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October 27, 2019
FREE Felina Ballerina from October 27-29
Enjoy a free copy of Felina Ballerina from October 27-29. When Felina the cat’s human goes to a nursing home, and can’t take her with him, Felina becomes a ballerina!
“I’m a super cat. I don’t forget that. My human and
I are never really apart. I’m carrying him with
me in my 
“
You can download your free copy of Felina Ballerina by clicking on the image above or the link below.
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September 10, 2019
FREE Magical Cool Cat Mysteries Boxed Set Volume 1 September 10-14
Here’s what reviewers are saying:
“For anyone who enjoys reading mysteries and cats should enjoy this series. Set in the 1920s Jack and Grace, one a war veteran and the other a former socialite, open a detective agency together with their cat Tatiana and later joined by her friend Zeus. The books are delightful.”
“FUN! Step back into the days when you needed a password to get that drink, veterans had come home from the Great War, and the electric double decker trolley was the Bee’s Knees of public transportation. Travel along with a well polished debutante, a rough hewn veteran pilot, and the deaf Persian cat, who is actually the brains of this detective agency, as the humans try to keep up! Enjoyable for nuances of colloquial 1920’s culture and conversation from mansions to the speak easy, with a side trip to the coroner’s office.”
Grab your free copy by clicking on the image above or the link below:
Magical Cool Cats Mysteries Boxed Set Vol 1 (Books 1, 2 & 3 & A Christmas Feral)
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July 27, 2019
Free Meow or Never July 27-31
Enjoy a free download of Meow or Never from July 27-31. Here’s the description from Amazon:
In the 1920s, nothing interesting happens before 2:00 a.m. When a wealthy stockbroker’s wife disappears, magical cool cat sleuths, Tatania and Zeus, sniff clues as intoxicating as catnip and help human detectives, Grace and Jack, find her without missing a nap. Grab your free copy of Meow or Never by clicking on the image above or the link below:
Meow or Never (Magical Cool Cats series Book 7)
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July 15, 2019
*Expired* FREE July 15-16 Magical Cool Cat Mysteries Boxed Set Volume 1
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Enjoy a free download of Magical Cool Cat Mysteries Boxed Set Volume 1 July 15-16. Here’s the description from Amazon:
ou’re a cat, you only have nine lives to live. But if you live them right, nine is enough to solve the mysteries of the universe. Cool cat sleuths, Tatania and Zeus, find clues as intoxicating as catnip and help their humans, fun-loving 1920s detectives, Grace and Jack, solve mysteries without missing a nap.
Excerpt from Splendid Summer: A white cat sat against his pillows, grooming a paw.
“Do you sleep with her?”
“No, we’re just good friends,” he replied.
In Emeralds, Diamonds and Amethysts, Tatania and her tomcat companion, Zeus, race bootleggers to find an extraordinary jewel collection. Emeralds, Diamonds, and Ametheysts is about a code known only to women who fight for the rights of all women.
Excerpt:: Grace looked at a ticket. It read: Good for one in a Pierce Arrow for the Suffragette March.
“I thought it was a march.”
‘Bless your heart, Grace. When one can ride in a nice Pierce Arrow, why walk? One can show one’s support from a luxury car just as well. Those with a chauffeur also serve.”
In Cher Ami, two people drop dead within minutes of each other. They appear unrelated. Tatania, and Zeus find the story of Cher Ami, a WWI carrier pigeon with the heart of a lion.
Excerpt: It’s not easy to get seven years of sleep in each year. Cats do their best. Since cats live seven years for each human one, naps are mandatory. Tatania, a fluffy white deaf Persian, and Zeus, a black and white with a little pink nose, were napping when the commotion began in Coronado Tent City. They sprawled across the bed’s middle.
Grace slipped on a sleeveless dress with a scalloped hemline.
“Feels a little chilly,” she said, rubbing her shoulders, “should I put on a sweater?”
“With the heat I generate, you won’t need one. Just stick close to me,” Jack said.
The Cool Cat Mystery Series can be read any order. If you’d like to know the chronological order of the series, here it is for you:
**Splendid Summer
**Emeralds, Diamonds, and Amethysts
**Cher Ami
**Available exclusively in Cool Cat Mysteries Boxed Set Vol 1
Meow Baby
Cupcake Kitty
Meow or Never
Catty Corner
Cat Dance
9 Lives to Live
MEWOW
The Fur Will Fly
Right Meow
Cats Never Forget
You can download your free copy by clicking on the image above or the link below:
Magical Cool Cats Mysteries Boxed Set Vol 1 (Books 1, 2 & 3 & A Christmas Feral)
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.
FREE July 15-16 Magical Cool Cat Mysteries Boxed Set Volume 1
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Enjoy a free download of Magical Cool Cat Mysteries Boxed Set Volume 1 July 15-16. Here’s the description from Amazon:
ou’re a cat, you only have nine lives to live. But if you live them right, nine is enough to solve the mysteries of the universe. Cool cat sleuths, Tatania and Zeus, find clues as intoxicating as catnip and help their humans, fun-loving 1920s detectives, Grace and Jack, solve mysteries without missing a nap.
