Meet-Cat

by Adele Buck

Astrid Ellis is an introvert’s introvert. A widowed, bestselling mystery novelist with grown kids, she’s very happy on her own, thank you very much. But when a cat mysteriously appears in her fifth floor apartment, of course she’s going to make sure the poor thing gets back to its owner…

…Who turns out to be Astrid’s brand-new silver fox of a neighbor, Ben Strong. Despite being immediately intrigued by the reserved and beautiful woman, he's determined to respect her boundaries. Trouble is, the cat is smitten with Astrid and keeps demanding visits. What else can he do but ask if his lovely neighbor will time-share the little beast before she (the cat, not the woman) yowls herself into an early grave?

There is at least one huge reason why Astrid doesn’t want to open her heart to handsome, kind Ben, but with an adorable cat as matchmaker, how long can she hold out?

163 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 31, 2025

About the author

A New Hampshire native, Adele still has membership card number 430 from her hometown library even though she has lived in the D.C. area for over 20 years with her fantastic husband and the requisite number of melodramatic cats.

Having worked as (among other things): a bookseller, a server, a communications manager, an actor, and a stage manager, Adele is currently employed as a librarian at a Washington, D.C. law school.

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