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The Lost Cats and Lonely Hearts Club: A heartwarming, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy - not just for cat lovers!
Nic Tatano
‘A story of a heart-warming friendship, kindness, bravery…this cat lady loved it!’ Kitty Loves BooksSwapping Prada for purrs…While covering a story, feisty network reporter Madison Shaw gets more than she bargained for when she rescues a box of orphaned kittens. Suddenly the glamazon of the Manhattan news room is doing two am feedings to keep these furbabies alive!This is certainly a change of pace for the high maintenance workaholic she’s become and taking care of the kittens makes Madison realise how far off track she’s come—after all, she was a stray once too…When a video of her caring for the kittens goes viral, she knows her image as a hardnosed reporter is shot to hell. What Madison doesn’t expect is the media circus that propels her and the kittens to stardom. And the domino effect that has on her, her career and her love life—especially when she meets sexy Officer Nick Marino!Step away from the cat videos on YouTube and put your reservation for the cat cafe on hold because this is a must-read for cat lovers and hopeless romantics alike…
The Lost Cats and Lonely Hearts Club
Book One
NIC TATANO
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‘Fast and funny’
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Dedication (#uda0417df-3bcd-5a20-a9ef-2be1aacf2318)
For Gypsy, Pandora, Bella, Buttons, Snoopy, and J.R., my furry companions through life …
Table of Contents
Cover (#u6eb9c23d-58d6-54ce-b672-d2bbbb7416b2)
Title Page (#ufc8befb3-e2ea-5b73-b9ca-97339c810a75)
Copyright (#u835b9f42-ba9a-5271-a957-68f8d85662a0)
Praise for Nic Tatano’s Debut Wing Girl (#uee0694de-5a01-5759-9a19-2a4e13295ac9)
Dedication (#u5191a172-bb2f-5c1c-a011-5060597bc25e)
Chapter One (#u7787d782-6764-5645-a562-9f27accbcf9a)
Chapter Two (#u5ea573ef-86a4-56b5-91b4-f2bb6f03b681)
Chapter Three (#u7e0a9720-b453-5361-bf42-15de1a1d7097)
Chapter Four (#uccd123c1-1668-5fdf-9bf6-40ae081e48b7)
Chapter Five (#u34fb400b-3139-54d4-836e-a09a0387756d)
Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgments (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by Nic Tatano (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
About HarperImpulse (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter One (#uda0417df-3bcd-5a20-a9ef-2be1aacf2318)
The tortoiseshell kitten with one good eye and a limp awoke first, emerging from the ball of fur comprised of his three siblings. Light from the setting sun filtered into the abandoned room as he moved toward his mother, eagerly awaiting the quick bath she gave him every day. She was still asleep so he nuzzled her chin.
She didn’t move.
He bumped her with his head. Still nothing.
Her mouth hung open. She wasn’t breathing.
And she was cold.
His heart rate spiked as he went back to wake his siblings.
The three kittens stirred from their slumber and moved toward their mother.
The tabby knew it was in trouble.
The black and white tuxedo kitten felt pangs of hunger.
The Russian blue kitten’s eyes filled with fear.