Excerpt from Splendid Summer: A white cat sat against his pillows, grooming a paw.
“Do you sleep with her?”
“No, we’re just good friends,” he replied.
In Emeralds, Diamonds and Amethysts, Tatania and her tomcat companion, Zeus, race bootleggers to find an extraordinary jewel collection. Emeralds, Diamonds, and Ametheysts is about a code known only to women who fight for the rights of all women.
Excerpt:: Grace looked at a ticket. It read: Good for one in a Pierce Arrow for the Suffragette March.
“I thought it was a march.”
‘Bless your heart, Grace. When one can ride in a nice Pierce Arrow, why walk? One can show one’s support from a luxury car just as well. Those with a chauffeur also serve.”
In Cher Ami, two people drop dead within minutes of each other. They appear unrelated. Tatania, and Zeus find the story of Cher Ami, a WWI carrier pigeon with the heart of a lion.
Excerpt: It’s not easy to get seven years of sleep in each year. Cats do their best. Since cats live seven years for each human one, naps are mandatory. Tatania, a fluffy white deaf Persian, and Zeus, a black and white with a little pink nose, were napping when the commotion began in Coronado Tent City. They sprawled across the bed’s middle.
Grace slipped on a sleeveless dress with a scalloped hemline.
“Feels a little chilly,” she said, rubbing her shoulders, “should I put on a sweater?”
“With the heat I generate, you won’t need one. Just stick close to me,” Jack said.
The Cool Cat Mystery Series can be read any order. If you’d like to know the chronological order of the series, here it is for you:
**Splendid Summer
**Emeralds, Diamonds, and Amethysts
**Cher Ami
**Available exclusively in Cool Cat Mysteries Boxed Set Vol 1
Meow Baby
Cupcake Kitty
Meow or Never
Catty Corner
Cat Dance
9 Lives to Live
MEWOW
The Fur Will Fly
Right Meow
Cats Never Forget
You can download your free copy by clicking on the image above or the link below:
Magical Cool Cats Mysteries Boxed Set Vol 1 (Books 1, 2 & 3 & A Christmas Feral)
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.
June 5, 2019
Cool Cat Mysteries Free June 6 & 7
Magical Cool Cat Mysteries Volume 1 Kindle edition will be free June 6 & 7.
Here’s the description from Amazon:
re a cat, you only have nine lives to live. But if you live them right, nine is enough to solve the mysteries of the universe. Cool cat sleuths, Tatania and Zeus, find clues as intoxicating as catnip and help their humans, fun-loving 1920s detectives, Grace and Jack, solve mysteries without missing a nap.
Excerpt from Splendid Summer: A white cat sat against his pillows, grooming a paw.
“Do you sleep with her?”
“No, we’re just good friends,” he replied.
In Emeralds, Diamonds and Amethysts, Tatania and her tomcat companion, Zeus, race bootleggers to find an extraordinary jewel collection. Emeralds, Diamonds, and Ametheysts is about a code known only to women who fight for the rights of all women.
Excerpt:: Grace looked at a ticket. It read: Good for one in a Pierce Arrow for the Suffragette March.
“I thought it was a march.”
‘Bless your heart, Grace. When one can ride in a nice Pierce Arrow, why walk? One can show one’s support from a luxury car just as well. Those with a chauffeur also serve.”
In Cher Ami, two people drop dead within minutes of each other. They appear unrelated. Tatania, and Zeus find the story of Cher Ami, a WWI carrier pigeon with the heart of a lion.
Excerpt: It’s not easy to get seven years of sleep in each year. Cats do their best. Since cats live seven years for each human one, naps are mandatory. Tatania, a fluffy white deaf Persian, and Zeus, a black and white with a little pink nose, were napping when the commotion began in Coronado Tent City. They sprawled across the bed’s middle.
Grace slipped on a sleeveless dress with a scalloped hemline.
“Feels a little chilly,” she said, rubbing her shoulders, “should I put on a sweater?”
“With the heat I generate, you won’t need one. Just stick close to me,” Jack said.
The Cool Cat Mystery Series can be read any order. If you’d like to know the chronological order of the series, here it is for you:
**Splendid Summer
**Emeralds, Diamonds, and Amethysts
**Cher Ami
**Available exclusively in Cool Cat Mysteries Boxed Set Vol 1
Meow Baby
Cupcake Kitty
Meow or Never
Catty Corner
Cat Dance
9 Lives to Live
MEWOW
The Fur Will Fly
Right Meow
Cats Never Forget
You can download your free Kindle edition June 6 & 7 by clicking on the image above or the link below. You may also be entered to win a free audiobook edition by leaving a comment.
Magical Cool Cats Mysteries Boxed Set Vol 1 (Books 1, 2 & 3 & A Christmas Feral)
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.
May 26, 2019
Audiobook Cupcake Kitty
Here’s the description from Amazon:
When a singer at their engagement party dies, Grace, Jack, and their Cool Cats, Tatania and Zeus,are on the trail of a killer that leads to Tijuana and a bootlegger’s doll: Cupcake Kitty.
