Spending a quiet Christmas housesitting and reading novels about hot cowboys sounds perfect to Caitlin. Until a stray kitten brings her face-to-face with Noah, her crush from college. Watching the handsome vet in action melts Caitlin’s heart and brings back long forgotten emotion. She would be safer back at the house lost in the pages of a book. But a toe-curling mistletoe kiss tempts her to … stay. Maybe she won’t be spending this Christmas… alone.
Veterinarian Noah Sullivan isn’t a Scrooge, but the Christmas Eve tradition of hanging mistletoe in the clinic’s waiting room annoys him. Kissing doesn’t belong at the Copper Mountain Animal Hospital. Noah rethinks his position when Caitlin Butler arrives with a stray kitten she found freezing in the snow. All he wants now is to maneuver the pretty preschool teacher under the mistletoe. If he’s not careful, he’ll wind up on Santa’s naughty list.
Mistletoe Magic is a short story companion to the Copper Mountain Christmas series.
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Christmas Magic is about to happen at
the Copper Mountain Animal Hospital.
Noah Sullivan is the veterinarian on call
this Christmas Eve.
The secretary is busy decorating finishing
up with the decorations which include
mistletoe. Dr Sullivan thinks that the
mistletoe is inappropriate in the hospital.
The chime of the door rings and in walks
a young woman with a little bundle in a
blanket.
The young woman is Caitlin Butler who
is a pre-school teacher in the area. Caitlin
is house sitting for friends as they visit
family for Christmas. While taking care of
the trash bin, Caitlin finds a young kitten
in the snow. When she discovers the kitten
is barely alive, Caitlin rushes the kitten
wrapped in a blanket to the Cooper
Mountain Animal Hospital.
Surprise happens when Noah and Caitlin
see each other. They had known each
other in college and had once been dating.
Then they went their own ways for years
now they are face to face thanks to the
stray kitten.
When asked the name of the kitten, the
first thing Caitlin sees is the mistletoe so
she gives the name Mistletoe to the kitty.
Noah saves the kitten’s life and is happy
Caitlin is back in his life.
They will be able to spend Christmas together.
A well written, heartwarming, magical tale of
Christmas.
Be sure to read.
Loretta Rawlins did a great job on narrating this story by Melissa McClone. Mistletoe Magic is a cute second chance love story. Mistletoe sounds so adorable I just want to snuggle with the kitty!
This was a very sweet and short Christmas story.
Caitlin Butler is staying at her friend’s house while her and her family are out of town for Christmas. She is bringing in the trash can when she sees a tiny lifeless kitten laying in the snow. She quickly brings the kitten to Copper Mountain Animal Hospital trying to save it’s life. Little does Caitlin know, the new vet in town is none other then her first love, Noah Sullivan, who broke her heart when he broke up with her seven years ago. He had decided to pursue his dreams of going to college and becoming a veterinarian in a big city. But, what is he doing in Marietta, Montana, her home town? Can one tiny kitten, who has been given the name Mistletoe, brings them back together?
A sweet short story.
Caitlin is a very kind, caring woman. While house-sitting for friends at Christmastime, she finds a kitten in the snow. It’s in bad shape so she takes it to the veterinary clinic. What a surprise when she sees the Vet is her love from college, Noah. After breaking up with her when he graduated so that he could focus fully on his studies and career, they never thought they would see each other again. Now that he is older, Noah realizes what a fool he was to let her go back then. But all may not be lost. Being encouraged by one of the staff to take advantage of the mistletoe in the clinic waiting room, makes them aware of the attraction that they still have for each other.
While Noah was caring for the kitten, he kept Caitlin posted on its progress. He did this for two reasons. Keeping the client’s owner informed was professional and, also, he wanted an excuse to talk to Caitlin. She appreciated the updates. But she found that seeing Noah with the sick kitten made him even more attractive to her.
This is written in dual POVs, letting us get to know Caitlin and Noah and a bit of their history. A lot was packed into this short story but it never felt rushed.
If you are looking for a nice, quick Christmas romance, you should read Mistletoe Magic.
Okay, I’ll confess…I choose to read this “Christmas in July” offering because I fell in love with the kitten on the cover. Melissa McClone is a new author to me and I have to say that I enjoyed this sweet novella about two former sweethearts who unexpectedly meet up years later in a vet’s office on Christmas Eve when the heroine finds a near frozen kitten in the snow. Yes there is a happily ever after, but you’ll have to read the rest for the details. There is mild profanity and some sensuality, but overall a clean, sweet romance.