Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof

Book excerpt: Having moved to rural Mallorca to escape the stresses of London life, Anna Nicholas continues to commute back to her glitzy PR agency to earn a crust. But she is harbouring a bizarre dream to open a luxury cattery on the island - unbeknownst to her long-suffering family.Life in the mountains is never uneventful as she gets to grips with phantom sheep, midnight snail hunts and Catalan lessons. Work also has its challenges, as she juggles demanding and often neurotic clients between Mayfair and Manhattan and is hotly pursued by lucrative deals. But increasingly Anna finds herself craving the simple life of her Spanish idyll because, as she discovers, you can take the girl out of Mallorca but you can't take Mallorca out of the girl.Wickedly irreverent, lovingly observed and filled with eccentric characters, Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof celebrates the wonders of Mallorcan life.