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Rachel Rowlands, Editor & Author
cat café series

First Dates at the Cat Café

First Dates at the Cat Café

Publishing with by Hodder & Stoughton 28 May 2026

Available in ebook, paperback, and audio

View translations available here

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Full blurb for First Dates at the Cat Café to come soon!

Praise for the series

“Fantastic read. Enjoyed this book so much it was read in one sitting, couldn’t put it down… Great feel-good book” Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“It will warm you from the inside, like a soothing mug of hot chocolate” Reader review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I honestly cannot recommend this beautiful book enough. It’s the perfect cosy read for any time of the year!”
Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“This book is like the perfect pastry; warm, sweet, and filled with layers of charm and slow-burning romance… A warm hug of a book, best enjoyed with tea, cake, and a cat curled up by your side” Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐








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Finding my books on the shelves out and about will Finding my books on the shelves out and about will never get old and is always a pinch-me moment! ❄️🥰 I'm super excited that Snowed In at the Cat Café is in The Works for the festive season. I found these copies in a small local store today! And I signed all of them with a sparkly pink pen of course. The staff were so lovely. 

These are the moments I once dreamed about when I was continuously getting rejected – manuscript after manuscript – for seven years. So I feel incredibly blessed to be at this point. 🙏🐈💕

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We've been married for six years today! And togeth We've been married for six years today! And together for almost sixteen. When I say he's the inspiration behind so many of my love stories, I mean it x1000 and then some. He is the reason I write about good men. ❤️
Snowed In at the Cat Café is now on the shelves i Snowed In at the Cat Café is now on the shelves in The Works, all ready for winter and Christmas! ❄️🐱 My editor snapped this photo for me – I am just so excited to be on the shelves next to some of these other amazing authors! 💕 Hope to see this one in the wild myself soon!

I also just saw something VERY exciting for the next book in the series, which I'll be sharing with you shortly... 

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I love collecting images when I'm writing, and mak I love collecting images when I'm writing, and making mood boards. It really helps me get into the flow and visualise everything. Whenever I'm stuck on a particular description or a setting, I go gather pictures to find some inspiration. I recently bought a book of forest photography (50p at a car boot sale!) for this exact reason.

Here's a mood board I made recently for First Dates at the Cat Cafe. Any wild guesses on the details of the story based on these images? 😻💕

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As promised, today I have some really exciting new As promised, today I have some really exciting news to share with you all…

✨ Two more cat café books are coming out with Hodder next year! ✨

Originally, the third book in the series was going to be The Cat Café Book Club. Some of you dear eagle-eyed readers may have seen a preorder option for that on your Kindles, and you might have already ordered it, even before it was officially announced, which I so appreciate!

But – plot twist – Book Club turned out to be so much bigger and more intricate than I was expecting. Alongside the romance, it has a bit of a mystery thread. Then, in the midst of wrangling the story in the summer, I needed to have surgery and recover from that, which slowed me down.

The exciting part of this reshuffle is that next year you’ll actually be getting two books from me! Here’s the timeline:

📚Book 3: First Dates at the Cat Café ❤️ 🐈 – May 28, 2026
📚Book 4: The Cat Café Book Club 📖 🐈‍⬛ – 20 August, 2026

Even though there’s an “official” order, the books in this series can be read in any order – so you can dive into them whenever and wherever you like. Even if you haven’t read the first two!

You can preorder them both right now. 😊

Want a sneak peek into the premise of each one? Read my latest newsletter over on Substack: rachelrowlands.substack.com (the link is also in my bio).

I can’t wait to share both of these stories with you next year! ✨ 

And stay tuned because I’ll have some other exciting updates for you on the cat café books in October! ☺️

#catcafeseries #firstdatesatthecatcafe #thecatcafebookclub #rachelrowlands

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