Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter

 Set in 1920s Montréal, the story follows Agnes Aubert, a proudly type-A widow who dedicates her structured life to managing a local cat rescue charity. After a destructive magic duel ruins her original building, Agnes is forced to find a new home for her feline charges. She secures an affordable space, only to discover that her new landlord is Havelock Renard—a reclusive, disorganized magician and former "Dark Lord" who runs an illegal magic shop right out of the basement. Agnes holds a deep distrust of wizards, but when a dangerous figures from Havelock's past threatens both the basement shop and the shelter, she must reluctantly team up with him. As they work together to protect the cats, their "grumpy-meets-sunshine" dynamic evolves into an unexpected romance.;