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Review: Her Mad Hatter, Marie Hall

Title: Her Mad Hatter Author: Marie Hall Type: ebook Publisher: Marie Hall Publication Date: 7/7/12 Category: Paranormal Romance Buy: Amazon | Nook | Kobo | ARe | Sony   A depth of meaning had been conveyed in that one word. Anger, disdain, even hate. Alice held her chin up, but her nails left crescent marks [...]

Hell Cat’s Top Books of 2012

I wasn’t able to read a lot lately but overall, I have some definite books I’ve enjoyed the past year. Obviously in no particular order but books that left a mark on my memory banks.     Beyond Shame by Kit Rocha [review] I don’t read erotica often. It’s usually not my sort of story [...]

Review: The Ugly Duchess by Eloise James

Title: The Ugly Duchess Author: Eloisa James Type: E-book Publisher: Avon/HarperCollins Publication Date: 8/24/12 Category: Historical Romance Buy: Amazon | Nook | Kobo | ARe | Sony     “I probably never would have made a very good wife, but I do make a good duke.”   I bought The Ugly Duchess back in August [...]

Review: A Kiss for Midwinter

Title: A Kiss for Midwinter Author: Courtney Milan Type:  e-book Publisher: Courtney Milan Publication Date: 12/16/12 Category: Historical Romance Buy: Amazon | Nook | Kobo | ARe     She was the list, and he hoped God would have mercy on his soul.   We all know I’m a fan of historicals, right? Right. Okay, [...]

Welcome to the Asylum

Welcome to the Party, Limbo!   So! We have some news. I have a friend, she of the gift certificate, who will be reviewing on the site with me now. Please welcome Limbo. I’ll let her introduce herself and such on her own post but I wanted to give everyone the head’s up that this [...]

Review: A Lady by Midnight, Tessa Dare

Title: A Lady By Midnight Author: Tessa Dare Type: E-book Publisher: Avon Publication Date: 08/28/12 Category: Historical Romance Buy: Amazon | Nook | Kobo | Sony   There’s a story to this review, which you’ll know if you read my Day 2 report on Dragon*Con, but the whole point is that Tessa Dare got to [...]

*taps mic* Still here?

I know I’ve been quiet but there’s a reason for it.   The past couple weeks I managed to obtain and lose con crud..and then I birthdayed out. I turned 31 the other day. I’m so old that I’m looking for my seat to yell at the young ‘uns at school to get off my [...]

Discussions: The Value of Alpha Heroes

So, I read about the creepy, creepy editor of Oxford America and I realized something: I know why I like the alpha males so much in romance. Why? Because here is a man who will protect and adore a mate. He will love her, protect her, and inevitably accept that her reasons for feelings are [...]

Updates and Reviews

So, I forgot my password and had to some work arounds to get back into the domain. Oops. But I’m back! It’s the summer and I don’t have class, so. For the record, my paper on alpha heroine’s earned me a 96/100. Jeaniene Frost and Eileen Wilks definitely helped in explaining the piece. I uploaded [...]

Review: Three Girls and a Baby, Rachel Schuring

Title: Three Girls and a Baby Author: Rachel Schuring Type: E-book Publisher: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Publication Date: 07/11/11 Genre: Contemporary Romance/Chick Lit Buy: Amazon   I’ll admit to be a big fan of Amazon’s free Kindle books. A very, very big fan in fact. It’s how I’ve discovered new authors along the way. I [...]

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