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First Dates at the Cat Cafe
- Author
- Rachel Rowlands
- Narrator
- Lucy Brownhill
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 28 May 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Grace adores her job as a barista at the café, but dreams of one day setting up her own matchmaking agency to help pet lovers find true love.
When Catpurrcino partners with a dating festival for the whole of August it seems like it is meant to be.
The last thing on Grace's mind is her own love life.
Until she is matched with musician Nathan, who is only at the festival so he can perform.
Grace knows from the very first moment that Nathan is not the man of her dreams.
But no one is going to take romantic advice from someone who can't even get through one successful date. So Grace and Nathan make a pact: they will pretend to be smitten with each other until the end of festival.
The more time Grace and Nathan spend playing the perfect couple, the more Grace wonders if her fake feelings are becoming real... Could Nathan ever feel the same?
Tropes
Matchmaking
Fake Dating
Enemies to Lovers
Small town
Found family
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Details
- Author
- Rachel Rowlands
- Narrator
- Lucy Brownhill
- Duration
- 8 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9781399752060
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Romance, Modern and Contemporary romance, Cats as pets
Synopsis
Love is in the air at the cat café... Will everyone find their purr-fect match? Grace adores her job as a barista at the café, but dreams of one day setting up her own matchmaking agency to help pet lovers find true love. When Catpurrcino partners with a dating festival for the whole of August it seems like it is meant to be.The last thing on Grace's mind is her own love life. Until she is matched with musician Nathan, who is only at the festival so he can perform. Grace knows from the very first moment that Nathan is not the man of her dreams. But no one is going to take romantic advice from someone who can't even get through one successful date. So Grace and Nathan make a pact: they will pretend to be smitten with each other until the end of festival. The more time Grace and Nathan spend playing the perfect couple, the more Grace wonders if her fake feelings are becoming real... Could Nathan ever feel the same? TropesMatchmakingFake DatingEnemies to Lovers Small town Found family
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