Sandy M’s review of Cat of a Different Color (Halle Pumas, Book 3) by Dana Marie Bell
Contemporary Paranormal Romance eBook published by Samhain 18 Nov 08

What a fun book this is.  There’s just enough humor interspersed throughout combined with the action to make this a quick read where you’ll laugh out loud quite a bit. The rest of the time you’re just chuckling. Well, at least when you’re not cheering the hero on to kick the villain’s ass, that is.

Adrian is happy as can be in his single status; he doesn’t need the mating bliss his two best friends have recently found. Sheri doesn’t want a mate either but for very different reasons. She’s on the run from a wolf who abused her and then savagely attacked her. She’s come back to the Halle Pumas for protection. Denying Adrian is her mate is the only way she can keep him safe from the rabid wolf who wants her for his own only because she got away.

This big, bad kitty is not about to let her go, however, now that he’s admitted Sheri is his mate. So the loving and the fighting are on. The scenes between Adrian and Sheri go from tender to hot in 4.2 seconds. The action is just as fast when Sheri is kidnapped and Adrian and his pride, with the help of the local wolf pack, are not far behind. The ensuing shapeshifting and fight bring everything to a satisfying end.

I enjoyed all the characters in this book, so much so that I’m going to be buying the first two books in the series very soon. We get a nice setup at the end between the Alpha Wolf and Belle, a puma, for the next book in the series, and it sounds like it’s going to be one heck of a time.

Grade: A

Summary:
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Dr. Adrian Giordano is quite happy with the way his life is going. His two best friends are happily mated, and he’s still
sanely single. He has friends, a thriving business, and the occasional Saturday night date. Then Sheridan Montgomery
comes to town. His inner Puma responds to the husky-voiced snow princess in a way that tells him his life is about to be
turned upside down.
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Sheri can’t believe her luck could be this bad. Instinct tells her Adrian is her mate, but the last thing she wants to do is
drag him into her messy life. She’s on the run from a big bad wolf—an ex who won’t take no for an answer. Worse, if he
catches her, he’s got the teeth (and the Pack!) to take what he wants.
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She doesn’t stand a chance alone, but with her friends—and the persistent Adrian—by her side, she might just survive.
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If her ex doesn’t eat the yummy Dr. Giordano for lunch, that is…
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Warning: This title contains explicit sex, graphic language, a handsome, dark-eyed shifter and a couple of bites to remember.
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Read an excerpt.

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