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March 2, 2024
It's International Cat Rescue Day! Celebrate with cat cuddles and a good book for just 99 cents (plus a freebie!) #Romance #BookBuzz #SweetRomance #CleanRomance #catlovers

Today is a great day to adopt a cat, cuddle your current cats, donate to a cat rescue, or volunteer at a shelter! Of course, every day is a good day for those things.
You can also join the fun by reading about cats. See the Cat Writers Association directory of members’ books, with novels, poetry, memoirs, nonfiction on animal behavior, and books of photographs or illustrations. Visit the CWA blog to browse posts on living with cats and writing about them

Visitthe Furrever Friends Sweet Romance serieson Amazon US orAmazonUK or seethe series with links to all retailers.
Book 1, Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café, is only 99 cents!
Kari doesn’thave time for love when she’s opening her new cat café. She’s busy hiringemployees, fighting with the health inspector – oh, and welcoming 16 sheltercats. But when a sexy master baker walks in, she can’t let him get away. Sowhat does she do with the guy of her dreams? Set him up with her sister, ofcourse.

In college,Cheyenne and Nash were inseparable. Then she followed her dream, heading toAsia to work on big cat conservation. Nash stayed behind, protecting hissecret: a phobia of all cats.
Fifteen yearslater, Cheyenne comes home. Can Nash convince her to stay and give him anotherchance?
Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series on Amazon US or Amazon UK or see the series with links to all retailers . Sign up for Kris Bock’s Romance and Mystery newsletter .February 16, 2024
Sweet Romance at a small-town cat café - Book 1 is 99 cents and Pride and Prejudice at The Cat Café is coming soon. Plus get a free #SweetRomance novella! #Romance #BookBuzz #MFRWorg

FurreverFriends Sweet Romance series on Amazon US or Amazon UK or see the series with links to allretailers.
Book 1, Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café, is only 99 cents for the ebook, available everywhere!
Kari doesn’thave time for love when she’s opening her new cat café. She’s busy hiringemployees, fighting with the health inspector – oh, and welcoming 16 sheltercats. But when a sexy master baker walks in, she can’t let him get away. Sowhat does she do with the guy of her dreams? Set him up with her sister, ofcourse.

Coming Soon: Pride andPrejudice at The Cat Café: a Furrever Friends Sweet Romance book 7
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a fortune should donate to a cat rescue.
Overworked PhD student Liz takes a break at the local cat café with her friend Jade, who wants to start a special needs cat rescue. When Jade pitches her idea to Carl, who is in charge of corporate giving for a rich local family, sparks fly between the two.
Sparks fly between Liz and Carl's best friend, William, too – but not the goodkind. William seems stuffy and rude, and worst of all, he doesn’t like cats.Meanwhile, William is intrigued by Liz even though every one of theirinteractions seems to go awry, in part due to his terrible cat allergy.
For the sake of their friends and the animals, the two figure out how to getalong – until Liz learns some horrible things about William. But is shetrusting the right person? Then the feisty kitten Lydia disappears – perhapsstolen – and they have to overcome their differences in order to rescue her.
The Furrever Friends Cat Café helps people find furry forever friends – andjust might lead to romantic love too. This Pride and Prejudice modernadaptation features fresh twists to delight both fans and new readers.
An early reader said, “I thoroughly enjoyed thisbook. The story is fun and I had several laugh-out-loud moments – really outloud in the hotel room all by myself! I also passed the ‘I'm awake in themiddle of the night so I'll read test’ because then I stayed up for 4 - 5 hoursreading and didn't actually sleep.”
Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series on Amazon US or Amazon UK or see the series with links to all retailers.

Her FurreverFriends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Watch as theyfall in love with each other and shelter cats.

