissy fit.
March 18, 2013
aaaaaah kitty!
This story is so damn purple it's almost an eggplant. However, it also has a cat-man and lots of adorable kitty-loving.
And since kitty trumps all, it gets 5 stars. Because cat.
Who cares if it has no plot?
ETA aaand some more
^Sultry cat eyes mrowr
aaaand side note ^^
If I ever get a cat, I totally want a Maine Coon...
June 26, 2011
3.5 stars. Cute short paranormal m/m romance about a guy without any magical ability who's feeling lonely because his witch mother and sisters keep scaring away his boyfriends. Then he rescues a giant black tomcat from a storm and tells it all his problems...
June 18, 2011
that was fun and cute !
April 25, 2012
Short and sweet story about a male null witch in a family of powerful woman witches.
June 18, 2011
Very cute and funny story! I loved Brian's family and thought Tom was adorable.
July 9, 2011
Reviewed for Hearts On Fire Reviews
This is just the cutest story ever. Tom is so sweet, and well, kittenish. When he is watching birds out the window, I could picture it and laughed. There is a moment, during the family dinner, what you just want to hug Brian, and then you wonder why he puts up with them all. Oh, family, right.
The Peter issue was a little off-putting, as we don’t really get enough into it to make it worth following. But it gives Tom a chance to show his stuff, so it was okay. The real story is Brian and Tom, and they are adorable. Magic null my foot. Very sweet.
This is just the cutest story ever. Tom is so sweet, and well, kittenish. When he is watching birds out the window, I could picture it and laughed. There is a moment, during the family dinner, what you just want to hug Brian, and then you wonder why he puts up with them all. Oh, family, right.
The Peter issue was a little off-putting, as we don’t really get enough into it to make it worth following. But it gives Tom a chance to show his stuff, so it was okay. The real story is Brian and Tom, and they are adorable. Magic null my foot. Very sweet.
August 13, 2011
It felt like a long short story. I mean the plot and action is very little
I really felt like I read more than there should have been for this kind of plot. It kinda hanged in a middle - neither short nor normal length story. I think there should have been more added to it or 1/3 or so cut off.
I really felt like I read more than there should have been for this kind of plot. It kinda hanged in a middle - neither short nor normal length story. I think there should have been more added to it or 1/3 or so cut off.
June 22, 2011
This story didn't speak to me. Weird one! I liked Brian and his family. The atmosphere between them all was enjoyable, but the plotted part, which continued, simply said, felt wrong.
October 11, 2012
3.5 stars
April 11, 2013
An awesome and funny short story!
It made me laugh and definitely lightened up my day.
Highly recommended, especially if you happen to like kittehs! :3
It made me laugh and definitely lightened up my day.
Highly recommended, especially if you happen to like kittehs! :3
July 25, 2013
Great short read which includes magic and a catman
July 18, 2011
A 2 - 3 stars for me...
*looks around*
*mutterfuckingechomutter*
*looks around*
*mutterfuckingechomutter*
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