Kris Bock's Blog, page 22
August 19, 2021
Can a creepy house full of cats turn these enemies into lovers? #bookbuzz #SweetRomance #ContemporaryRomance #KindleSale #Romance
Romance and Rescues at the Cat Café: A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance is on sale for only 99 cents! Can getting stranded in a creepy house full of abandoned cats turn these enemies into friends—or even something more?
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)
“In the Cat Café tradition Kris Bock has established, this is a really fine book. Keep up the series, please! The Cat Café characters—especially the cat characters!—are so much fun.” -
author Dee KnightAfter a rotten week, Holly jumps at the chance to go on a rescue mission. Dozens of cats are stranded in a remote house where the owner has died. They’ve been abandoned, and she can sympathize. But she did not agree to make the road trip with Dustin, her rival and biggest headache at the cat café where they both work.
Dustin has given up trying to get Holly to like him. Still, a long drive through a snowstorm and an overnight in a house full of cats might bring them together—or result in his violent demise. But what they find is worse than they ever imagined: no lights, no heat, the snow still coming down, and over twenty hungry, skittish cats. They’ll have to work as a team to survive and save the animals.
One thing is certain—if they make it back alive, their relationship won’t be the same.
“I highly recommend this book if you enjoy stories about pet rescue (especially cats) and sweet love stories.” -
author Gayle M. IrwinVisit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)
The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-town cat café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Each book is a complete story with a happy ending for one couple (and maybe more than one rescued cat). This title stars Merlin, the Maine coon cat readers adore, and many more cats to fall in love with. It includes the tropes two against the world, antagonist to lovers or enemies to lovers, and forced proximity.
Get 5 cat café books packaged together! The Furrever Friends Cat Café Collection contains 5 cat café novels for Kindle – only $9.99 or free in KU. Plus, book 1 is FREE!
Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café is “Sweet and innocent #romance will make you feel good about people again.” (Amazon US, Amazon UK, other countries)Get a free 10,000-word story set in the world of the Furrever Friends cat café when you sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter. You’ll also get a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat café novels, plus fun content about cats, announcements of new books, sales, and more.
Kris also writes romantic suspense set in the Southwestern U.S. If you love Mary Stewart or Barbara Michaels, try Kris Bock’s stories of treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue in the Southwest. Learn more at www.krisbock.com or visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.)
August 18, 2021
Get free ebooks! Find humor, happy endings, and loads of love: #ContemporaryRomance #HistoricalRomance #SweetRomance #RomanticComedy
Get free novels, novellas, short stories and prequels! Sign up for newsletters and check out new authors. Unsubscribe any time.August Hilarious Humor Need some laughs? Sign up for newsletters from humor authors and check them out with a free story. Get Romantic Comedy, Fantasy and Satire.
Could you use some good news? How about FREE stories with happy endings? You'll find:
Contemporary Romance
Historical Romance
Romantic Comedy
Sweet Romance
Summer Love Clean Romance Giveaway
Sign up for author newsletters and get sweet Contemporary Romance prequels and stories for free - confident bosses, daredevil dancers, fake fiancées, sweet beta heroes, and more.
Clean & Wholesome Romance Giveaway!This collection of sweet #romance offers billionaires and bridesmaids, cowboys and cafés, historicals and homecomings.
August 10, 2021
Mystery and Suspense Bookish Event - Find great books and enter to win a $66 Amazon gift card! #Mystery #Suspense #Kindle #BookBuzz
I’m excited to be a part of N.N. Light’s Mystery and Suspense Bookish Event. Check out all the mystery/suspense/thriller books and enter the giveaway to win a $66 Amazon gift card! Check in daily for book spotlights. Plus, if you buy one of the authors’ books, you can get an additional five entries!
Runs August 10 – August 17, 2021.Winner will be drawn on August 23, 2021.
Open Internationally. You must have a valid Amazon US account to win.
Kris Bock writes novels of mystery, suspense, and romance, many with outdoor adventures and Southwestern landscapes. She has lived in ten states and one foreign country but is now firmly planted in the Southwest, where many of her books are set. Readers have called her novels “Like Nancy Drew for grown-ups” and “Smart romance with an Indiana Jones feel.”
