The Festive and the Furious, Book 1

By: Heide Goody, Iain Grant

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

One month to Christmas. One stressed-out sales manager. One Winter Wonderland that might just descend into chaos.

Charlotte Mitchell is determined to put Hedgelord Garden Centre at the heart of the community where it belongs. All she needs is the perfect festive season—lights, decorations, Santa, and the biggest Christmas display in town. But there’s just one problem: Jack Hartigan, her infuriatingly charming rival from Bloomers Garden Centre, has the same idea.

Christmas is a battlefield, and Charlotte needs to win.

She can handle lazy employees, manic elves, and a herd of out-of-control reindeer. She might even keep her legendary temper under wraps. But when an ill-advised decorating stunt hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Charlotte faces her biggest challenge yet.

Will Charlotte win the day? Will the frosty relationship thaw between her and Jack? Can she save herself, save Hedgelord, and also save Christmas?

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

So glad to find

It made my day. i love this writing team and their humor is super. the narrator is wonderful. Highly recommend!!!!!!

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly

Take two garden centers competing for the one customer who goes all out for Christmas decorations and add in a "smarty pants" elf and two employees of one of the garden centers, mix well, then put a dash(er) of cannabis into the reindeer food along with a drug courier job gone wrong, and then top with a Christmas crooner imposter and the real Christmas crooner, and you end up with the side-splitting antics in "The Festive and the Furious." Luca shines with his dry wit, Gallagher elicits sympathy with his hard-knock life, Anika just wants to find her place in life, and Charlotte struggles with her anger issues and swearing. Looking forward to the next installment of life at the Hedgelord Garden Centre.

Matthew Lloyd Davies was excellent as the narrator.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.