Signup for the Kris Bocknewsletter and get a free story set in the world of the Furrever Friends catcafé, a printable copy of 22 recipes from the cat café novels, and an Accidental Detective short story. Thenevery two weeks you’ll get fun content about animals, books, and more.
February 9, 2024
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TheAccidental Detective humorous mystery series, a wittyjournalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turningfifty. Book 1 is Something Shady at Sunshine Haven: When patients aredying at an Alzheimer’s unit, a former war correspondent must use herjournalism skills to uncover the killer and save her mother. Kate hasfollowed the most dangerous news stories around the world, but can she survivegoing home?
Readers say: “I LOVE this series. It’s so funny but…murderous & the mystery is not messing around.” – author Sinclair Jayne
“The characters in this book remind me of those in Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. I love their quirks and I was fooled until the very end.” – BookBub review
“I love the amateur detective sisters solving the crimes along with their friends and family who help them. There is lots of witty banter and interesting situations that keep this story moving along at a fast pace.” – BookBub review

Readers say: “Kris has a winning series here.”
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January 30, 2024
Kate Tessler and her crew of misfits set out to blow the whistle on two feuding crime families. The Accidental Detective Book 6 is out now! #NewRelease #Mystery #Excerpt #BookReviews
The Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty.
Kate Tessler and her crew of misfits set out to blow the whistle on two feuding crime families . . .
Former war correspondent Kate Tessler has solved multiple murders since returning to her Arizona hometown, to the grudging appreciation of the local police. Now Detective Padilla and the FBI approach Kate with a proposal. Two Russian crime families have rented a private historic train to the Grand Canyon for their children’s wedding. The route is scenic and remote. No cell phones. The FBI needs to surveil, but anyone infiltrating the train must be above suspicion.
Kate poses as herself, sent by the newspaper to cover the society wedding, while her sister Jen is the photographer. Their multi-generational and eccentric crew pose as train staff. The goal is to observe, but that quickly derails when the groom disappears, and a search for him turns up a dead body. Everyone’s a suspect and trapped on the train.

Two Russian crime families have rented a private historic train to the Grand Canyon for their children’s wedding. The route is scenic and remote. No cell phones. Jen and their multi-generational and eccentric crew go undercover. The goal is to observe, but that quickly derails when the groom disappears, and a search for him turns up a dead body. Everyone’s a suspect and trapped on the train.
Early reviewers say: “This was another great entry in the Accidental Detective series.”
“This book is a nail biter and I had a hard time putting it down. I just needed to know what happened next. It is the perfect mystery story, interesting and unpredictable.”
“I was excited to read another book in the accidental detective series. I could not figure out the ending, so I had to keep reading.”

Quick Peek:
“We’re looking at the Russian mafia, and they mostly deal with things like identity theft and credit card fraud,” Padilla said. “Not that I’m claiming they wouldn’t commit murder under the right circumstances, but you should be safe enough if everyone follows the plan and doesn’t take any chances.”
Clarence and Arnold each clasped their hands together and widened their eyes into innocence, like two elderly angels.
I decided not to comment on the likelihood of everyone following orders. “But you won’t have any police or FBI agents on the train at all?” I asked.
Padilla’s face tensed so subtly that it almost didn’t happen. “No.” So if they were planning it, they weren’t going to tell us.
“Oh, come on!” Arnold held his finger and thumb an inch apart. “Not even one itty bitty one?”
“Or better yet a big muscular one?” Clarence bobbed his eyebrows.
Padilla sighed, or maybe it was more of a hiss. “Okay, we are actually going to try to insert a couple of people, but we’re making them obvious. Well, not too obvious, but enough that security will probably spot them and kick them off.”
“Ah!” Arnold pointed his index finger upward. “I smell a red herring!”
“Sorry, that was me.” Clearance wriggled in his seat.
Padilla closed her eyes.
“Hey, you asked for this,” I said.
She groaned. “I know. And I expected I’d regret it.”
I smiled brightly. “At least we’re not disappointing you.” I had a lot of questions, like who our targets were, what we were expected to learn, how dangerous this was going to be, and how much we were going to get paid. But those were merely details. “Okay, gang, you heard the woman! We’re going to ride the rails.”
Clarence pumped his arm as if pulling a rope for a whistle. “All aboard!”

In the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching family wins a fortune in the lottery, which causes as many problems as it solves. Kris’s Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café falling in love with each other and shelter cats.

January 15, 2024
A new Accidental Detective drops Jan 30 – preorder it now! Kate Tessler and her crew of misfits set out to blow the whistle on two feuding crime families . . . #NewRelease #Mystery #Booktwt

The Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizonaand tackles the challenges of turning fifty.
Kate Tessler and hercrew of misfits set out to blow the whistle on two feuding crime families . ..
Former warcorrespondent Kate Tessler has solved multiple murders sincereturning to her Arizona hometown, to the grudging appreciation of the localpolice. Now Detective Padilla and the FBI approach Kate with aproposal. Two Russian crime families have rented a private historic train tothe Grand Canyon for their children’s wedding. The route is scenic and remote.No cell phones. The FBI needs to surveil, but anyone infiltrating thetrain must be above suspicion.
Kate poses as herself,sent by the newspaper to cover the society wedding, while her sister Jen is thephotographer. Their multi-generational and eccentric crew pose as train staff.The goal is to observe, but that quickly derails when the groom disappears, anda search for him turns up a dead body. Everyone’s a suspect and trappedon the train.

