Excerpt:
They sat in
the van, staring out at the dark, looming house.
“I suppose it only looks like a haunted house because it’s so dark
out here,” Holly muttered.
“Yeah.”
The crescent moon didn’t provide much light, but at least the snow
reflected enough moonlight to faintly reveal windows and show overgrown bushes
against the house.
Dustin tried to imagine the house in daylight. While he was at it,
he imagined a fresh coat of paint instead of the peeling surface that made the
house look like it suffered from a skin disease. He could almost picture the
gloomy building as a pleasant farmhouse.
But it took a lot of imagination.
“Two stories, plus probably an attic,” Holly said. “Maybe a
basement. That’s a lot of room for cats to hide.”
They looked at each other. Merlin stood on his back legs, his
front paws against the dashboard. His tail rose high and flicked back and
forth.
Holly drew in a deep breath. “We can’t stay out here all night.”
Can getting stranded in a creepy house full of abandoned cats turn these enemies into friends—or even something more?
After 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.
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.
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Kris Bock writes novels of romance, mystery, and suspense. Her romantic suspense novels are 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.)
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