The Cat's Meow

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Summary: cat's meow
Review: Funny,easy reading. coudn't put it down. Hats off to a good clean and engrossing book.

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Summary: fine feline caper
Review: In Sedona, Arizona, Bradnor, Kelly and Bolin defense attorney McKenna Wright works late into the night on a case involving client Todd Harmon. The state accuses Todd of selling drugs to an undercover cop; the only other witness Maria Oranto returned to Mexico having been bought off to leave town. When McKenna learns that Maria was bribed she knows she must tell the prosecution, in this case Tom Markham, who used to work at her firm.

Before she can, McKenna is in a car accident she suffers amnesia. Her doctor thinks the crash was caused by her high blood pressure leading to a transient schematic attack similar to a stroke. As she recovers and wonders why she never made a play for Tom, someone wants her dead. Only Tom and Titi the cat keep McKenna safe from a culprit raising the ante making her wonder what she knows inside her amnesiac brain especially in light of Titi directly talking in "English" with her, something that has only occurred since the accident.

Titi will remind readers of Midnight Louie as she gets involved with keeping McKenna safe. Meanwhile the tale starts as a legal thriller, but switches into more of suspense tale with McKenna as the target. Tom is a likable protagonist, but the amnesia changes the heroine; before the injury she was a Type A lawyer with nothing torpedoing her path from achieving victory for her client in the courtroom as long as the actions were legal. Though the culprit's motive seems off kilter and the opportunities to easily achieved, fans will appreciate THE CAT'S MEOW and want Titi to star in future tails.

Harriet Klausner


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Summary: Entertaining
Review: McKenna "Mac" Wright is the best defense attorney at the "BKB" law firm. She is defending a famous, high profile, client and the client's agent. Her rival prosecutor is hunky Tom Markham from the county attorney's office. As Mac gets her defense ready, she comes across some information that could ruin her client. By law, Mac must share the information with Tom. However, before she can do so her BMW just happens to go off a cliff. Pure luck alone keeps Mac from dying. But she did not come out unscathed. Mac now has amnesia. She remembers nothing about the law, nothing about her family or friends (though friends are rare since she stepped on toes in her profession), or even where she lives! Her two friends, Nell and Jane, fill in her name, address, and the small things. But even they cannot convince Mac she is sane, because her cat, Nefertiti "Titi", seems to speak English to her now. Everyone else just hears normal cat sounds. Mac and Titi understand each other perfectly though. And now that Mac understands, Titi has a lot to say about Mac's workaholic ways, how to relax, and which guy to date.

Tom may be Mac's rival in court, but he has always been interested in dating her. She turned him down once and he would not try again, except that Mac needs help. As her memory slllooowwly comes along, Tom helps her try to switch on the "legal jargon" portion of her brain. The two now have a second chance with each other.

Problem is that someone out there does not want Mac's memory to return. It is up to the feisty feline, Titi, to take matters into her own paws.

*** I found this novel to be pretty entertaining. The brain does some interesting things when it is harmed, so the author makes the relationship between Mac and Titi sound believable. There is not much suspense in this tale. The main portion of the story is split between Tom and Mac's second chance at love and on Mac finding out who she really is. The story slowed down for a bit about mid way, but not for long. The author just wanted to show you Mac's family, to let you see WHY the heroine was the way she was before the car wreck. It also gives the romance a bit more time to bloom.

The author rarely touched on Mac's sister, the nurse. However, I found myself wanting to know more about her. Hopefully, the sister will get her own story told someday (unless it is out and I do not know about it). I snagged this novel at an airport, so I have not kept up with this author's books. (I hope that will change.) Yet this book seems to be part of a trilogy. I am guessing Jane and Nell get their stories published. The front cover advertises that the author also wrote "Gone To The Dogs". So this is probably the second book in the trilogy.

All-in-all, I found this to be a fun, witty, and entertaining book. A good read for a snowy afternoon or saving for the beach months. ***

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

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Summary: Very Enjoyable
Review: This book is great if you want to relax and smile a bit!
If you are an animal lover you will get a kick out of how accurately Emily describes our pets personalities.
I thought that the story itself was different.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to reading Jane's story next year, "A New Leash on Life".