Forbidden Fruit

Corinna Chapman owner of the bakery Earthly Delights detests Christmas. The shoppers are frantic and the heat oppressive in Melbourne Australia where Christmas is a summer festival. Corinna is a perfect size 20 with a genius for baking bread. And while dreaming of air-conditioned comfort she finds herself dealing with a rose-addicted donkey named Serena a maniacal mother with staring eyes a distracted assistant seeking the definitive glacé cherry recipe her friend the fearless witch Meroe and the luscious Daniel with whom she would like to spend a lot more time. But Daniel is on the track of two runaways Brigid and Manny. Their Romeo-and-Juliet romance is not as straightforward as it seems and the pair will go a long way to avoid being found. With the help of a troupe of free-spirited ''''''''freegans'''''''' three very clever internet hackers and a bunch of singing vegans Corinna and Daniel go head-to-head with a sinister religious cult on a mission and a band of Romanies out for revenge in a wild and wonderful chase against the clock.