When LOVE Comes on Four Legs in the first in a planned series of four children’s books introducing Jethro, the tuxedo cat. Children (and grown-ups) of all ages need to know the kind of love Jethro facilitates every day. Come along for the ride.

When LOVE Comes on Four Legs is Anthony Gurley’s attempt to convey how LOVE can arrive when unexpected and unrecognized. Jethro’s is the author’s invitation to open the reader’s heart and mind (young and old alike) to the wonders that abound when one is open to experiencing this kind or love. Neither Grandpa (Pappy) nor that tiny furball that appeared under the front porch steps after a hurricane had any way of knowing what was in store. The kitten was all alone and afraid, and Pappy never wanted a cat.

But that five-week-old furball miraculously, and with a never-ending purring motor, tiptoed his way into Pappy’s heart.

Today, it is hard to say who rescued whom. Jethro came onto the scene just as Pappy was writing a memoir that was published in January 2024. That work, Deadly Dilemma… A Memoir dealt with fundamental questions about life, its opportunities, and challenges. Little did Pappy know when he started writing that epistle that an unexpected and unwanted pound and a half furball would become his beast friend, his best buddy, and yes, a valued teacher. LOVE does arrive in mysterious ways sometimes, even on four legs.