Emaline Adair Pearson is a widow with two young children, and finds herself in a pickle when her cousin looses the family estate during a game of chance to Sir Ashten (Ash) Ravenhill. Ash comes to the manor with the intention of fixing up the the place and selling it, but he's soon victim to Emaline's charms, as well as those of her cat Bea and the new litter of kittens.

Full disclosure, I have yet to find a Regency romance that I do enjoy. I keep trying, but I'm beginning to doubt one will ever grab me - so there was already a notch against this book going in. That said, I did find the cats rather cute, without being overly cute (if that makes sense). I did find it refreshing that despite being a "harden (sic) gamester", he really wasn't one of those depraved, drunken rakes that are so prevalent in today's Regencies, so the book gets an extra star for that. It was also refreshing that Emaline wasn't one of those fall into his arms/bed/have hot sex in his carriage at the first heated glance from said rake. Still, the prose wasn't enough to pull this out of a lower rating, as well as some typos that should have been easily spotted and corrected by an editor. You be the judge,

"He was not a man who helped anyone--other than himself, thank you very much. And he had a hard enough time doing just that."

"He was thinking about that as he opened the door to the library and found himself no longer along."

Along?

"The heat from his body washed over her as if she had just opened a door to Hades. His eyes hardened to green agates, and his jaw firmed into a daunting set. All she could think as her heart pounded was an inadequate Oh my!"

"Well, I am a knight, after all. It seemed a good day to rescue fair kittens in distress."

OK, that was kind of cute.

If you find it free, have an hour or two to kill with some lighter reading and love the kittehs, I'd say go for it. historical-romance kindle-freebie-slut regency ...more1 Lisa24

A lovely regency short story... Great light afternoon read. Definitely not a Harlequin bodice ripper but a lovely romance all the same. 1 Mallory421 3

I really enjoyed this novella it was a great scene setting. I really enjoyed it. I may be on th look out for more by Ms. Donnelly.


Reading Challenge: a book with cats on the cover Tia803 297

I rather enjoyed this novella . I'm happy that I read the first before declining to get this based on the Cat title. I don't cats nor would I to read a Romance novel based around cats.. Maybe, having cats in the title is a sellings point, but for me is wasn't. However, Cat's Cradle is a sweet story and a delightful read. Lord Ashten and his relationship with Emaline's sons are just what they were lacking. The banter between the proud Emaline and Ash was great and added to the build up of the romance. I must admit this story really does revolve around Emaline's cat Bea and and her kittens. It doesn't have much romance in it besides the main characters falling in love with one another at the end and a small kiss. I think, cat lovers will thoroughly enjoy this story! Libby24 2

A nice light hearted romance. Well written and a pleasant storyline. Short but sweet with a sprinkling of humour and some fluffy little characters. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I nearly didn't get it because of the but I'm glad I did. Loverlypurple212

I enjoyed this read, really sweet story.loves-of-the-past Angela137 2

Cute short period romance. Shelley Chastagner2,549 37

Short and sweet. Likable characters.
Amy263 2

I d the book, but towards the end it got to be a little bit sappy towards the end.nook-read Sophie489 1 follower

A nice regency novella. (and a free kindle reading)2012-list chick-lit-romance Annette39

Wished it were longermoms-ebooks romance short-stories Liz Shaw79 11

Entertaining little novella. A very fast read. Seema1,226

Sweet but too shortdonnelly historical historical-romance ...more SandraE731 16

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