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It's Cold Outside
Christmas 2003 is approaching fast but festive thoughts are at least put on hold with the distraction of the Rugby World Cup as England is gripped by sporting fever. As the cheers of the victory homecoming parade begin to diminish, for one group of Brits there is the chance to rekindle their seasonal spirit when given the chance to visit a modern Christmas idyll. The prestigious Snow Lodge in Lapland plays host to a very diverse party - two amateur radio DJ's, a fading rock star and his faithful hippy roadie, an easy going marketing manager and his fiery senior executive girlfriend plus a sharp tongued lonely pensioner and his Santa suit. Spurred on by a suave entrepeneur, and with a bubbly entertainment manager in tow, the unlikely group undertake the trip of a lifetime - a very unique snow trek. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, the group have no choice but to work together to survive for it is time for them to learn who they really are. Christmas will never be the same again.
168 pages, Paperback
First published November 4, 2006
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About the author
Steve Horsfall
16 books6 followersSteve Horsfall was born in 1965, and is the author of four novels, You Are Here (currently under review with a major British film company for screenplay adaptability), It's Cold Outside & Full Story Inside. Steve's latest (4th) novel is very unique and he hopes will be a fitting tribute to Charles Dickens; now published under a pen name (April 2011).
Steve is also the author of the 'Jodie & Lilly' series (children's books) under the name of S J Horsfall.A new Jodie & Lilly adventure is due for release in the autumn of 2011 (Jodie & Lilly...and The Sleepover).
Steve has started writing his next novel, set in a fictional 1930's British town and as a homage in style to the tales of Sam Spade, Phillip Marlowe and Mike Hammer.
To find out more about Steve Horsfall and his books, please visit paperbackwriter.weebly.com.
(now on Twitter; @SteveHorsfall)
Steve is also the author of the 'Jodie & Lilly' series (children's books) under the name of S J Horsfall.A new Jodie & Lilly adventure is due for release in the autumn of 2011 (Jodie & Lilly...and The Sleepover).
Steve has started writing his next novel, set in a fictional 1930's British town and as a homage in style to the tales of Sam Spade, Phillip Marlowe and Mike Hammer.
To find out more about Steve Horsfall and his books, please visit paperbackwriter.weebly.com.
(now on Twitter; @SteveHorsfall)
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February 23, 2014
Love, laughs, and sexy stuff in Lapland, plus lots of adventure
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s undemanding, great fun, with a cast of characters you can’t help liking. Gary Parsons is a bloke-ish character and his relationship with sexy but power-mad workaholic Rosa is on a knife edge. Justin and Fiona are radio presenters who spar with each other, rippling the airwaves with saucy double entendres, but they’re likeable people, their friendship purely platonic.
Cameron is an older guy, down on his luck and working as a store Father Christmas, and passionate about his daughter and grandson in Australia, whom he cannot afford to visit. Dan and Drag, are has-been rock musicians who years ago employed Cameron as their roadie.
These disparate characters come together on a Lapland holiday, which ends up in an astonishing adventure that’s surely encapsulated in the book’s title ‘It’s cold outside’, and the heroes end up in wild arctic conditions, reliant on their own resources.
It’s a lively book, it’s a happy book. Most of all it’s an extremely funny book, and right up until the last page you don’t know how it’s going to end. I can give away that it’s a happy ending, but no more than that, as you really need to read it to find out what happens.
This is a book that’s an easy read, it’s undemanding, and it’s sheer good fun. It’s one of those books that give you a lift: try reading it if you’re feeling depressed – I promise you’ll end up with a smile on your face.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It’s undemanding, great fun, with a cast of characters you can’t help liking. Gary Parsons is a bloke-ish character and his relationship with sexy but power-mad workaholic Rosa is on a knife edge. Justin and Fiona are radio presenters who spar with each other, rippling the airwaves with saucy double entendres, but they’re likeable people, their friendship purely platonic.
Cameron is an older guy, down on his luck and working as a store Father Christmas, and passionate about his daughter and grandson in Australia, whom he cannot afford to visit. Dan and Drag, are has-been rock musicians who years ago employed Cameron as their roadie.
These disparate characters come together on a Lapland holiday, which ends up in an astonishing adventure that’s surely encapsulated in the book’s title ‘It’s cold outside’, and the heroes end up in wild arctic conditions, reliant on their own resources.
It’s a lively book, it’s a happy book. Most of all it’s an extremely funny book, and right up until the last page you don’t know how it’s going to end. I can give away that it’s a happy ending, but no more than that, as you really need to read it to find out what happens.
This is a book that’s an easy read, it’s undemanding, and it’s sheer good fun. It’s one of those books that give you a lift: try reading it if you’re feeling depressed – I promise you’ll end up with a smile on your face.
April 7, 2009
Great stuff! I love Steve Horsfall's characters and there are some nice zany ones here - I should have read it at Xmas though as very seasonal
August 4, 2009
Nice easy going story - a lot of fun
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