Lady Sheba — Marianne LaCroix

First in the Sands of Seduction series.

The Egyptian gods and goddesses must protect humankind, and to do so, they bestow certain loyal followers with magical powers. One of those ancient immortals is the cat goddess Bast. To her priestesses and their descendants, she gives the Powers of the Cat -- the ability to shapeshift into any feline form at will.

Dr. Katina Fellini spends her days working for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but at night she transforms into Lady Sheba, protector of human and animal kind. She is brave, daring and untouchable -- except when it comes to the museum curator, Dr. Seth Matthews. One look from his icy blue eyes is enough to make Kat purr.

Kat doesn't realize that Seth is battling his own desire -- to make her submit to his passion. When an evil Egyptian spirit is accidentally set free and possesses his body, Seth can no longer resist his feelings. Kat will have no choice but to surrender to his desires, and a new war will begin -- the battle between love and evil.