Runaway Santa

The Festive and the Furious, Book 2

By: Heide Goody, Iain Grant

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Christmas at Hedgelord Garden Centre should be simple—trees, tinsel, and a grotto full of jolly Santas. But when one of those Santas goes rogue and films an incriminating adult movie, with Hedgelord’s grotto as the backdrop, sales manager Charlotte Mitchell finds herself in the middle of a festive disaster.

The only way to save Hedgelord’s reputation is to track down the wayward Santa and secure the footage before it’s released. Unfortunately, she’s not the only one on the case — Jack Hartigan, her infuriatingly charming rival from Bloomers garden centre, is also in pursuit. Worse still, Santa has already fled to Lapland.

With time running out and disaster closing in, Charlotte abandons her responsibilities and embarks on a chaotic, high-stakes chase across Europe by sea, rail, and air — all while stuck with Jack at her side.

Runaway Santa delivers a tale of gangsters, gunmen, and unexpected corpses.

With Hedgelord’s future hanging by a thread, can Charlotte outrun disaster, outwit her enemies, and save Christmas?

©2025 Goody and Grant Narrative Works Ltd (P)2025 Goody and Grant Narrative Works Ltd

Deck the Halls

The antics of the crew at Hedgelord Garden Centre continues with Charlotte and Jack (from Bloomers) race around Europe trying to find a former Hedgelord elf with a couple movies of an - ahem - adult nature involving both the Hedgelord Santa and Bloomers Santa. Meanwhile, back at the garden center, Anika tries to keep things running smoothly, and Luca and Gallagher are again caught in the middle of illegal activities.

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