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#Recipes from the Cat Café #MFRWauthor

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. These sweet romances will leave you with the warm, fuzzy feeling of cuddling a purring cat. 
"Recipes from the Cat Café" provides ten of the recipes mentioned in the novella and books 1 and 2: 

Thumbprint Cookies Chai Tea Shortbread CookiesCookie Dough Brownies Easy Espresso BrowniesRocky Road Fudge BarsSalted Caramel Blondies Cherry or Cranberry SconesCookie Dough Cupcakes Boston Cream CupcakesChocolate Cherry Cupcakes
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A New Cat Cafe sweet #romance novel is coming soon! #MFRWauthor

Book three of the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series is almost done! The working title is Tea and Temptation at The Cat Café. I'm a little concerned about fitting "Temptation"on a book cover though.
Here's the opening: 
Zach frowned at the fluffy white cat sprawled across his laptop keyboard. Working at a cat café came with certain challenges. He could hardly blame the cats. After all, he offered them a warm place to sleep and the opportunity to interfere with a human's work. Nirvana.
He sighed and scratched Snowball in her favorite place, her armpit.
Kitten On A Laptop @ Anita_Bonita via Deposit PhotosHe hadn't been getting any work done anyway. He was supposed to have his latest novel to his agent in a week, so she could review it and offer feedback, and he could revise it, before sending the manuscript to the publisher in two months. At this rate, he'd finish the book in six months. Or maybe never. He had a hundred pages, but they were so lifeless, he felt like he was moving dolls rather than writing a thriller that was actually, well, thrilling.
He gazed at the cat, her blue eyes half-closed in ecstasy. At least someone was happy.
The door into the cat room opened, but with his mind on his own problems, Zach had only a vague impression of a woman crossing the room.
She threw herself facedown on the padded bench along the wall and groaned.
Zach glanced over.
Long brown hair spilled over a burgundy sweater. Faded jeans hugged her hips and long legs. He couldn't see her face.
She didn't stir, even when Merlin, the Maine Coon who weighed over 20 pounds, walked across her legs and curled up on her back.
Snowball meowed, reminding Zach to keep up the petting.
He got his hand moving again. He needed to get his brain moving. He should be focusing on his story, not shooting glances at the odd woman. But for the first time in months, he felt curious about something. Who was she? Why was she upset? Because something about her actions, that moan, the way her hand curled into a fist on the bench above her head, suggested more than exhaustion. She was angry and miserable. In under a minute, this stranger was more of a real person than any of the cardboard characters in his novel.
That probably said less about her, and more about how far he had fallen from the award-winning, best-selling novelist he'd been the year before.
The door opened again. This time Zach looked over at once, like a theatergoing waiting to see who would enter the stage next.
I hope that by next week I'll have pre-ordered links up. In the meantime, check out the Furrever Friends Cat Café with a free sweet romance novella complete at 10,000 words. Lions and Love at the Cat Café is available in PDF, MOBI, and ePub for free when you sign up for the Kris Bock email newsletter. Lions and Love at the Cat Café is also on sale for 99 cents. Find it on Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. For B&N (Nook), Kobo, and other retailers, check here: https://books2read.com/u/bMp1aB
You can also find books 1 and 2 at my Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (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, fuzzy feeling of cuddling a purring cat.
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 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.
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.)

#Free sweet #romance novella from the Cat Café #MFRWhooks

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In college, Cheyenne and Nash were inseparable. Then she followed her dream, heading to Asia to work on big cat conservation. Nash stayed behind, protecting his secret: a phobia of all cats.
Fifteen years later, Cheyenne comes home. Can Nash convince her to stay and give him another chance?
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.
Lions and Love is also available for 99 cents at B&N (Nook), Kobo, and other retailers. Get the full list and links here. For Amazon, visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.) 
Chapter 1 Lions and Love at the Cat Café (read the very beginning here.)Excerpt part 2:
She’d delayed as long as she could, or at least long enough. Time to go face Nash.
Cheyenne took a few steps before Nash glanced in her direction. She offered a hesitant smile.
He froze and stared. The cat pounced on the feathered bundle and pinned it to the ground. The stick curved into a U-shape between Nash’s hand and the taut string.
The stick snapped out of Nash’s hand and whipped past his face. He jerked back and sat down hard.
Cheyenne gasped and jumped. Her coffee splashed over the edge of her mug, onto her hand. She flinched at the heat. One of the cookies flew off the plate and hit the floor six feet away.
Nash and Cheyenne stared at each other. The room receded, leaving only the two of them, held together in a moment outside of time.
Then he grinned up at her, his eyes full of mirth. She felt her stiff smile turn into something more natural, yet almost as unfamiliar as the cappuccino.

