Kari smiled warmly. “So now you think making coffee sounds
good? Or is it the cats that appeal to you?”
He returned her smile, and her knees went weak. He was not
her type. She liked intellectual, career-focused men. She had never understood
women who raved over a man in uniform. Not that he was in uniform now.
She glanced down at his faded jeans and tried not to let her
gaze linger on the snug black T-shirt as she looked up again. Now he looked
like he should be jumping on a motorcycle without a helmet, not looking for
work in a café that featured adoptable cats. Soldier or biker, he wasn’t her
type – but she could see the appeal.
A clatter came from the kitchen, where her sister was
organizing the supplies. On the other hand, this man might be Marley’s type.
After all, Marley had gotten pregnant at eighteen from a tattooed soldier on
leave. She’d hardly dated since, but if her ex hadn’t turned her off of the
type permanently, she might find this one appealing. But was he a nice guy or a
jerk?
“Both, actually.”
It took Kari a moment to realize he was responding to her
question about coffee or cats.
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.
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Her Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers
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Nice opening for a romance. Cats and coffee are great.
ReplyDeleteGotta love a man with an affection for cats!
ReplyDeleteExcellent scene. It seems psychologically sound and at the same time poses loads of interesting readerly questions.
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