"Hilarious and Heartwarming"

This is without a doubt one of the most interesting, funniest and most heartwarming books I've ever read. I read this book in less than twenty-four hours. That's how much I enjoyed it.

Three best friends are on their way back to their hometown of Snowden, Maine for the wedding of their mentor, George Garrison. Each of the men was an orphan that the town thought wouldn't amount to much when George took them under his wing and taught them the meaning of love. The very least they can do is come back for his wedding if they can make it, since the year's worst blizzard has literally closed the whole northeastern part of the United States. It's a good thing the Santa Brigade can pick them each up so they will be sure to make it to the wedding.

Samuel ėSlick' Merrick is a pilot for the Blue Angels. He hasn't been back to Snowden since he left and he's not really sure he really wants to go back now. What if he runs into Reba, the love of his life he left behind?

Kevin ėJD' (short for Juvenile Delinquent) Wilder is a Private Investigator in New York. He also hunts bounties on the side as gravy money. He's on the trail of a bounty on the way to the wedding. When he finds out that Callie Brandt is his bounty he doesn't know what to think but he'd sure like to know her story!

Stan Kijewski is an ex-football player. He had to retire from playing football when someone decided to slam into his car and injure his shoulder and hip. He's doing okay though because he's been playing the stock market and has amassed quite a bit of change. George has asked Stan for one favor and that is to pick up one of his orphans so she can come to the wedding. What Stan doesn't know is Dana has been a fan of his for years now.

Add a kooky bunch of senior citizens on a red bus called the Santa Brigade and lead by Reba (the very one that Sam still dreams about) to the mix and you have a combination of characters in a book that once you pick it up, you'll not be able to put it down. You never know what's going to happen next. I was howling with laughter one minute and in tears the next. I highly recommend this spectacular book.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted July 7, 2001

Original issue October 2001

Summary

The three bad-boy bachelors of Snowdon, Maine, have to make it to the church on time, or die trying. Due at a friend's wedding on Christmas Eve, the Fearsome Threesome find themselves dashing through the snow in the goofiest bus on Earth--a bright red vehicle filled with a bunch of senior citizens known as The Santa Brigade. Ho, ho, ho! Decked out in red and serving up holiday cheer to the masses, a Blue Angels pilot, a bounty hunter, and a former pro football player discover 'tis the season for folly as each trips over his heart to capture the love of the one special woman for him. And who is to say what they'll find nestled in their beds as the stockings are stuffed and the gifts placed under the tree.