Stepfather Christmas
He's got a big white beard , he looks after a team of reindeer and Christmassy things just keep happening whenever he's around . . . What if he really truly is Father Christmas?! A heart-warming and hilarious story in 25 short advent-style chapters that's perfect for reading together during the festive season.
It's 25 days until Christmas when Mum announces to 10-year-old Harper and her brother, Will, that Mum's new boyfriend, Nick, will be visiting for the holidays!
Nick seems nice enough and he definitely makes the greatest hot chocolate of all-time. But why do strange Christmassy things happen whenever he's around? Like snow falling in their family's garden but nowhere else? Or a reindeer suddenly appearing on the roof of their house?!
Harper's convinced that there is more Santa to Nick than he's letting on. And if her mum and older brother won't believe her, she'll just have to find a way to prove it . . .
A gorgeously festive treat that sparkles with the magic and wonder of Christmas in 25 festive chapters, the companion novel to The Biggest Christmas Secret Ever.
'With 25 chapters, this is one to read every night in December' - i newspaper
L.D. Lapinski lives in the Scottish Highlands with their family, a lot of books, and a cat called Hector. They are the author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency and Artezans trilogies, the standalone novel Jamie, The Biggest Christmas Secret Ever and Stepfather Christmas. They have also written for BBC's Doctor Who books, and write stories for grown-ups as Lucy Lapinska.
L.D. collects tattoos and Sanrio merch, enjoys watching the wildlife from their office window, and when they grow up would like to be a free-range guinea pig farmer.
You can find them on social media @ldlapinski or at ldlapinski.com