It was very easy to get into the characters and experience their feelings and situations. Carlson’s unique storyline and her wonderful sense of humor shown throughout the book. Instead of hurrying through his task and moving on, Garrison finds himself connecting with his roots, his hometown, and falling in love. It seems every tactic he tries backfires, yet one by one, in unexpected ways the cats find their forever homes. This causes a bit of a wrinkle in the new friendship.Īs the story unfolds Garrison is faced with many sticky situations, some very sad and some very humorous. She would be a perfect owner but doesn’t qualify according to his Grans conditions. He meets a beautiful young woman named Cara that has fallen in love one of the cats (the one that Garrison is becoming attached to). Through this he becomes familiar with the house he grew up in and his old neighborhood. With lots of sneezing and allergy medication, he soldiers forward in his task. He is forced to stay in the house with his charges, not only to care for them but also carry out his objective of placing them with the right families. The guidelines seem impossible, but he loved her so much that he will do whatever it takes to carry out her last wishes. Another surprising twist is that each person who takes a cat will receive $10,000, but they cannot know about it until the feline’s homes are finalized. It was almost as if he was adopting out children! This glitch in the will greatly complicates his duty.

Which should be easy, except his grandmother left some very eccentric, detailed instructions about what homes they could go to. The only problem is Garrison is SEVERELY allergic to felines! Before the estate can be settled, he is to find all of them good homes. Upon meeting with the attorney he finds she has left everything to him, including her six cherished cats.

She took him in when his parents died and saw him through his “terrible” teens to adulthood. Not long after he arrives and just 2 weeks before Christmas, he is contacted that his grandmother has passed way. He is forced to return home due to health problems. Garrison Brown had been working in Uganda for the past 9 years digging wells to help the poor. So much for waiting till December! The precious kitty on the front of the cover drew me into reading it right away! It makes everything extra cozy and special.

I like nothing better during the winter holidays to curl up with a good Christmas story.

The christmas cat melody carlson