Linsey Hall | Bad-Ass Cats

I grew up in a household where we rescued stray and feral cats. It was our family bonding activity (I’ll never say we aren’t a little weird). We’d get them fixed and find them homes. Except for the mean ones. Those, we kept as our own. I say that those cats are mean, but in reality, they’re just very wary of people. In cats, however, this wariness usually displays as hissing and biting, which my mom calls love bites.

The cats rule my mom’s house, both indoors and out, and they love her like they love deli ham. She is a true cat whisperer. They’re suspicious of the rest of us, however. But we love them anyway. I’ve always really liked these cats (and still do – my mom’s house is now a retirement home for a bunch of really mean cats). They have personality and opinions they aren’t afraid to share - no matter who fills the kibble bowl - and I respect that.

When I went to college, I moved into a menagerie with my best friend, Emily. We had two dogs, two rats, a snake, and one truly bad ass cat. All of this was contained in about 800 square feet of 1920’s house in a very questionable neighborhood. You’d think I’d have asked why there were bars on the windows before signing the lease, but I’ve never been very practical when faced with original wood flooring and walking distance to bars. But I digress. The dogs, rats, and snake were Emily’s. The cat, Chairman Meow, was mine.

The Chairman came to me from a rescue shelter at the wise age of 13. For four years, he traveled the country with me, always riding shotgun in my little sedan. He’d put his paws up on the dash and sniff the air that blew out of the air conditioning vent. He did that all the way through Mississippi once (I have a theory that he was born there). We’d take walks together outside – me, drinking a beer and chatting with my grandmother on the phone, the Chairman sniffing grass and car tires. When I was asleep and he wanted to be fed, he’d slam the bathroom cabinet door, then look at me to see if I’d woken up from the noise. No? Slam again, look at me, rinse and repeat until I woke up and popped the top on his can of wet food.

No question, I was raised to love badass cats. I even love internet cats. From the late, great Colonel Meow to humanitarian Little Bub and my family’s favorite, Business Cat. My cats are my colleagues while I write and it was only natural that they show up in my books. Chairman Meow appears briefly in the first book of my series, Braving Fate, but he really has his day in the second book, Soulceress. One of my current cats, Miss Kitty, has a cameo in book three, Rogue Soul, while Fluffy Black, a sweet foster kitty that we lost to illness, has her moment in book 4, Stolen Fate.

Who were some of your bad ass animals? Do you have any favorite internet cats like Lil Bub or Business Cat?

About BRAVING FATE (The Mythean Arcana #1)

In a world of chaos, a warrior queen is reborn

Bookish academic Diana Laughton has been having terrible dreams. Dreams of battle, dreams of blood… dreams so vivid she's living them both day and night. When demons and portents invade her quiet life, she wonders if she is going mad. Or if perhaps she's remembering a past life she had no idea existed… In the midst of betrayal, he must protect her

Immortal Guardian Cadan Trinovante loved and betrayed Britain's warrior queen Boudica two millennia ago. Now he is tasked with protecting mortals whose lives affect the fate of humanity. His latest assignment is Boudica herself, reincarnated and reborn into a woman with no idea of her past or her fated future. Though in the sexy form of Diana Laughton, it's possible Cadan has once again met his match…

Thrown together in a shadowy world that exists alongside our own, Diana and Cadan must not only fight the demonic forces that want Diana dead, but also a past and a passion that has lasted centuries. To succumb to seduction could be fatal. But as evil from the underworld unites against them, their only hope could be each other.

About SOULCERESS (Mythean Arcana #2)

A man desperate to save his soul

Three hundred years ago, Warren sold his soul in exchange for the safety of his people. He lives immortal and inhuman, a life in the shadows, hiding his secrets. Until now, when he finally has the chance to reclaim his soul after three centuries of suffering…

A woman forced to live as a renegade

Esha is a soulceress, an immortal who drains the magical powers of others. Shunned by everyone she meets, she’s a rogue mercenary who hunts evil for a living. The only man she cannot harm is Warren, whose secrets intrigue her and whose body sparks her desire…

An evil power that can destroy them

Esha is the only person who can help Warren reclaim his soul. But what begins as a simple quest soon becomes a deadly battle, one in which choices will be made and secrets revealed that could tear them apart. As Esha and Warren uncover their passion, they must defeat the evil forces unleashed against them before time runs out…

About ROGUE SOUL (Mythean Arcana #3)

It's her last chance at freedom...

Andrasta, Celtic goddess of victory, has fled the cold, sterile wasteland of Otherworld for the steamy South American jungle. It's only a matter of time before the vengeful gods catch and punish her - unless she can convince the man she betrayed two thousand years ago to help…

And only her enemy can save her

Born in Otherworld to the life of a god, Camulos went rogue centuries ago. He's living on the banks of the Amazon, boxing in bare-knuckled fights. The gods believe he's dead - until Ana finds him. Ana, the woman who gave him nothing but trouble, and the woman he could never forget…

Even the gods have secrets

Thrown together, Ana and Cam must evade the wrath of the gods and a return to the living death of Otherworld. But as they flee through the jungle - and as their passion ignites - they find themselves at the heart of an ancient secret. One that could kill them both and extinguish their souls forever...

About Linsey Hall

Linsey Hall is the author of the Mythean Arcana, a sexy paranormal romance series. Before becoming a romance novelist, Linsey was an underwater archaeologist who studied shipwrecks in all kinds of water, from the tropics to muddy rivers (and she has a distinct preference for one over the other). Her books draw upon her love of history, travel, and the paranormal elements that she can't help but include. Several of her books may or may not feature her cats.

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