A moment later, they were both laughing.
This is a blog hop! Visit all the  Book Hooks from #MFRWHooks  – You might find your next great read! 
The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series
Meet 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, fuzzy feeling of cuddling a purring cat. Check out the series for free with this 10,000 word novella, or get books 1 and 2 at Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.) 

#Free sweet #romance novella from the Cat Café #MFRWhooks

Get a glimpse into the Furrever Friends Cat Café, with a free sweet romance novella complete at 10,000 words.
In college, Cheyenne and Nash were inseparable. Then she followed her dream, heading to Asia to work on big cat conservation. Nash stayed behind, protecting his secret: a phobia of all cats.
Fifteen years later, Cheyenne comes home. Can Nash convince her to stay and give him another chance?
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.
Lions and Love is also available for 99 cents at B&N (Nook), Kobo, and other retailers. Get the full list and links here. For Amazon, visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.) 
Excerpt: Chapter 1 Lions and Love at the Cat Café
Cheyenne stopped in front of the Furrever Friends Cat Café and gazed through the windows. A man crouched on the floor, holding a long stick with a string on the end. He waved the stick, and a cat leapt for the bundle of feathers on the other end of the string. The cat had to be adorable – after all, cats were – but she couldn’t look away from the man. His crouched position didn’t hide his long legs and broad shoulders. The curve of his cheek, the angle of his jaw, the dark hair falling over his forehead – they were more familiar than her own face.
But it couldn’t be Nash. Not here. He hated cats, always had, wouldn’t go near them. That had destroyed their relationship all those years ago.
Cheyenne stared, blinked, and stared some more. The sight didn’t change. The clean café windows and bright lights inside left no doubt. He might have filled out a little, gained a touch of grey in his dark hair, but it couldn’t be anyone else.
Her ex-boyfriend was in a cat café. Playing with a cat. It didn’t make sense.
This is a blog hop! Visit all the Book Hooks from #MFRWHooks – You might find your next great read! 
The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series
Meet 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, fuzzy feeling of cuddling a purring cat. Check out the series for free with this 10,000 word novella, or get books 1 and 2 at Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.) 

#Free sweet #romance novella: Lions and Love at the Cat Café

Sign up for my emailnewsletter and get a #free 10,000-word story set at the Furrever Friends cat café. You’ll also get the recipes mentioned in the cat café #romance novels, fun cat stories, ferret photos, and book news.
Get a glimpse into the Furrever Friends Cat Café
Lions and Love at the Cat Café is a free sweet romance novella complete at 10,000 words.

In college, Cheyenne and Nash were inseparable. Then she followed her dream, heading to Asia to work on big cat conservation. Nash stayed behind, protecting his secret: a phobia of all cats.
Fifteen years later, Cheyenne comes home. Can Nash convince her to stay and give him another chance?
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
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, fuzzy feeling of cuddling a purring cat. Check out the series for free with this 10,000 word novella, or get books 1 and 2 at Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.) 

Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café: a Sweet #Romance #MFRWhooks

