Nine Lives Of Christmas By Sheila Roberts

[amazon_link id=”0349407401″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’Nine Lives Of Christmas’ is the second book that I’ve read by Sheila Roberts and is another one of her of festive books.

When a guy is in trouble, he starts making deals with his Creator . . . and Ambrose the cat is no exception. In danger of losing his ninth and final life, Ambrose makes a desperate plea to the universe. He’ll do anything if he can just survive and enjoy a nice long, final life. His prayer is answered when a stranger comes along and saves him-and now it looks like he has to hold up his end of the bargain. The stranger turns out to be a firefighter named Zach, who’s in need of some serious romantic help. If Ambrose can just bring Zach together with Merilee, the nice lady who works at Pet Palace, it’s bound to earn him a healthy ninth life. Unfortunately for Ambrose, his mission is a lot harder than he ever thought. Merriliee is way too shy to make the first move on a ladies man like Zach, and Zach thinks he’s all wrong for a nice girl like Merrilee. Now it’s going to take all of Ambrose’s feline wiles-and maybe even a good old fashioned Christmas miracle-to make them both realize that what they’re looking for is right in front of their eyes.

The story is primarily seen through the eyes of Ambrose, a stray tomcat who narrowly misses death, when firefighter Zach saves him from the clutches of an angry dog. Wanting to repay Zach’s kindness, Ambrose moves in with Zach despite Zach not being a cat person and decides that he wants to make his saviour happy by finding him a companion. Zach already has a lady friend called Blair but she isn’t a cat person and finds the feline more of a hindrance. But a pretty young woman called Merilee has caught Ambrose’s attention and thinks that she would be perfect for Zach, as she is a cat lover and works in the pet shop and helps with all of Zach’s cat needs.

The two main human characters are lovely. Zach is quite a gentleman with a big heart. He has bought a nice new house, ready to renovate and be ready should he find ever love, but he is quite cynical towards relationships as his own childhood was quite unhappy. Coming from a broken home, he isn’t close to his mother after she left her family leaving Zach and his brother with his alcoholic father. Merilee is a sweetheart, she feels inferior to her glamorous and successful sisters, even though she has a caring nature, she lacks confidence and the courage to go to veterinary school. Ambrose is determined that the two of them will get together with his help, as he remembers the two people saving one of his nine lives.

A lovely story from the very beginning, ‘Nine Lives Of Christmas’ is a charming, witty and gentle story about love and feline friends.

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