01387cam a2200277 4500 91042431 TxAuBib 20111121120000.0 110706s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011025844 9780312594497 hbk. 0312594496 hbk. DLC DLC IG# BTCTA YDXCP UPZ ORX BWX B9F TxAuBib Roberts, Sheila, 1942- The nine lives of Christmas / Sheila Roberts. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011. 214 p. ; 19 cm. After firefighter Zach Stone saves Ambrose from a vicious dog, the cat tries to repay him by moving (uninvited) into his house and fixing his lonely bachelor life. While Zach is buying cat food, he meets Merilee White, a winsome pet store clerk with a fondness for stray cats and big strong men who take them in. Her competition is Zach's no-strings-attached lover, Blair, a haughty cat-hater who insists Zach evict the cat before Christmas. 20111121. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Cats Fiction. Christmas stories. Fire fighters Fiction. Love stories.