Family Affair
Debbie Macomber

William Morrow / HarperCollins
January 2011/ ISBN 9780061997129
Cozy Romance
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Reviewed by Barbara Buhrer

After a painful divorce, Lacy Lancaster moves to San Francisco with her Abyssinian cat, Cleo. The uncomplicated life she’d hoped for is disrupted by her neighbor, Jack Walker, who seems to argue constantly with his girlfriend. And then there is his cat, called DOG, who seems to want to mate with Cleo. When Cleo becomes pregnant and has her kittens Lacy confronts Jack with sharing the vet bills and caring for the litter. She discovers that the girlfriend is really Jack's sister with a way of life Jack is in disagreement with. Lacey finds herself falling in love with Jack but is afraid of trusting the feeling again.

This is a pleasant romantic story, well written, featuring likable characters. The feline aspect of the story is one of its rewarding bits. This is a very short story, which was originally published in 1994. It is only 100 pages in a thin 5x7 book. It is questionable why this was published as a hard cover book.

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