I'm sorry if you missed RHYS AND THE RAIN AT THE CAFE. You can still get it as a standalone eBook here.
It will also be included in a collection of Café stories out July 2026, in both eBook and Print editions. In the meantime, you can now get all of the stories from 2025 in STORIES FROM THE CAFÉ: VOLUME ONE and STORIES FROM THE CAFÉ: VOLUME TWO!
Thanks for reading!
Darkness, rain, and a looming threat…
Closing time at the café normally marks a peaceful and contented time for Nina. Even on dark and rainy nights. The lights low. The place quiet. The routine of shutting everything down. Calm, gentle rain outside. And the soothing sounds of the bookstore owner next door closing up for the night.
Except tonight, something feels off.
Her familiar Boo paces in front of the closed café door, his fur standing on end. Sensing strange magic Nina can’t. Magic building all around the café. A threat with no clear origin.
And her boyfriend Rhys Witherby has been out of touch for days.
With the growing danger building just outside her door, a rain storm might be the least of Nina’s problems.
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If you're new to the Cafe and Rhys and Nina's stories, you can pick up the individual linked stories as standalone, starting with BOO AND THE WITCH AT THE CAFE, followed by NINA AND BOO AND RHYS WITHERBY, TOO, then VIRGIL AT THE CAFE, and finally NINA'S WINTER SOLSTICE AT THE CAFE
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RHYS AND THE RAIN AT THE CAFE Copyright © 2026 Kat Simons
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This story is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously, and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locale or organizations is entirely coincidental.