Title: Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter
Author: Heather Fawcett
Genre: Cozy Fantasy
Year of publication: 2026
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Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life—and she likes it that way. As the proudly type-A manager of a much-needed cat rescue charity, she has devoted her life to finding forever homes for lost cats.
But after she is forced to move the cat shelter, Agnes learns that her new landlord is using her charity as a front—for an internationally renowned and thoroughly disreputable magic shop. Owned by the disorganized—not to mention self-absorbed, irritating, but also decidedly handsome—Havelock Renard, magician and failed Dark Lord, the shop draws magical clientele from around the world, partly due to the quality of Havelock’s illicit goods as well as their curiosity about his shadowy past and rumors of his incredible powers. Agnes’s charity offers the perfect cover for illegal magics.
Agnes couldn’t care less about the shop—magical intrigue or not, there are cats to be rescued. But when an enemy from Havelock’s past surfaces, the magic shop—and more importantly, the cat shelter—are suddenly in jeopardy. To save the shelter, will Agnes have to set aside her social conscience and protect the man who once tried to bring about the apocalypse—and is now trying to steal her heart?
I’m 100% a cat person, so combine cats with magicians and I was sold!
Agnes is a cat person too. She rescues them, looks after them and pairs them with good owners. After her old shop is blown apart by a magician, she needs a new place to rent. She stumbles across one that also happens to house The Wicked King… aka Havelock Renard — who is very much not what he seems!
With tales of her cats, the police, an evil sister, a good sister, a timid romance and a mysterious object…our story unfolds!
Before I go on……Havelock = all the hearts!
I’ll admit, at the beginning I wasn’t sure I was going to gel with this story. But then I got completely swept up in the cosy comfort of it, the time period, the atmosphere, just all of it! It definitely gave me Howl’s vibes in places, and the cats (and their very distinct personalities) were absolutely fabulous!
The ending wasn’t what I expected, but I’m honestly quite happy filling in the rest in my own head!
⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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