Kris writes for children under the name Chris Eboch. She has published over 60 books for young people, including ghostwriting for some famous mystery series.
Read excerpts at www.krisbock.comor visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.) Sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter for announcements of new books, sales, and more.
August 8, 2021
Goodreads giveaway - win one of 100 copies of The Furrever Friends Cat Café Sweet Romance Collection! #Romance #SweetRomance #ContemporaryRomance
Get five sweet romance novels for free! Enter the Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win one of 100 copies of The Furrever Friends Cat Café Sweet Romance Collection. The giveaway runs until Tuesday, August 31 (open to Goodreads members in U.S.).Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café, free at all retailers. (Here's the Amazon link.)
“Sweet and innocent romance will make you feel good about people again.” - Reader Jennifer
Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café – book 2
He’s loved her forever. She still sees him as the neighbor kid. Can five desperate kittens bring them together?
Tea and Temptation at the Cat Café – book 3
Can two lonely people get a second chance at finding love?
Romance and Rescues at the Cat Café – book 4
Can getting stranded in a creepy house full of abandoned cats turn these enemies into friends—or even something more?
Christmas Cookies at the Cat Café – book 5
Christmas isn’t the same since Diane’s kids grew up and her husband died – so when her high school sweetheart comes back to town, maybe it’s time for some cozy new holiday traditions.
Cupcakes and Confessions at The Cat Café – book 6
Fiona gave up her baby for adoption 23 years ago. When Sean sits notes how much she looks like his coworker Holly, Fiona is suddenly reunited with her grown-up daughter. Sean steadies Fiona through this emotional roller coaster, but she doesn’t have room for romance – does she?
“The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series is one of my favorite series of all time.” – Reader Nicole
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)
“I have really enjoyed reading this whole series. I like the way the author wrote about not only the young people but also about the older ones too. If you enjoy romance and a fun read you will enjoy this series. And all the cats are adorable!!” – Reader Carolyn
These sweet romances will leave you with the warm, cozy feeling of cuddling a purring cat. Get Lions and Love at the Cat Café, a sweet romance novella, free when you sign up for the Kris Bock email newsletter.
August 5, 2021
#99c sale - Cupcakes and Confessions at the Cat Café: a #SweetRomance is rated 4.7 of 5 stars! #CatLovers #Romance #ContemporaryRomance
“The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series is one of my favorite series of all time… I read this book in one sitting and loved it! Such a light and wonderful read.” – NicoleCupcakes and Confessions at The Cat Café: a Furrever Friends Sweet Romance
A chance meeting changes three lives …
Two years ago, computer genius Sean Gorsuch had a health crisis and sold the tech company he built. Now he works at a cat café, dishing out hot drinks and sweet treats to customers, and lavishing attention on cats. At fifty-two and never married, he might be a little lonely, but how can he find someone who gets his quirky way of seeing the world?
Twenty-three years ago, Fiona Jones gave up her baby for adoption when her teen fiancé abandoned her. Since then, she has spent most of her life alone. A chance meeting with Sean on a plane leads to a startling revelation: his coworker, Holly, looks like a younger version of Fiona. Could Fiona have a second chance with her daughter, now grown up?
Sean helps steady Fiona through the emotional roller coaster of getting to know Holly. Fiona’s life is too complicated for romance, and Sean doesn’t want to get between mother and daughter. Still, something sparks between them. Should they stay just friends or risk their hearts?
“As usual, the people and cats at the Cat Cafe weave in and out of the story as it winds its way towards a HEA ending… I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed the book and can heartily recommend it.” – Barbara
The Furrever Friends Cat Café helps people find furry forever friends – and just might lead to romantic true love too. If you enjoy friends to lovers and mature romance, check out Cupcakes and Confessions at the Cat Café. You’ll also find rescue cats with plenty of personality and their own ideas about what love is.
“I have really enjoyed reading this whole series. I like the way the author wrote about not only the young people but also about the older ones too. If you enjoy romance and a fun read you will enjoy this series. And all the cats are adorable!!” – Carolyn
The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at the Furrever Friends Cat Café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Some characters appear throughout the series, but each book stands alone.
