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What is developmental editing?
Posted onSeptember 15, 2020August 22, 2026

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Hi, I'm Rachel! I'm a professional fiction editor and author. I've worked on 200+ books for publishers and independent writers. My novels have sold in 13 countries and have been translated into 8 languages.

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I'm so delighted that The Cat Cafè Book Club is ou

I'm so delighted that The Cat Cafè Book Club is out today! This is probably my favourite plotline in the series so far... a cosy romance with a dash of mystery and small town charm. It was a challenging book to write, but I also had so much fun writing about the book club fighting to save the café! 🧡🍂

🐈‍⬛️🍂 Blurb 🍂🐈‍⬛️

Brenna has moved to the countryside looking for peace and quiet with her many black cats. But Brenna is keeping a secret she can’t share with anyone…

Matt, the cheerful barista behind the counter at Catpurrcino, runs a monthly book club for locals to bring people (and cats) together.

When Matt and Brenna both reach for the same book at the library he invites her to come to the next meeting.

Brenna is wary of letting anyone new into her life, but she can’t say no to her two favourite things combined – cats and books – or Matt’s gorgeous smile.

Just as Brenna starts to think she has finally found a haven in the warmth and friendship of the book club they are rocked by terrible news: a big developer is threatening the future of not only the café, but the whole town.

Brenna and Matt vow to do all they can to save it. As they battle against the odds, Brenna begins to let the town, and Matt, into her heart.

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Thank you to all the lovely ARC readers who left e

Thank you to all the lovely ARC readers who left early reviews for The Cat Cafè Book Club (which is out next week)! 🐈🎃 My editor sent me a roundup yesterday and these are some of my favourites... I think I need to frame the quote "the way Rachel writes cat ladies is brilliant"! Truly the best kind of compliment! 😸

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I haven't posted about what I'm reading in my spar

I haven't posted about what I'm reading in my spare time in a while... largely because writing my own books and editing other people's takes up so much of my time, so I'm a slower hobby-reader now. But I'm currently reading and loving this novel in The Bone Season series by @say_shannon! 💙 It's one of my favourite series, with such a gripping supernatural-dystopian plot and a beautiful writing style that always inspires me. Whenever I pick up a book in this series, I find it almost impossible to put down.

Are you reading anything good this weekend? 🥰

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