They came from two different worlds.
Ramses was a werelion. Shana Tory was human. The Dreaming foretold them as soul mates.
So Ramses tracked her down in America, and when he found her, made her his and brought her back home with him to the South African Bushveld.
But others from his pride, led by one evil lioness, do not want them together.
Besides their lives, will their love survive the coming war?
Excerpt from Beast Magic-must be 18 and older to read it and the novella:
Ramses paced one end of the cage to the other. He acknowledged the other lions briefly as they watched him with an air of fear and respect. They knew what he really was. Shapeshifter. Changer of forms. One of many that, like him, were behind the myths of werebeasts, except they weren’t myths.
He stopped and smiled. It was something that a pure lion couldn’t do. Sharp fangs glinted in the moonlight.
The funny thing about werewolves, werelions, weretigers, and other shapeshifting creatures of magic were that the human stories made claim to a man changing into a beast. Actually, it was the other way around. Among the animal and bird kingdom, a few were born with the magical ability to be able to become a human being. Strangely enough, it seemed only the predators could do this and not those who fed upon vegetation. Ramses could never figure out why this was. But it had always been so.
Usually a shapeshifter mated with another shapeshifter. But mostly, the Dreaming would reveal a human as the potential mate. And so, the identity of his mate had come to him. Ever since he was a cub, he had seen his anisa in dreams.
One female shapeshifter, Kaket, had tried to gain his interest, to mate with her. He refused, letting her know that he had the Dreaming, and that his true mate waited for him across the Great Water in another land called America. Angry, Kaket told him he would be sorry he had denied her.
The human woman must have dreamed of him too. For today she had come, drawn to him. Ramses had awoken, sensing her. He had left the sleeping quarters and saw her for the first time outside of his dreams.
Tall and long limbed, she had a long red golden mane that gleamed like fire when the sunlight struck it. Her eyes were beautiful green, just like the lush grass of home. That gaze of jade had stared into his eyes, stirring him. Breasts, just the right size for a male’s hands, jutted forward and tented the man-made material she wore like a second skin. His cock had hardened against his belly, pointing toward her like it was trying to reach for her woman’s sex. Ramses had felt the urge to leap over the boundary that separated them and fuck her in his lion or human form, it didn’t matter which. The impulse had overtaken him and he almost lost his control when she had turned tail and ran.
Time to take it to the next level.
With a thrust of his hind legs, Ramses launched through the air and sailed over both the stone boundary and metal fence. He landed on the other side of the cement ground just outside the lion enclosure. Without a backward glance at the other lions, he bounded away.
He had a mate to claim and a destiny to fulfill.
Professional Reviews
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If you are looking for a hot read on a cold night this may be the book for you. Beast Magic explores sex in a variety of locations yet in classic positions.
Beast Magic by Sapphire Phelan has a whole lot of enchantment going on; suspend belief and slip on in.strange going on with the local wildlife.
Sheriff Drake Whiting is the man to come to for Coyote Bluff; he and a deputy work out of the office there. He goes with Kasee to check on what she claims are crazed animals that attacked her car.
This all starts with a blinding light out in the desert with multi jewel toned colors brightening the sky. After Kasee comes to move into her home, she notices there are many birds and animals around outside. Hunter and prey alike, side by side, not moving, just watching her when she goes outside. Frightened, she runs to her car and it is attacked by the animals on the way to town. Shaking, she runs into the Sheriff, literally, and almost collapses on him. After hearing her story he drives out with her to the house and sees for himself the animals with their weird iridescent eyes. After going outside Drake re-enters and comes on to Kasee and they make love, unknowing he is now taken over by an alien himself, his eyes iridescent.
Not sure what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised. This is perfect if you have a few minutes to read. I enjoyed having an alien falling in love with a human and saving not only Earth, but his love. This is a must read for most any reader for a quick pick-me-up. It also left me wanting a sequel, maybe of the next generation, I hope. Something good can come from love, especially when unexpected I have learned, and this holds true for this wonderful tale.
Lainey
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BEAST MAGIC is not your typical shapeshifter romance, and I enjoyed it for its originality. Ms. Phelan's shapeshifters are much wilder than normal, as their natural form is the animal, not the human. I found this intriguing and a nice change of pace from the normal. There is plenty of action in this story; an evil female werelion that has designs on Ramses, as well as an attempted coup of the were society. As this is a short story, the character development is minimal, you jump right into the action and never look back. The plot is simple but engrossing. The pace is extremely quick and the relationship between our two leads happens fast. The sex scenes are hot, intense and arousing. There are some fairly violent scenes as well but they are necessary for the progression of the story. BEAST MAGIC is a well-written read that I found intriguing, my only complaint was that it was too short, I would like to have seen it expanded into a longer story.
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