Kris Bock writes novels of romance, mystery, and suspense. Her Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Watch as they fall in love with each other and shelter cats. Get a free 35-page novella set in the world of the Furrever Friends cat café when you sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter. You’ll also get a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat café novels. Kris also writes romantic suspense set in the Southwestern U.S. If you love Mary Stewart or Barbara Michaels, try Kris Bock’s stories of treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue in the Southwest. Learn more at www.krisbock.com or visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.)
July 30, 2021
Fill you Kindle with great reads #Romance for summer, including #ContemporaryRomance #SweetRomance #KindleUnlimited and #BookGiveaway
Need to read? Check out these group promos and fill your device with great books - including KU and free titles!
Romance Reads!Rock stars, motorcycle clubs, police officers, Navy SEALs, royals and their bodyguards – find them all and more in these romance #SummerReads.
Sweet Romances on Kindle Unlimited Whether you like road trips or cozy coves; historical fiction or time travel; cowboys, billionaires, or search and rescue heroes; you’ll find plenty of Sweet Romance here, all in Kindle Unlimited (and also for sale).
Clean & Wholesome Romance Giveaway!Sign up for newsletters from great authors and check them out with a free story. You’ll find romance in many genres in the stories in this group – small town, historical, Christmas, billionaires, cowboys and more.
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)Join the Kris Bock newsletter and get a glimpse into the Furrever Friends Cat Café with a free sweet romance novella complete at 35 pages. Lions and Love at the Cat Café is available in PDF, MOBI, and ePub. Get it free when you sign up for the Kris Bock email newsletter here: https://sendfox.com/lp/1g5nx3. You’ll also get a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat café novels, book news, and more.
You can also visit my website or Amazon US pageor Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.)
July 27, 2021
99c sale! Tea and Temptation at the Cat Café - Get this comfort read now: #SweetRomance #CleanRomance #ContemporaryRomance
Tea and Temptation at The Cat Café
: a Furrever Friends Sweet Romance is only 99 cents/pence to August 2!“This is one of the most heartfelt series that you will ever read!! This is a book you never want to end. Characters both human and felines are simply incredible. The cafe will draw you and you never want to leave.” - Brenda
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)
Can two lonely people get a second chance at finding love?
Zach may be a best-selling novelist, but it's been a long time since he's felt truly alive. In the last six months, he moved to the country, his wife left him, and he was diagnosed with cancer. Now he lives in a haze of treatments, writer's block, and simply trying to survive each week. But when a pretty woman comes into his favorite café and throws herself down on a padded bench with a groan of despair, he feels something he thought he'd lost long ago: curiosity.
As a veterinarian, Jenna knows both joy and heartbreak. The former she can share with her clients. The latter she keeps to herself. She learned one lesson from her ex-husband: Men don't want to deal with your emotions. It's odd to have a stranger ask about her problems. It's even more of a shock when he offers to solve one of them by fostering the sick kitten abandoned by its owners.
Zach and Jenna bond over kitten care and build a close friendship. Could they have more? Zach is finally starting to hope for a future, ideally one that includes Jenna, but he can't move forward until he's dealt with his past. Meanwhile, Jenna is afraid to risk her heart on someone who might not survive the next few months.
“Tea and Temptation at the Cat Cafe is an intelligent, delightful read. If you are a cat lover or not, this book is for anyone who loves a good story.” Get your friends to lovers, mature romance, plus rescue cats in this sweet romance. The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at the Furrever Friends Cat Café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes.
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)
Kris Bock newsletter. You’ll also get a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat café novels.
Kris also writes romantic suspense set in the Southwestern U.S. If you love Mary Stewart or Barbara Michaels, try Kris Bock’s stories of treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue in the Southwest. Learn more at www.krisbock.com or visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.)
July 23, 2021
#ChristmasInJuly 99-cent #Romance sale - Christmas Cookies at the Cat Café, a #SweetRomance #CleanRomance #ContemporaryRomance
Christmas Cookies at the Cat Café: a Furrever Friends Sweet Romance is only 99c/99p July 23-29. Christmas isn’t the same since Diane’s kids grew up and her husband died – so when her high school sweetheart comes back to town, maybe it’s time for some cozy new holiday traditions.