Two Russian crimefamilies have rented a private historic train to the Grand Canyon for theirchildren’s wedding. The route is scenic and remote. No cell phones. Jen and theirmulti-generational and eccentric crew go undercover. The goal is to observe,but that quickly derails when the groom disappears, and a search for him turnsup a dead body. Everyone’s a suspect and trapped on the train.
Early reviewers say:
“Awedding on a train between rival Russian mafia families. What could go wrong?This book is a nail biter and I had a hard time putting it down. I just neededto know what happened next. It is the perfect mystery story; interesting andunpredictable.”
“Iwas excited to read another book in the accidental detective series. I couldnot figure out the ending, so I had to keep reading.”

Quick Peek:
You mightassume reporting on wars and natural disasters would be the dangerous part ofmy life, but moving back home to Arizona after a bomb tore up my leg hadn’texactly resulted in a peaceful retirement. Arnold and Clarence gave a newmeaning to “natural disaster.”
Still, they’dbeen loyal friends and had helped me investigate crimes, wanting nothing morethan the knowledge that they’d done some good.
Ha, justkidding. They wanted excitement, adventure, and the adrenaline rush of danger.They might be in their seventies and eighties, but they were more likely toplay strip poker than bridge and they’d only sit in the park feeding pigeons ifit was part of a stakeout. Even then they’d probably try to train the pigeonsas evil minions, or at least questionably moral ones.

In the AccidentalBillionaire Cowboys series, a Texas ranching family wins a fortune in the lottery, whichcauses as many problems as it solves. Kris’s FurreverFriends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café falling inlove with each other and shelter cats.

December 27, 2023
New Cover, Now Free to 12/30! Coffee and Crushes at the Cat Café: a Furrever Friends Sweet #Romance

Kari doesn’thave time for love when she’s opening her new cat café. She’s busy hiringemployees, fighting with the health inspector – oh, and welcoming 16 sheltercats. She’s doing this for the cats, the community, and her family. The caféwill give her sister, Marley, a job worthy of her baking skills.
Then atattooed military vet wanders in claiming he’s a master baker. Surely Marleywill fall for a guy this sweet.
Colin hasother ideas. It’s Kari who makes him want to turn up the heat. But he’s spentthe last two years recovering from physical and psychological wounds. Is hereally ready for a relationship? He’s not even sure he should commit to Samson,the sweet Siamese cat who steals his heart.
The FurreverFriends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-towncat 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.

“I loved this bookso much that I purchased the next in the series, and it is just as sweet!”
“A sweetromance, with cats, kittens, yummy pastries (and recipes for some of them), anda hunky hero.”
“Anyone wholikes a sweet story about relatable, cat-loving characters will enjoy Coffeeand Crushes.”


Kris Bock writesromance, mystery, and suspense. the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series , a Texas ranching family wins a fortune in the lottery. Whowouldn't want to be a billionaire? Turns out winning the lottery causes as manyproblems as it solves. Her FurreverFriends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Watch as theyfall in love with each other and shelter cats.
Krisalso writes mystery and suspense. In TheAccidental Detective humorous mystery series, a wittyjournalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turningfifty. This humorous series starts with Something Shady at Sunshine Haven. Kris’sstories of treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue in the Southwest willgrab fans of romantic suspense by Mary Stewart or Barbara Michaels. Learn moreat www.krisbock.com or visit Kris Bock’sAmazon US page or Amazon UKpage.(For other countries click here.)
November 11, 2023
Tall, dark and rich: Billionaire Romance anthology – 99¢ sale! Get swept away by the intoxicating world of steamy billionaire #romance. #BookBuzz