He’s loved her forever. She still sees him as the neighbor kid. Can five desperate kittens bring them together?
Excerpt of  Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café : A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance (read the opening of Chapter 1 here):
Bang, bang, bang!Adam jumped about a foot, and Marley’s song cut off.Heart thudding, he pushed out of the chair and ran to the office door. He swung around the doorframe and started down the hallway.The kitchen door swung open. Marley rushed out.Adam jerked back so he didn’t slam into her.She shrieked and jumped, bouncing off the doorframe.“Sorry, sorry!” Adam held up his hands. “It’s just me.” Darn it, he should have told her he was there. Of course she’d be scared when someone pounded on the door, and he appeared out of nowhere. “Are you hurt?” He lifted a hand to check her arm for bruises but couldn’t close the last few inches to touch her.Marley let out a weak laugh and pressed her palm to her chest. “All right, I’m okay, only startled. Why didn’t you let me know you came in? I would’ve given you coffee, and a cherry scone when they’re ready. I’m trying a new recipe.”He stuck his hands in his pockets and hunched his shoulders. “That’s okay, I don’t need anything.”“Mom would say you could use some fattening up.” She gave him a playful pinch on his lower rib cage.Adam snorted out a laugh. He couldn’t think of anything to say. The moment grew awkward.Marley shook herself. “Right, the door. I almost forgot what startled me the first time. We don’t open for another ten minutes. I don’t understand why whoever it is couldn’t wait. Nobody needs coffee thatbadly.”Marley strode to the front door. She pushed it open, glanced around, and looked down. “Oh.”“What is it?” He couldn’t see past her, but something in her voice made him want to drag her back, get out front, and protect her.She opened the door wider, moving with it so he could see.
He looked down at a cardboard box filled with wriggling fur. “Kittens?”

Marley is a baker at the new Furrever Friends Cat Café, which is still trying to find its footing. Her nine-year-old son, Brian, desperately wants a kitten, but they can’t have pets where they live. Who has the time to date? Just as well that she’s protected her heart since the father of her child disappeared.
Adam has loved Marley since he was 13, and she was his best friend’s free-spirited older sister. Back then, he fantasized about rescuing her from bandits or dragons. Now he’s 24, and the five-year age gap isn’t so serious. He wants nothing more than to become a family with Marley and her son. But will she ever see him as a man?
When someone leaves a box of week-old kittens at the café, Adam jumps at the chance to be a hero. But herding kittens might be tougher than fighting dragons, especially when two of them fail to thrive. Can Adam, Marley, and Brian save the kittens and find a future together?

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, fuzzy feeling of cuddling a purring cat.
If you enjoy tropes such as best friend’s sibling / sibling’s best friend, friends to lovers, first love, unrequited love, and older women with younger men, check out Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café. You'll also find rescue cats with plenty of personality and their own ideas about what love is.
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 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.
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.)

Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café: A Furrever Friends Sweet #Romance

Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café : A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance, Book 2 is out!
He’s loved her forever. She still sees him as the neighbor kid. Can five desperate kittens bring them together?
Marley is a baker at the new Furrever Friends Cat Café, which is still trying to find its footing. Her nine-year-old son, Brian, desperately wants a kitten, but they can’t have pets where they live. Who has the time to date? Just as well that she’s protected her heart since the father of her child disappeared.
Adam has loved Marley since he was 13, and she was his best friend’s free-spirited older sister. Back then, he fantasized about rescuing her from bandits or dragons. Now he’s 24, and the five-year age gap isn’t so serious. He wants nothing more than to become a family with Marley and her son. But will she ever see him as a man?
When someone leaves a box of week-old kittens at the café, Adam jumps at the chance to be a hero. But herding kittens might be tougher than fighting dragons, especially when two of them fail to thrive. Can Adam, Marley, and Brian save the kittens and find a future together?

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, fuzzy feeling of cuddling a purring cat.
If you enjoy tropes such as best friend’s sibling / sibling’s best friend, friends to lovers, first love, unrequited love, and older women with younger men, check out Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café. You'll also find rescue cats with plenty of personality and their own ideas about what love is.
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 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.
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.comor visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.)

Last-Minute #Christmas Gifts You Can Deliver in Seconds: #KidLit and #Romance

Whoops! With Christmas only a few days away, maybe you realize you need an extra gift or two. Did you know you can purchase a Kindle book for someone and have it delivered on Christmas? You can do this even if you don't have a Kindle. If they don't have a Kindle, they can read the book on the Kindle app. They can also exchange it for something else of equal value.

May I suggest Coffee and Crushes atthe Cat Café: A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance for your cat-loving and romance-loving friends?

Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café - A Sweet #Romance Pre-order and Excerpt #MFRWhooks

He’s loved her forever. She still sees him as the neighbor kid. Can five desperate kittens bring them together?

Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café : A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance, Book 2 is now available for preorder!

