Finding Mr. Purrfect
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- ¥1,500
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Full of cats, coffee, and charm, this laugh-out-loud, fake-dating romance between a brilliant baker and a charismatic commitment-phobe is the perfect treat for fans of Lyssa Kay Adams and Jasmine Guillory.
Charity Simmons may have great taste in friends, felines, and fruit tarts, but if there’s one thing the baker and co-owner of Meow and Furever Cat Café knows, it’s that she has horrible taste in men. Case in point: Will Schwartz. He may be the best friend of her best friend’s boyfriend, but after their one night together, Charity is positive Will’s nothing but a womanizing charmer—despite his nice-guy persona and adorable, crooked smile. So why then did she pick him to pretend date to get her parents off her back about being single?
Will Schwartz may give relationships a hard pass, but he’s not about to say no to fake dating Charity. She’s brilliant, hilarious, and best of all, she’ll put an end to his mother’s interrogations about his love life. And maybe, after all this time giving him the cold shoulder, Charity will finally warm up to him.
But it’s not long before Will and Charity realize they got much more than they bargained for—and they’re freaking out. What if what they have isn't make-believe, but the real, forever kind of love?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The fake-dating trope and some feisty felines animate this effervescent sequel to Gary's A Cat Café Christmas. Charity Simmons co-owns Meow and Furever, a nonprofit cat café and veterinary practice, with her best friend, Kara—not a prestigious-enough pursuit, according to her successful and status-obsessed parents. She takes a solo trip to Mexico for Christmas to avoid more familial judgment and there unexpectedly runs into marketing manager Will Schwartz, the smooth talking best friend of Kara's new boyfriend. Charity and Will bond on vacation, leading to a steamy night together—after which Charity wakes up alone. As members of the same friend group, they can't avoid each other for long, however, and when Charity's parents pressure her to settle down and spring multiple surprise blind dates on her, she claims she's already dating Will to get them to back off. Will, for his part, is enamored with Charity, but he won't admit it, even to himself. Their fake relationship inevitably spawns real feelings, but Will's fear of commitment may tear them apart. ("If you can't imagine us together forever, I'd rather you break my heart now than two years in the future," says Charity.) Witty banter between the leads and cameos from the café's mischievous kittens lace the heartfelt love story with humor and Gary does an excellent job of painting even Charity's parents as three-dimensional. Readers will relish this lighthearted romp.