Madison's novel in the collection is A Crazy Rich Dilemma, but you can get them ALL for only 99¢ (or $4.99 once the price changes, which is still a good price for 2350 pages of material from eighteen authors!).
Money, suits and style.
Possessive, dominant, and used to getting their way.
Tall, dark and rich.
These powerful men will stop at nothing to claim the women they want. From boardrooms to bedrooms, these billionaires live a life of luxury and excess, but it's the women who captivate them and hold their hearts.
Follow the journeys of these powerful men as they navigate the turbulent waters of love, lust, and power while they explore their deepest desires.
With intense chemistry, blistering sensuality, and unforgettable characters, this anthology is a must-read for anyone who loves their romance with a healthy dose of heat. So pour yourself a glass of wine, get comfortable, and be swept away by the intoxicating world of steamy billionaire romance.
Available at all retailers here.November 7, 2023
The Billionaire Cowgirl's Christmas #NewRelease - A sweet #Christmas #Romance perfect for the #holiday season! “All of these books have been marvelous.” #BookBuzz

the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys sweet romanceseries, a Texas ranching family struggles to maintain their privacy and workethic after an enormous lottery win. Can theybuild new dreams and find love amidst the chaos? Available in print and ebook at all major retailers.
“All of these books have been marvelous.”
Playing the lottery was just for fun, but with the one-billion-dollar win, life gets complicated.
It’s been nearly a year since widowed Texas rancher Ava Tomlinson won the lottery. And while her four adult sons have found love, Ava feels unsettled as the holidays approach. She’s adjusting to giving her sons more privacy and lonely due to a rift in her once tight circle of friends. Romance is the last thing on her mind when a handsome, younger survey geologist arrives on the ranch to work through the holidays. Their friendship is unexpected and delightful, but she won't risk a broken heart by starting a romance with a man who's hitting the road soon – even if she could trust he’s not a gold digger
North Rabe’s career keeps him on the road. His plans of working through Christmas are derailed when Ava includes him in family dinners and holiday events in Last Stand. For the first time, he has a glimpse of a family life long missing. Ava is sweet, smart, generous and hard-working, and he’s quickly smitten. Is it finally time to put down roots? And if so, how can he prove he wants Ava’s heart, not her money?

the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys sweet romanceseries, a Texas ranching family struggles to maintain their privacy and workethic after an enormous lottery win. Can theybuild new dreams and find love amidst the chaos?
Find the series in print or ebookat Amazon US , Amazon UK , B&N/Nook , Apple or Kobo.“I was hooked from the start. This book series just keepsgetting better.” – BookBub Review



November 3, 2023
Christmas Cookies at the Cat Café: a Furrever Friends #SweetRomance is 99 cents until Nov. 12! Get this #holiday #romance now for a sweet #Christmas read.

Christmas Cookies at the Cat Café:a Furrever Friends Sweet Romance is 99 cents everywhere until Nov. 12! Furrever Friends Sweet Romance serieson Amazon US or AmazonUK or seethe series with links to all retailers .
Christmas isn’t the same since Diane’s kidsgrew up and her husband died – so when her high school sweetheart comes back totown, maybe it’s time for some cozy new holiday traditions.
Diane had a greatmarriage and a wonderful life. Now she’s a widow at 53, and her grown childrenare encouraging her to slow down and do less – but she wants more. She startsplanning for a new career by arranging a photo shoot at the cat café herdaughters run. Unfortunately, the cats won’t cooperate.

Rick temps Dianeto quit her job, sell her house, and travel. But she can’t leave the people sheloves so dearly, the family that might still need her just a little bit. Dianetempts Rick to end his wandering ways, but he can’t simply step into the holeleft by her husband’s death. As the weeks pass from Thanksgiving to Christmas,the holiday season brings out complicated emotions.
Can Diane and Rickfind a way to make a new life together while holding onto the best parts of thepast? They'll need more than attraction and affection. They might even need aChristmas miracle.
“Ifound Christmas Cookies to be an engaging, feel-good read which came atthe perfect time right before the holidays.” – author Linda Wilson

“It’sa perfect book to snuggle up with during the holiday season.” – author Jennifer Bohnhoff

Kris Bock writes romance, mystery, andsuspense. Her Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees andcustomers at a cat café. Watch as they fall in love with each other and sheltercats. Get a free 35-page story set in the world of the Furrever Friends catcafé when you sign up for Kris Bock’s Romance and Mysterynewsletter . You’llalso get a printable copy of "22 recipes from the cat café: and a free Accidental Detective mystery short story and bonusmaterial.
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