Marley is a baker at the new Furrever Friends Cat Café, which is still trying to find its footing. Her nine-year-old son, Brian, desperately wants a kitten, but they can’t have pets where they live. Who has the time to date? Just as well that she’s protected her heart since the father of her child disappeared.
Adam has loved Marley since he was 13, and she was his best friend’s free-spirited older sister. Back then, he fantasized about rescuing her from bandits or dragons. Now he’s 24, and the five-year age gap isn’t so serious. He wants nothing more than to become a family with Marley and her son. But will she ever see him as a man?
When someone leaves a box of week-old kittens at the café, Adam jumps at the chance to be a hero. But herding kittens might be tougher than fighting dragons, especially when two of them fail to thrive. Can Adam, Marley, and Brian save the kittens and find a future together?
If you enjoy tropes such as best friend’s sibling / sibling’s best friend, friends to lovers, first love, unrequited love, and older women with younger men, check out Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café. You'll also find rescue cats with plenty of personality and their own ideas about what love is.
Excerpt: Chapter 1Adam let himself into the Furrever Friends Cat Café at 6:30 in the morning. He had half an hour until the café opened, an hour until he had to head to his job. It made sense to come to the café early, when his best friend, Kari, wouldn’t need her office. When he wouldn’t have the evening distractions of café employees, and customers playing with cats. That’s why he arrived so early. It had nothing to do with Marley, singing a folk song in the kitchen as she started the day’s baking.If you couldn’t lie to yourself, who could you lie to?He paused in the hallway that led between the cat room on the right and the kitchen on the left. The interior windows on the right offered a view into the cat room. Cats sprawled on the padded benches and chairs or peeked out of hammocks and cat tower boxes. He smiled at the sight.He turned to the left and paused at the counter where they served food and drinks. In the kitchen behind the serving area, Marley kneaded dough. She didn’t look up. She must not have heard him come in.Should he announce his presence? At this point, he’d likely startle her by saying something. He forced his feet to move down the hall to the office. He wasn’t there to gawk. He had to figure out their Internet problem.He indulged himself by leaving the office door open so he could still hear Marley sing. That wasn’t creepy, right? She sang even when she knew people were listening, sometimes. He recognized her current song, “Big Rock Candy Mountain,” as one she sang to her son. She had an amazing voice. She’d taken lessons, back when they were all kids. Well, when he and Kari were kids, and Marley was a teenager, the beautiful, free-spirited, kind older girl who treated him like a little brother. Despite their five-year age difference, he’d never seen her as a sister. At first, he’d been in awe of her. Later … that was another matter.
This is a blog hop! Visit all the Book Hooks from #MFRWHooks – You might find your next great read!

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 with shelter cats. The series begins with Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café.
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.comor visit her Amazon page. Sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter for announcements of new books, sales, and more.

Cherry Scone #Christmas #Recipe from the Cat Café sweet romance #MFRWhooks

The recipe below is something my mother made on Christmas morning for many years. We have it for breakfast along with Mexican hot chocolate. My cat café series features a bakery and two fantastic bakers. This cherry scones recipe is mentioned in the second novel, Kisses and Kittens at the Cat Café (available soon!).

Cherry Scone Recipe
This recipe also works well with dried cranberries or currents.
½ cup dried cherries, cranberries, or currentsapple juice or grape juice (about ½ cup) 2 cups flour¼ cup sugar½ tsp baking soda2 tsp baking powder½ tsp salt½ tsp nutmeg¼ cup cold butter1 egg½ cup plain yogurt (full-fat preferred)1 tsp. lemon or orange zest
Preheat oven to 375°. Soak cherries in juice for at least 10 minutes while you mix other ingredients.Mix the flour and ¼ cup of the sugar. Blend in the baking soda, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or two knives until the mixture has fine crumbs. Stir in the egg, yogurt, and zest. Drain the cherries or other dried fruit well. Mix them in.Spray a baking sheet lightly with oil. Turn the dough onto the baking sheet. Pat it down into a 9-inch circle. Cut the dough into 8 wedges. Separate them slightly. You may sprinkle with additional sugar if you want them to sparkle a bit.Bake until golden and firm, about 20 minutes. Serve warm with butter … or clotted cream, orange marmalade, or jam.
Kittens and Kisses at the Cat Café: A Furrever Friends Sweet #RomanceA single mother with a nine-year-old son. A younger man who has loved her forever. A box of orphaned kittens. Can they become a family?
Adam has loved Marley a decade, since he was 13, and she was his best friend’s free-spirited older sister. Now he’s 24, and the five-year age gap isn’t so serious. But will she ever see him as more than the kid from down the street?
Marley has protected her heart since the father of her child disappeared. Most men aren’t worth the trouble, and who has the time to date anyway? She’s a baker at the new Furrever Friends Cat Café, which is still trying to find its footing. Her nine-year-old son, Brian, loves animals but can’t have any pets as long as they live with Marley’s allergic mother. And now someone’s posted a flyer for a singing contest. She gave up that dream long ago, didn’t she?
Adam has always wanted to fight dragons for Marley. When someone drops a box of week-old kittens at the café, Adam jumps at the chance to be a hero. But caring for five needy kittens might be tougher than fighting any dragon, especially when two of them fail to thrive. Can Adam, Marley, and Brian, save the kittens and become a family?

