While Garrison hopes to dispense with the task quickly, his grandmother’s instructions don’t allow for speed. When his beloved grandmother passes away a few weeks before Christmas, Garrison goes to her house to sort out her belongings, including six cats who need new homes. Fan favorite Melody Carlson is back with another touching Christmas story sure to grip readers'' hearts and perhaps inspire them to become Christmas Angels themselves.After years abroad, Garrison Brown returns home to Vancouver to build a new life. Each woman will use her life situation and talents to reach out and help others in her own unique way-little knowing that her own life and her relationships will be changed forever.

Inspired by their beloved friend, together Cassidy, Louisa, Grace, and Belinda decide to commit themselves to becoming Christmas Angels to others in need. When the group gathers 'one last time' to open a bag Abby''s husband gives them, they find Abby had made each of them an angel ornament for Christmas, crafted especially for each woman and accompanied by a sweet and personal note. She was the glue that held them together, and they''re sure that without her the group can''t continue. They relied on Abby for inspiration and motivation. So when the leader of the book club unexpectedly passes away on the cusp of the Christmas season, the four remaining friends are stunned. Perfect for readers who want a heartwarming and hopeful Christmas story Five women from different walks of life have become close friends through their book club-enjoying one another''s company even more than they enjoy the books. Can he swallow his pride, change his plans, and help Mallory romance her own home-and possibly her life? But perhaps there''s more to Grayson than meets the eye. She''s tempted to abandon her dreams and the town under a cloud of shame. When the shop catches the eye of a popular renovation TV show producer, Mallory is thrilled-until it becomes clear that her apartment is to be part of the segment as well. With a lot of hard work and a little bit of help, Mallory makes incredible progress turning the store into an eclectic home décor shop called Romancing the Home-all while trying to ignore the depressing and decrepit apartment she''s living in on the second floor. But when her former secret crush, Grayson Matthews, wants to buy the property in order to complete his plans to redevelop the funky town''s business district into a soulless, cookie-cutter outdoor mall, Mallory digs in her heels and decides to renovate the property herself. Who doesn''t love a second chance? When empty nester Mallory Farrell inherits her grandmother''s run-down tourist shop in Seaport, Oregon, it seems the only sensible thing to do is to sell it.

The Christmas Cat by Melody Carlson