Diane had a great marriage and a wonderful life. Now she’s a widow at 53, and her grown children are encouraging her to slow down and do less – but she wants more. She starts planning for a new career by arranging a photo shoot at the cat café her daughters run. Unfortunately, the cats won’t cooperate.
Rick loved Diane in high school, but he chose to travel the world while she settled down with another man. Now he’s back for a visit, but he’s not planning to stay – even if Diane still tugs at him. He’ll help her get what she wants from life, and then he’ll say goodbye.
Rick temps Diane to quit her job, sell her house, and travel. But she can’t leave the people she loves so dearly, the family that might still need her just a little bit. Diane tempts Rick to end his wandering ways, but he can’t simply step into the hole left by her husband’s death. As the weeks pass from Thanksgiving to Christmas, the holiday season brings out complicated emotions.
Can Diane and Rick find a way to make a new life together while holding onto the best parts of the past? They'll need more than attraction and affection. They might even need a Christmas miracle.
“This is a sweet and clean book full of hope, joy, delicious baked goodies, and cats.” – reader Lori on BookBub
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)
Peek:
“Come on, Miles, it’s for your own good,” Diane muttered. “I’m not trying to insult your feline dignity. I’m trying to find you a forever home. Wouldn’t that be nice?”
Once again, Diane got the cat settled on a table against the autumn backdrop. Miles seemed perfectly content to sit there and watch the proceedings. But as soon as Diane tried to put the sunflower hat on the cat’s head, he dropped and flailed as if touched by flaming thorns rather than soft felt. Miles wrestled with the hat as Diane rushed to wake up her cell phone. Maybe she could get something cute, with the cat chewing a sunflower petal.
Diane aimed the camera. The hat sailed to the floor.
Miles leapt off the table, streaked across the room, climbed one of the cat trees, and calmly perched on a platform staring out the window, pointedly ignoring her.
“That Cat in the Hat book is nonsense,” Diane said. “I used to get a diaper on a squirming baby in under a minute. You’d think I could get one cat to wear a lousy hat or at least pose nicely.”
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.) The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-town cat café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Each book is a complete story with a happy ending for one couple (and maybe more than one rescued cat). These sweet romances will leave you with the warm feeling of cuddling a purring cat.
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)July 19, 2021
#SummerReads - Turn up the AC and cool off with a Christmas #romance or other #ContemporaryRomance including many in #KindleUnlimited
Need some new reads? Check out these big groups of books and fill your Kindle with fun reads for summer!
Love & Sunshine Clean Romance Giveaway Discover new authors and characters in these free books and samples! Sign up for author newsletters and get Romance prequels and stories for free:
Contemporary Romance
Sweet Romance
Clean Romance
Christmas In July Romances! Beat the heat with winter holiday themed romance novels! Whether you like your romance , find some Christmas romances and dream of cooler weather.
Christmas In July Kindle Unlimited Romances#SummerReads with winter themes in Kindle Unlimited (and also for sale). Fill your Kindle with holiday romances and dream of kisses under the mistletoe and snowball fights.
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series page on Amazon US or Amazon UK. (For other countries click here.)
Join the Kris Bock newsletter and get a glimpse into the Furrever Friends Cat Café with a free sweet romance novella complete at 35 pages. Lions and Love at the Cat Café is available in PDF, MOBI, and ePub. Get it free when you sign up for the Kris Bock email newsletter. You’ll also get a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat café novels, book news, and more.
You can also visit my website or Amazon US pageor Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.)
July 16, 2021
99-cent sale on Counterfeits: An Art Theft #Romance & #Suspense in small-town New Mexico - #RomanticSuspense #ContemporaryRomance
“Kris Bock is a mystery mastermind!” - Readers FavoritePainter Jenny Kinley has spent the last decade struggling in the New York art world. Her grandmother’s sudden death brings her home to New Mexico, but inheriting the children’s art camp her grandmother ran is more of a burden than a gift. How can she give up her lifelong dreams of showing her work in galleries and museums?
Rob Caruso, the camp cook and all-around handyman, would be happy to run the camp with Jenny. Dare he even dream of that, when his past holds dark secrets that he can never share? When Jenny’s father reappears after a decade-long absence, only Rob knows where he’s been and what danger he’s brought with him.