Excerpt: Marley touched the kitten that had orange and white swirls. “Curled up like this, he looks like a cinnamon bun.”
“Mom, that one’s a girl.”
“Fine, she looks like a cinnamon bun.”
“That’s a good name,” Adam said. “Cinnamon Bun.”
They looked at him. Did they think it was stupid?
“Come on,” he said, “Cinnamon Bun is a cute name for a cat, especially one that turned up at a bakery.” He nudged Brian. “But it’s up to you.”
Brian gently scooped up the kitten in both hands and held it six inches from his face. “Cinnamon Bun.” His brows drew together as he studied the sleepy little face. “She likes it.”
“Excellent,” Marley said. “I’ll be able to remember this one and recognize her from her pattern. One down, four to go. Should we keep the bakery theme? We could call them, let’s see … Brownie, Lemon Bar, Scone, Muffin?”
Brian scrunched up his nose. “Not Muffin.”
Marley propped one hand on her hip. “Oh, you’re okay with Lemon Bar and Scone, but you draw the line at Muffin?”
Brian giggled. “I didn’t say the other names were okay.” He put Cinnamon Bun back in the box and studied the other kittens. “Maybe Brownie for this one.” He picked up the black kitten and gave it the same close scrutiny. “Yes, Brownie.”
Adam touched a kitten that was mostly black but with a white patch on the back, kind of like a saddle. He might have suggested an equestrian name, but the baked goods theme seemed to be working. “This one looks like a chocolate cupcake with white frosting. How about Cupcake?”
Over the next few minutes, they settled on Cupcake, along with Sugar Cookie (Sugar for short) for the white kitten with specks of tan, and Peanut Butter Cookie (Cookie for short) for the one with a light brown pattern.
“Okay.” Marley blew out a breath and pushed the curls off her forehead. “We have Cinnamon Bun, Brownie, Cupcake, Cookie, and Sugar.” She touched each of the kittens in turn. “I might forget and you’ll have to remind me, okay? I might accidentally call them Rocky Road and Banana Nut and Croissant. And of course, Muffin.”
Brian snickered. “It’s only five kittens, Mom.”
Visit all the Book Hooks from #MFRWHooks - You might find your next great read! 


Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café: A Furrever Friends Sweet Romance What do you do when you meet the guy of your dreams? Set him up with your sister, of course.
Kari doesn't have time for love when she's opening her new cat café. Renovating an old restaurant, hiring employees, fighting with the health inspector – oh, and welcoming 16 shelter cats – keeps her plenty busy. She's doing this for the cats, the community, and most of all her family. The café will give her sister, Marley, a job worthy of her baking skills.
Then a tattooed military vet wanders in claiming to be a master baker himself. The café doesn't need another baker, but maybe Marley needs a man. Surely she'll fall for a guy this sweet, this sexy, this tasty.
Colin has other ideas. It's Kari who makes him want to pour on the sugar and turn up the heat. But he's spent the last two years recovering from physical and psychological wounds. Is he really ready for a relationship? He's not even sure he should commit to Samson, the fluffy marshmallow of a cat who steals his heart.
Get this sweet romance on Amazon, or free with Kindle Unlimited. Kris Bockwrites 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.
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. Sign up for Kris Bock’s newsletter for announcements of new books, sales, and more. Visit the Kris Bock website or Kris Bock’s Amazon page.