Zachary (Brandon Routh) is one busy firefighter. In addition to his heroic career, Zack buys fixer-upper houses and remodels them in his spare time, then moves on. Very handsome, he is also dating a beautiful model. But, as he tells his firehouse captain (Gregory Harrison) he is NOT about to go steady, get attached, get married. His reasoning is his parents had a miserable union. Meanwhile, Marilee (Kimberly Sustad) is also a lady on the go. In her last year of vet school, she also works at a pet supply store. Despite her landlady banning animals, Marilee also has a gorgeous cat, Duchess, in hiding at her place. Our Marilee makes it clear to her very successful real estate agent sister that she does NOT want any blind dates. One day, Zack finds a handsome stray cat, Ambrose, who he discovers has lost his owner. The firefighter is reluctant to let him in the house, but one day becomes two, becomes three, and becomes Ambrose can sleep on my bed and do anything he wants. Galpal doesn't like the feline at all. As one might guess, Zack and Marliee cross paths and, through a series of mishaps, Marliee ends up apartmentless and jobless. Zach comes to her rescue by offering her the separate rooms in his under-construction house. To his surprise, Marilee can paint and do home repairs, too. Could the gentleman who doesn't want a permanent connection and the lady too busy for love fall for each other? How about Duchess and Ambrose taking a shine to one another, too? This wonderful hallmark movie has charms for everyone. Cat lovers, of course, will especially love the two talented felines, but anyone who clamors for romcoms will love it and those who don't usually go for em will like it also. the cast is attractive and talented, the sets nice, the costumes great, the script a joy, and the direction surefooted. Dear movie makers, will take at least nine more romances with these great elements.

If you're a cat person, check out the Hallmark sweet movie, The Nine Lives of Christmas. If you're a dog person, check out The Search for Santa Paws. My fellow feline lovers will adore this one about cat playing cupid with an unlikely pair. Okay, that's not exactly the premise, but it does happen.

Handsome firefighter Brandon Routh gets adopted by a stray orange marmalade kitty when he wanders into his house and refuses to leave. Brandon doesn't have the ideal lifestyle for a pet, but he can't help himself and the kitty quickly becomes the station's mascot. Meanwhile, Kimberley Sustad is struggling to afford her tuition and keep her job at a pet store, and also to keep her landlord from finding out she has a cat in her apartment. They meet buying cat food, and even though one wants commitment and one doesn't, they just might fall in love. Even if this movie didn't take place during Christmas, and even if there weren't cats in it, I'd really like it. The dialogue and chemistry are refreshingly natural. Brandon is very convincing as a bachelor afraid of commitment, supported and egged on by his coworkers and friends Gregory Harrison, Dalias Blake, and Sean Tyson. Kimberley is equally convincing as a woman with other priorities besides love, but who feels pain as deep as the next person. Check out this sweet kitty Christmas movie; it'll surprise you how much you'll enjoy it.

Here you have two nice, attractive people of the opposite gender bound for professional success. the problem is they're too busy for love and romance. The woman is a compassionate brunette pet store employee who's studying to become a veterinarian due to her love for animals. The man is a hunky and affable junior firefighter who upgrades and flips houses on the side. He does have a casual girlfriend, a glamorous but bitchy professional model who'll make the women viewers say, "Why can't he tell she's wrong for him?" Conveniently, he working on a beautiful Victorian dream house, while she's in a campus apartment that doesn't allow pets, and of course she loves cats and secretly keeps one. They live in a nice small town where most people know and are nice to each other. If you don't know how this story ends, than you've never watched Lifetime of the Hallmark Channel before. All that being said, it's completely painless to watch and it'll appeal to its target audience. The leads are likable, the supporting cast competent and the technical aspects are satisfactory. I enjoyed it enough and so will most people if the plot interests them.