Reserved for the Cat by Mercedes Lackey

SF/Fantasy. A young, pretty ballet dancer living in Paris, has last both of her parents and is now living on her own working as a soloist at the Paris Opera.  When through “luck” she upstages the premier dancer, she is tossed out of the Paris Opera and blacklisted by other opera companies.  Her life appears to be headed to a life of misery. At her lowest point, she hears someone speaking to her, mind-to-mind, to her amazement… it’s a cat!  If Ninette will follow Thomas the cat’s instructions, her life could become everything she could wish for… but there are a few bumps in the road to overcome first!