I also have to thank my former colleagues from the school where I had the very great pleasure of working as a TA for a decade. I know that a couple of you will recognise yourselves within the pages of this book and I can confirm that Mrs Andrea Drake really did identify a long-lost tooth I found in a tambourine in the music room! Patsy, Louisa, Mike and Simon, you are all an inspiration and the children (and parents) are truly blessed to have you.

And finally, thanks to my family and Storm (the cat), for putting up with my piles of notes, incessant rambling and general neglect when I’m head down at the keyboard. I love you all.

Thank you, dear readers, for joining me once again on another festive trip to Wynbridge. I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year and, as ever, may your bookshelves – be they virtual or real – always be filled with fabulous fiction.

H x

Dolly and Hattie’s Christmas Wish List . . .

If you enjoyed reading about the wish list that Hattie and Dolly put together, then why not create one of your own? Personally, I love a good list, and there’s little in life as satisfying as ticking things off with a flourish.

Here are some simple and inexpensive ideas to kick things off, and all are guaranteed to keep your spirit soaring throughout the festive season. Some of the things are so much fun, you might even be able to tick them off twice!

Heidi x

1.  Wear a festive jumper

2.  Watch a pantomine

3.  Watch a Christmas movie

4.  Craft festive decorations

5.  Bake mine pies

6.  Take part in Secret Santa

7.  Take a winter stroll

8.  Visit the Christmas market

9.  Go ice skating

10.  Play Christmas music

11.  See a reindeer

12.  Drink mulled wine or hot chocolate

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