Excerpt from Cupcake Kitty:
“Magical white cat Tatania became impatient with her humans. She could smell a succulent sea bass on the other side of the door. To encourage her humans to open it, she emitted a deaf cat’s glass shattering meow. Zeus, her black and white feline companion, responded to her meow by putting his paws over his head and his rear end up in the air.
“How would you feel about spending a lot of time with me?” Jack asked.
“I feel like I already have,” Grace said.
“It only gets better.” He held up her hand and admired the emerald and diamond ring he’d bought her at Jessop & Sons jewelers last month. He moved it from her forefinger to her ring finger.
“Marry me?”
“Of course.”
He opened the door to the Hotel del Coronado’s Crown Room. A band played the Charleston for enthusiastic dancers. In the center of the dance floor, there was an ice sculpture of two magnificent cats.
“What’s going on?””
“Our engagement party.”
“Why were you so sure I’d say yes?”
“I’m arrogant.”
The Cool Cat Mysteries can be read in any order. If you’d like to know the chronological order of the series, here it is for you:
**Splendid Summer
**Emeralds, Diamonds and Amethysts
**Cher Ami
**Available exclusively in Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set Vol I
Meow Baby
Cupcake Kitty
Meow or Never
Catty Corner
Cat Dance
9 Lives to Live
MEWOW
The Fur Will Fly
Right Meow
Leave a comment and you may win a free audiobook edition of Cupcake Kitty 
Free Audiobook Cupcake Kitty
Here’s the description from Amazon:
When a singer at their engagement party dies, Grace, Jack, and their Cool Cats, Tatania and Zeus,are on the trail of a killer that leads to Tijuana and a bootlegger’s doll: Cupcake Kitty.
Excerpt from Cupcake Kitty:
“Magical white cat Tatania became impatient with her humans. She could smell a succulent sea bass on the other side of the door. To encourage her humans to open it, she emitted a deaf cat’s glass shattering meow. Zeus, her black and white feline companion, responded to her meow by putting his paws over his head and his rear end up in the air.
“How would you feel about spending a lot of time with me?” Jack asked.
“I feel like I already have,” Grace said.
“It only gets better.” He held up her hand and admired the emerald and diamond ring he’d bought her at Jessop & Sons jewelers last month. He moved it from her forefinger to her ring finger.
“Marry me?”
“Of course.”
He opened the door to the Hotel del Coronado’s Crown Room. A band played the Charleston for enthusiastic dancers. In the center of the dance floor, there was an ice sculpture of two magnificent cats.
“What’s going on?””
“Our engagement party.”
“Why were you so sure I’d say yes?”
“I’m arrogant.”
The Cool Cat Mysteries can be read in any order. If you’d like to know the chronological order of the series, here it is for you:
**Splendid Summer
**Emeralds, Diamonds and Amethysts
**Cher Ami
**Available exclusively in Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set Vol I
Meow Baby
Cupcake Kitty
Meow or Never
Catty Corner
Cat Dance
9 Lives to Live
MEWOW
The Fur Will Fly
Right Meow
Leave a comment and you may win a free audiobook edition of Cupcake Kitty
May 18, 2019
Audiobook Review: The Tuscan Child
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The Tuscan Child, written by Rhys Bowen, and beautifully narrated by Jonathan Keeble and Katy Sobey, will transport you to Tuscany and the secrets of a village still scarred by WWII. Rhys Bowen has a gift for moving between time periods, the 1940s and 1970s, without ever jarring the reader. Here’s the description from Amazon:
“From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets…
““Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan Child to savor with them.” —NPR
In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that kindled between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal.
Nearly thirty years later, Hugo’s estranged daughter, Joanna, has returned home to the English countryside to arrange her father’s funeral. Among his personal effects is an unopened letter addressed to Sofia. In it is a startling revelation.
Still dealing with the emotional wounds of her own personal trauma, Joanna embarks on a healing journey to Tuscany to understand her father’s history—and maybe come to understand herself as well. Joanna soon discovers that some would prefer the past be left undisturbed, but she has come too far to let go of her father’s secrets now…”
Joanna is an immensely likeable character who is recovering from a car crash and romantic disillusionment when her aristocratic father dies and she goes to Italy to discover the story of her father’s WWII plane crash and his own romantic disillusionment.
Beneath the lyrical descriptions of an Italian landscape, deeper mysteries make this store so beguiling that it won’t be easily forgotten.
Disclosure: I received a copy of The Tuscan Child from Audible in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links.
May 13, 2019
AUDIOBOOK 9 LIVES TO LIVE
In 9 Lives to Live, a magical cat named Tatania helps solve crimes for romantic 1920s detectives. Tatania does some of her best mystery solving while standing in doorways and thinking about clues. Do you think cats are thinking about other things while they stand in doorways or are they just trying to decide whether to go in or out? Leave a comment and you may win a free copy of the audiobook edition of 9 Lives to Live in exchange for an honest review!
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