Lisa Annette Powell

Responsibility free stray cat, Strut, has come down off the fence and in his singular slang style sounds off. He ain't lookin' for a home but along his blues highway he meets a colorful cast of characters- trio of ghost cats, hoodbillies, one ultra-talented guitar homey, wannabe singers and players, a J.C. spoutin' cat napper, a kitten afraid of everything and a kitten who becomes his prot g , the head dog of all guardian dogs, amorous queens, trash talkin' toms, THE COOLEST CAT of all (besides himself) and a teen rescuer who can sing the stars out of the sky. If she'd only learn the blues... Until one wang dang doodle of a night he comes to a crossroads and makes surprising revelations about what he's really lookin' for And it ain't just a phat blues tune...

From the moment Dove Gray discovered the existence of a being as wonderful as 'horse', she knew without doubt magic had something special in store for her.In the wake of heart-wrenching incidents, a perversely-humored, highly opinionated stallion is literally dropped on Dove Gray's doorstep. Suddenly the life lessons she'd learned by the time she was five years old--keep to yourself, do it yourself, and be quiet--no longer suffice to ground her. As for the magic she unwittingly partnered with via a discarded drawing pad and pencils, she feels its once supportive endeavors have hopelessly abandoned her.It will take Cloud-the stallion, an enigmatic, equally-scarred questioner disturbing her dreams, and a few extremely patient friends, to put Dove wholly together for the first time in her life as she 'hears' the stallion talking to her, and she begins to falter in the day to day running of Creekside Stables-- even as repairs seem to literally take care of themselves Perhaps it's only the horse riding lessons she gives which keep her on her feet or the way her best friend, Sheer, an Arabian mare, needs her. Or perhaps it's the box of dropped-off kittens added to the mix which has her finally crying for help- instigating 'something'...Or is the magic instituting its own covert agenda?

It seems Bonnie and Riordan's union was ordained thousands of years before their meeting in Cody, Wyoming. By whom? And for what purpose? Why did the Pink Lady and her colorful cohorts beguile a lonely, young Bonnie?Bonnie fitfully experiments with her new skills and 'shifting', until, in a tragic moment of self-doubt, she relinquishes all the wonder of her Riordan-inspired life, severely provoking the ultimate test of the shamanic couple's weld and endangering their specific, spirit-path.Swinging from Cody to European caves, to that most liminal of cities- Venice, with its rapscallion fence-walker staging a set amenable to more legends, and hastening back to Cody to forestall death's knell and an horrendous. . ., CATSKILLS TANGO will introduce more of CatSkill's illustrious past, convene the circle in the midst of hell's fire, guide you to a few answers, and perhaps, even better, incite more questions. . .