Joe is Christmas’s number one fan. He absolutely loves it and can’t wait to spend it with his wife, Beth, doing what they love best: eating mince pies, drinking mulled wine, laughing and snuggling while It’s a Wonderful Life plays on the TV. However, Beth has a slightly different idea this year. She wants to have a terrible time, or why else would she have invited her mother to stay – the demon mother-in-law from hell, who hates Christmas and everything about it? In fact, there is only one thing that the dreaded MIL hates more than Christmas … and that is Joe.
Thankfully, Joe has an ally in his war against the orange-haired, gum-chewing monster: a shopping centre Santa who isn’t all that he seems. This larger-than-life Father Christmas presents Joe with a magical gift that he promises will make the problem disappear, but this innocent-looking parcel kick-starts an adventure that Joe will never forget. If he can make it to Christmas day in one piece and save his wife and unborn child from a lifetime in Lapland, he will have learned one vitally important lesson: to be careful what you wish for … you might just get it
The book sales are steady but seasonal... ( it is a Christmas book) It has been number 1 twice it is on Kindle, Ku, and print. It has just won the reader's favorite awards so I will expect a spike in sales.
Joe was freezing cold. He tugged at the duvet, but Beth tugged at the same time, so he got no leverage. It was in the minuses outside, the snow had been falling for the last few days and showed no sign of stopping, but the central heating was whacked right up, and it felt like July in the bedroom. So, it wasn’t the crisp, white snow settling in the darkness outside the window that was chilling his bones; it was the cold shoulder in the bed beside him. They had been arguing, he had lost, and she had turned her back on him, signifying that it was over. It didn’t matter that he still had a million things to say on the subject. It was over. He would just have to lie there and stew in the frosty bed until he was too tired to care and eventually dropped off.
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Translated by Amélie Kerloch
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Author review: Very punctual, great translation and is sensitive to the translating feel of the book. |
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German
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Translated by Ines Radionovas-Lagoutte
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Author review: A really professional translation with communication throughout the process. |
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Norwegian
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Portuguese
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Translated by Aglaia Ruffino Jalles
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Author review: A really easy translator to work with. Excellent transformation of my story. Would gladly work again with this translator. |
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Alejandra Martinez
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Swedish
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