Title: CAT-ASTROPHIC
Author: Sue C Dugan
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy/Romance
Book Blurb:
“Everything old is new again”, including a romance from a past life.
Nick, a popular and well-liked high school junior, is looking forward to another outstanding year, coasting toward graduation and a stellar football career like his dad.
This all changes when a new girl, Cat, enrolls in school and says they were once boyfriend and girlfriend—seventy years ago! But worse still, Nick begins remembering WWII and a boy named Jean Claude, who, while enrolled in a military academy in a small French town, was in love with a gypsy girl, Chaton.
Nick’s perfect life begins to unravel bit by bit. And he’s starting to be attracted to Cat, much to the disbelief and anger of his class-president girlfriend, Emily. In one short moment, Cat has turned his life into a catastrophe.
Excerpt:
He flipped through his notes. “No, I don’t remember anything about Saumur.” He looked up and frowned before going back to perusing his notes. “It wasn’t one of the major battles.”
“Think, Nick.” She moved a finger with a long red nail up to her temple. “You were there.”
He drew away from her slightly. “I’ve never been to a place called Saumur.”
Nick’s mind scrambled around, searching for that town.
“You know, Saumur,” Cat said. “You said you would come for me.”
“What the heck are you talking about?” The queasy feeling in his stomach intensified.
“The last time I saw you.” She raised her brows over her heavily made-up eyes, studying him. “In Saumur.”
“N-n-no,” Nick stammered. “I don’t know you at all.”
Not like this,” she said.
Nick’s brows furrowed. “Not like what?”
“Not in this life. Not in this body.”
“What?” Nick’s breath seemed to stick in his throat, a cotton ball strangling him, making him cough and pound on his chest. “How?”
“I recognize your eyes.” Cat’s pupils seemed to dilate as she talked. “The eyes are the mirrors to the soul, Nick. I know your soul.”
He blinked rapidly. Sure, her eyes looked familiar, but nothing else. Another stirring in his gut. “Are you trying to say…” What was the word? “I’ve been re-in-car-nated?”
“That’s one name for it,” she said.
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CAT-ASTROPHIC is the first book in The Cat With Nine Lives series. It was awarded a 5-star LitPick review. Before signing a contract with The Wild Rose Press, I also had four other offers for publication.
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Author Biography:
Sue writes five-star LitPick novels that keep readers of all ages turning pages long into the night. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, attending author events, or walking her dogs. She has two children and five grandchildren. Snack wise, Sue is a salty-type gal, but wouldn’t say no to an occasional chocolate kiss or two! She isn’t sure she’s a reincarnated author, but if she was, she’d want to be Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, or Emily Brontë. When her novels are run through author comparison sites, she gets Anne Rice through Mark Twain—quite a wide spread which makes for interesting reading (Tom Sawyer was a Vampire?).
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