Pastry chef Brad Marks is the new hot thing at the Whitman Street Cat Café: he makes tasty desserts for both the human and feline guests at the café. All the patrons love him, and freelance writer Lindsay Somers understands why: five years ago, she was smitten by his charms too—until Brad broke her heart. Lindsay is happy with her new gig at a trendy weekly magazine, so when her boss assigns her to do a story on the cat café, she grudgingly agrees. But Brad hasn’t stopped thinking about Lindsay in the years since they broke up. He’s anxious to prove he’s changed: the man he was all those years ago wasn’t worthy of a woman like Lindsay, but the man he is now might be. Then things with Lindsay’s job begin to unravel, a wave of lay-offs making it clear her job is likely in jeopardy. She needs to cook up a clever story idea quickly—and Brad is just the person who can help her.

Paul Martinez has been run ragged by the demands of managing the family’s landscaping business and his mother’s battle with dementia. It’s been so long since he had sex… he can’t remember the last time. The arrival of nurse Hope Russell brings some badly needed help to Paul and his brother, Alex, in managing their mother’s illness, but Hope’s presence has sparked a whole new problem for Paul–lusting after one of his employees, something his late father would never condone. Hope and her young son, Ethan, badly need this second chance on Gansett Island, and she’s determined to make her new job work for both of them. Kissing her boss, however, was not part of the plan. The more time she spends with Paul the more she admires the way he cares for his mother and the attention he pays to her son. But when Paul finds out about her shameful past, will he still want her and Ethan in his life?

When Paige Danvers isn’t managing events for the Whitman Street Cat Cafe, she is busy navigating dating disasters as a single woman in Brooklyn. Urged by her boss and best friend, Lauren, to find a distraction from ineffectual dating apps, Paige volunteers with a cat-rescue organization, where she actually meets a guy with some real relationship potential. Recent law-school grad Josh Harlow is putting in long hours at a Manhattan law firm as he gets over a messy breakup. When his boss requires him to do some volunteer work, Josh’s sister sets him up to help capture feral cats. Partnered with Paige, Josh is insistently drawn to the dynamic event planner, and sparks between them fly. There’s only one problem: after a steamy night together, Paige discovers Josh is Lauren’s brother and dating him would be a spectacularly awful idea–particularly considering Paige’s track record. But they’re both in too deep to just walk away?and if they let the cat out of the bag, it’s going to wreak havoc with friends, family, and jobs alike.