Author: Natalie Cox
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Publication Date: October 2018
Genre: Christmas Holiday / Contemporary Romance / Women’s Fiction
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Description: Thirty-one-year-old Charlie isn't in the mood for Christmas cheer...
Her boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, her mother has absconded with her latest husband for the holidays, and--adding insult to (literal) injury--her London apartment has just been destroyed by a gas leak. Single, mildly concussed and temporarily homeless, Charlie realizes there's only one place to go: Cozy Canine Cottages, where she'll spend the season looking after her cousin Jez's doggy day care center. And if she's not exactly a dog person, well, no one has to know...
But her plans for a quiet Christmas in a quaint country village are quickly dashed. Peggy the pregnant beagle and Malcolm the anxious Great Dane seem determined to keep her up all night. A strange man has been casing her cousin's house. And where is Cal, the unbearably patronizing but disturbingly handsome local vet, when she needs him?
As the days tick down to Christmas, Charlie's life has never felt so out of control--but with some help from her new four-legged friends, she just might learn a thing or two about living in the moment, embracing the unexpected and opening herself up to love...
My Thoughts: Mutts and Mistletoe by new to me author Natalie Cox is an enjoyable story about a woman who finds herself running her cousin’s doggie day care and boarding facility after her apartment is destroyed by a gas leak and her cousin goes on holiday to the North Pole. She isn’t a dog person so this proves to be quite an interesting and entertaining prospect and it appears she is in way over her head throughout most of the book. Add to that the enigmatic vet, Cal who may or may not be a romantic interest but has great forearms, when he isn’t being an insufferable boor, however.
I enjoyed these characters and found them easy to relate to and thought Charlie to be quite a brave young woman, whether she’s trying to rein in two sled dog Huskies or serving as midwife to a very pregnant Beagle.
The romance doesn’t become part of the story until nearly the end, though there is a quasi-romance building between Malcolm, a lovesick Great Dane and Peggy, a pregnant Beagle. Instead, the most entertaining moments are Charlie’s daily routine of trying to manage six dogs, two alpacas, a dog napper and a partridge in a pear tree.
My Final Verdict: I recommend this book to readers who are looking for a sweet story to curl up with on a winter’s night.
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of Mutts and Mistletoe from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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