Sugar's Daddy

By Sarah Hadley Brook

When Cooper’s cat Sugar gets stuck in the tree -- again -- he isn’t sure what to do. He’s afraid of heights, snow has begun to fall, and he isn’t dressed for winter weather. As he pleads with Sugar to come down, a sexy stranger appears out of nowhere to save the day.

Adam is surprised to see a cute guy with no shoes standing out in the snow under a tree, but when the guy starts to drop to the ground, Adam flies into rescue mode and catches him just in time. The weird thing is, once Adam has Cooper in his arms, he’s pretty sure letting him go isn’t going to be easy. Can finding your soulmate happen in an instant?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Feb 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685500429

Sarah Hadley Brook

Sarah Hadley Brook reserves her evenings for her hobby-turned-passion of writing, letting the characters she conjures up in her mind take the lead and show her where the story will go. She dreams of traveling to Scotland some day and visiting the places her ancestors lived. Sarah believes in “happily ever after” and strives to ensure her characters find their own happiness in love and life. For more information, visit sarahhadleybrookwrites.com.

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Sugar’s Daddy

By Sarah Hadley Brook

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Copyright 2022 Sarah Hadley Brook

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Published in the United States of America.

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This book is dedicated to all those cats out there who do everything in their power to help their humans find love!

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Sugar’s Daddy

By Sarah Hadley Brook

Chapter 1

Cooper

Long branches, nearly empty, moved with the wind, scraping against the side of the house and brushing over onto the roof. A single dried leaf swirled down around me as I hopped from one foot to the other, clapping my mittened hands together. Dead grass crunched under my feet and I wanted to kick myself for running out the front door without shoes—but that would probably hurt without shoes. And why did I think these mittens would keep my hands warm? They were cute and all, but they were loosely knitted and clearly more to be worn as an accessory than for, you know, actual use in the cold.

Remnants of the sunset spilled dusky orange from the east and normally I’d have loved to take the time to drink in the beauty, especially since a gorgeous full moon was also gracing the sky that evening, but instead, I was occupied with trying to keep the panic at bay. Admittedly, not doing a very good job at that, though.

I pulled the scarf down from my mouth and peered up through the branches, spying a small patch of white near the trunk. Sugar! Here kitty, kitty, kitty, I pleaded in my best come to Daddy voice. Again. Come on Sugar, come back inside. You’re going to freeze out here. We both will.

No response. Again. I circled the tree and tried another tactic. Sugar! Get down here, right this moment! You listen to your daddy! I used my you better obey Daddy voice and pointed to the ground. Sugar knew I meant business when I used that tone.

Nothing. Not even a defiant meow. I was torn between wanting to run inside for shoes and a jacket or staying there in case she tried to make her way down, but concern for her won out, so there I stood, woefully underdressed for the weather and freezing my ass off.

Anxiety that had started as a tiny bubble of irritation ballooned into something much stronger, settling on my chest and bringing with it a fresh new wave of panic. I’d been fighting it since I found Sugar in the tree and had come to believe the only