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Kate Steele

Active: 2002-04-03 → 2024-05-17 • 🏆 #562 in Career Reads • 💬 #723 in Reviews • ✍️ #851 in Total Words (of 5,693 authors) • FictionMania Author Page (#2083)
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Total Career Reads
176,062
Avg 16,006 reads / story (11/11 tracked)
Reads Velocity (3w / 2m)
+2,605 / 3w
Est. +7,441 reads in last 2 months
Reader Reviews
103
1 review per 1,709 reads • Last: 08/22/24
Stories & Series
11
1 multi-part series
Total Word Count
101,963
≈ 1.3 full-length novels
🏆 Top 10 Most-Read Stories by Kate Steele
Signature Themes — Categories & Keywords (Click any tag to filter stories)
Action / Adventure 6Age Regression 6Magical Transformations 6Stuck 5Sweet / Sentimental 5Workplace Situations 5Humor 4Real Life Situation 4Slow Transformation 4Voluntary 4Fast Transformation 3Sexual Punishment 3
Bisexual 4School Girl 4Heterosexual 3Hormones 2Corsets 1Defiant 1Gay / Lesbian 1
Multi-Part Series & Reader Retention (1 series)
No Good Deed 2 parts 31% P1→P2 retention
40,288 reads 20 reviews 19,931 words
🔔 0 stories received reviews after your last visit ( )

Complete Story Catalog (11)

Added ↕ Story Title & Summary ↕ Old → New Name Rating / Age Words ↕ Total Reads ↕ Reads (3w) ↕ Reads (2m) ↕ Reviews ↕ Last Review ↕
2024-05-17
No Good Deed, Chapter Two No Good Deed #2
After her most heartfelt wish was granted, sixteen-year-old Mykala's wife of twenty years left her. Now she's a teenage girl with no legal identity, trapped in a lonely house in the country, and there's a man at the door.
Mick Collins → Mykala Collins
+Josie Collins, Claire
R Yes
Adult to Teen-AR
9,777
9,609
10.65/day • ~224 / 3w
224 639 4 2024-06-09
2024-04-10
A Beach, A Lantern, A Man....
I believe this is what's called a 'drabble'. Just a short bit of whimsy -- a retelling of a VERY old story.
nameless → nameless
+djinn
G Yes
College Age 19-26
447
8,370
8.91/day • ~187 / 3w
187 535 2 2024-04-10
2023-12-16
WestWorld Redux
WestWorld, the high-tech high-dollar resort, rises from the ashes of its catastrophic history with improved safety features and new innovations. This time, the Delos Corporation is certain they have worked out all the bugs. WestWorld is, at last, a place where nothing can go worng.
John Stanton → Janie
+Paul Rickford
X Yes
Adult to College Age-AR
13,632
20,020
18.98/day • ~399 / 3w
399 1,139 4 2024-01-07
2023-12-03
Hamilton Pool
A chance encounter with a familiar face complicates a young woman's safe, simple life.
Larry Simmons → Laura Turner
+Rick Turner
R Yes
Adult 26-55
6,376
13,417
12.56/day • ~264 / 3w
264 754 12 2023-12-05
2023-10-17
Wish Granted
A moment of rudeness sends a young executive's life and career off the rails and into a strange new world.
John McAllen → Joan McAllen
+Amy Dalhart
R Yes
Adult 26-55
24,560
32,271
28.94/day • ~608 / 3w
608 1,737 20 2024-08-19
2021-09-10
One Word [At the Mall] Part One
A vindictive woman decides to punish a man for lechery. Does it matter that he's innocent?
Unknown → Maggie Fitzgerald
+Diana, Ramona, Josh, Tom, Greg, Johnny
R WIP
Adult to Teen-AR
9,154
21,872
11.62/day • ~244 / 3w
244 697 10 2023-10-17
2021-05-14
No Good Deed No Good Deed #1
How many times have we heard the old saw, 'no good deed goes unpunished'? How many times have we experienced that very thing? Well, one Good Samaritan is about to learn that lesson in a VERY unexpected way!R rating is for violence, language and references to sex rather than actual sexual behavior.
Mick → Mykala
+Josie
R Yes
Adult to Teen-AR
10,154
30,679
15.33/day • ~322 / 3w
322 920 16 2023-10-17
2021-05-13
Small Town (alternate ending)
This is a different take on the story 'Small Town' (which was just republished in a revised iteration minutes ago). This one is a little racier.
Mickey Decker → None
+Caroline, Michael Decker
X Yes
College Age 19-26
9,933
10,491
5.24/day • ~110 / 3w
110 314 7 2024-08-22
2021-04-19
Hamilton Pool
A chance encounter with a familiar face complicates a young woman's safe, simple life.
Larry Simmons → Laura Turner
+Rick Turner
R Yes
Pre-Teen to Adult-AP
6,346
4,949
2.44/day • ~51 / 3w
51 147 10 2022-07-07
2021-04-18
Small Town
A girl on her way home to a small Midwestern town experiences car trouble, and is intrigued by a handsome mechanic. A bit different from my usual, but I'm pleased with the result.
Mickey Decker → None
+Caroline, Michael Decker
G Yes
College Age 19-26
9,445
17,262
8.52/day • ~179 / 3w
179 511 12 2021-05-24
2002-04-03
The Wannabe
Robert Downing wishes he could ride with the local outlaw biker gang. What have we learned about being careful what you wish for?
Robert → None
R Yes
Adult to College Age-AR
2,139
7,122
0.79/day • ~17 / 3w
17 48 6 2021-12-15