Short Stories
Peanut Blossoms and the Matchmaking Kitten
Peanut Blossoms and the Matchmaking Kitten
The Wild Rose Press, Inc 11/02/2021
Oriana’s first Christmas away from her family promises to be a lonely one—until a two-pound bundle of kitten trouble shows up! When the kitten’s owner, her neighbor Jet, takes Oriana under his wing, she tries to tell herself that he would do this for anyone, but she can’t help but hope for more.
Will she find her Christmas miracle at the paws of a mischievous kitten? Or will the holiday be as lonely as she anticipated? She expects the latter but wishes for the former. Anything is possible at Christmas.
This is a 10,000 word novella that is being released by Wild Rose Press as part of their Christmas Cookies series. It is a sweet novella with Christmas, cats and romance!
Excerpt
“Meow.”
The plaintive wail startled me. I glanced around my one-bedroom apartment. My TV was off and the radio was playing classical at a volume acceptable for this time before sunrise. Nothing stirred in the building except me.
“Meow.”
I couldn’t pinpoint where the sound was coming from. I lived alone, so no roommate had smuggled a cat inside. Unless I missed a cat in my grocery shopping yesterday, none came home with me.
Maybe it was someone else’s TV, but I didn’t often hear my neighbors before dawn. I took a sip of coffee, trying to wake up so I could begin my day.
“Meow.”
The peaceful hours before the city came awake were my favorite time of day. This was the first time I’d been on my own in the entirety of my twenty-five years and I was glorying in that fact. Nobody could tell me when to do things—except that I had to be considerate of my fellow apartment dwellers.
I would start baking when it was light. Nothing could take the place of a still-warm cookie fresh from the oven melting over your tongue. Just the thought of it made my mouth water. Soon, I promised the ingredients waiting to be assembled.
“Meow.”