I just bought the box set of the first three books in the series, but Goodreads tells me that this wee short story is the prequel. It's very short, and describes how one of the main characters (so I presume, I've just read the story and haven't opened the set yet) got his cat. It's a likeable little story, but it's more of a teaser than anything. I get the impression that the series is a historical paranormal romance, but this only really fits the first descriptor for me. There's a hint of strange activity in the narrator's past, but he also refers his stay in an asylum so it could be read as insanity rather than actuality, and while the story ends with (again, who I presume to be) the two main characters together, their entire journey is skipped over. No doubt it's in the first novel proper, but this is really just about the cat being rescued and given a home.

A ginger cat, too, which is nice. They've always been my favourites.