Jenny and Rob face midnight break-ins and make desperate escapes, but the biggest danger may come from the secrets that don’t want to stay buried. In the end, they must decide whether their dreams will bring them together or force them apart.
“Kris Bock used all the things I love about [romantic suspense]. Appealing lead characters, careful development of the mysterious danger facing one or both of those characters, a great location that is virtually a character on its own, interesting secondary characters who might or might not be involved or threatened, and many surprises building up to the climax.” 5 Stars – Roberta at Sensuous Reviews blog
Visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here. Not on sale in other countries.)
Excerpt:
Jenny rose from sleep slowly, her body resisting. She could see nothing in the pitch black. Where was she? She blinked, trying to make sure her eyes were really open.
Memories broke through the fog. The phone call, the rush across country, the late arrival. Crawling into bed in her grandparents’ upstairs guest room. She groaned and pulled up the blanket. Morning must be hours away, given the darkness.
The old house creaked, but no sounds drifted in from outside. Maybe that’s what woke her; she was used to the murmur of city sounds all night long. Who’d have thought that would become normal?
Her head pounded. Probably dehydration from the high elevation and dry air. She should get up, drink a glass of water, take a couple of aspirin. Her head would thank her in the morning. If only she could make herself move.The house creaked again, followed by a rhythmic sound – like footsteps. Jenny jerked upright, her ears straining. Had she heard a voice?
She shook her head. She must still be half asleep, dreaming. Imagining her grandparents were still here. Wishful thinking.
Downstairs, a door closed. Jenny clutched the blanket. Imagination be damned. She was not alone.
For a long moment, she sat frozen. During her ten years in New York City, she had never been burglarized or mugged. It seemed impossible that such a thing should happen now, here, in an off-season art camp five miles outside of Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
Maybe it was someone her grandmother knew. But what were they doing there in the middle of the night? And if they’d come to see Jenny, they should have knocked, rung the bell. Waited for morning. Anyway, who knew she was there? Even Ms. Lucena didn’t know when she was supposed to arrive. She hadn’t told anyone her travel plans; she’d just gone.
She had to do something. Jenny rose and eased open the bedroom door, praying she had somehow been mistaken, that everything would make sense if… when…. She couldn’t imagine a benign explanation.
She stood with her ear to the crack and heard a low chuckle, and then a male voice. She couldn’t tell if the laugh and the voice were the same person. Either way, that suggested two or more people, at least one of them male.
Why would a man be laughing in her grandmother’s house, in the middle of the night, two days after her grandmother’s death? No good reason came to mind.
She fumbled for her phone on the bedside stand. But even before she activated the screen, she gave a frustrated grunt. She wouldn’t get reception here. The only place in camp that got cell phone reception was the southeast corner of the parking lot. The landline was downstairs, in the kitchen.
Something crashed in a room below. Jenny jumped and dropped her phone. It hit her thigh, then her foot, and went skittering under the bed with a faint scrape against the wood floor.
A man was swearing downstairs. Hopefully that had covered up any sound she’d made. Jenny clenched her hands to control the trembling. She couldn’t imagine her grandmother being friendly with anyone who swore like that.
She had to get out of the house. She wouldn’t wait upstairs for the burglars, if that’s what they were, to find her. If she could get to her car – damn. Her keys were in her purse, which was downstairs on the living room couch. So she couldn’t drive, but she could still go to the Lodge, break in if she had to. Use the phone in the office, call the police.
Still shaking, Jenny crouched and felt along the floor for her shoes. She was wearing flannel pajama bottoms and a tank top; no need to waste time putting on clothes. She was already cold, but her jacket was downstairs, lying over her purse on the couch. It didn’t matter. She just had to get out.
Visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here. Not on sale in other countries.)
Kris Bock writes novels of mystery, suspense, and romance, many with outdoor adventures and Southwestern landscapes. She has lived in ten states and one foreign country but is now firmly planted in the Southwest, where many of her books are set. Readers have called her novels “Like Nancy Drew for grown-ups” and “Smart romance with an Indiana Jones feel.”
Read excerpts at www.krisbock.comor visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.) Sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter for announcements of new books, sales, and more.
