American Title IV Kiss

Kisses from the Kougar...

Hello, my legions of Big Kitty fans. How did I stalk the web prairies and sphinx-regally settle here? As one of ten finalists in Romantic Times Magazine's American Title IV contest sponsored by Dorchester Publishing.
Uh-oh...kougar tears spill, soaked up by the rain-deprived ground. Yes, sadly, it is all too true, my precious, claw-fiercely created manuscript has been cruelly eliminated. A huge agonizing yowl reaches up to mother moon. And another.
Oh the dreams...the squashed and scattered dreams -- but remnants of a furry dinner.
Yes, the cyclone of being cast out...left to wander the vast world of publishing, once again...in search of a suitable lair home for my story.
However, you! My legions of lion and lioness powerful fans...you, will be gifted with what might have been...my entry.
Since the Kougar possesses a generous and loving heart, she urges you with the gentlest of lapping smooches -- race to vote for your favorite entry at romantictimes.com.
And enjoy, if you will, what the Kougaress offers to the Earth World.

Title: Murder by Hair Spray in Gardenia, New Atlantis by Savanna Kougar
Genre: Paranormal, Futuristic, Mystery-Intrigue Romance

Bio:
I’m just a retired, due to health, fifties plus, unmarried, my doggies are my children, fat ole’ baby boomer who has always loved reading, since before kindergarten. I got bitten by the writing bug at age thirteen when I wrote little love scenes with the Beatles, passing them around to my devoted readers, only girls, of course. That ended when the math teacher got hold of one, talk about a red burning face and wishing the floor would swallow me up. And here I am, writing exactly what I enjoy reading most, with the hope others will enjoy it also.

First Line:
The evil cloud of hair spray dominated the air in guest room 666 at Gardenia’s only motel, The Eternal Magnolia – so named because it was surrounded by a park-like acre of Magnolia trees, saved despite the cataclysmic weather, wars and land changes on Earth.

Heroine and Hero:
Sheriff Kalypso Sun Wing is 100 years old in the year 2051. A rebel at heart, an artist by soul, she survived the sterile fifties’ suburbs, the revolutionary turbulence of the sixties, the disco guru seventies. After the suicide of the man she loved, Kalypso barely survived the designer eighties, the fast-forward nineties. In the 21st century Mother Nature rebelled. Kalypso battled for freedom. She never knew why she survived. Until Atlantis rose. Once again.

Agent Zryphus Dolen Vasquoz chose an enforcement career on Earth for several reasons – his fascination with primitive worlds, to make his own way outside the family heritage, to keep official watch for his own Worlds – and, Zerculeon men find Earth women highly desirable, like the gods of old they rival in strength. Since there aren’t enough Zerculeon women, it’s a match made in intergalactic heaven. Especially when Zryphus gets a real eyeful of the Sheriff.