TOI ET MOI ÇA FAIT SIX

A feminine novel that speaks to modern sensibilities and explores the role of stepmothers in blended families.

DESCRIPTION
Stepmothers get a bad rap. Just think about Cinderella and Snow White... In real life, though, when a woman lets a man who is a father into her life, she must really be in love with him and like kids, right? That's what Amy Lachapelle writes about in this story that's heavily inspired by her own experience. Évelyne Bonenfant, an author, publisher and freelance journalist, embarks on a complicated relationship and takes on the role of a full-time stepmother to four endearing children. It changes her life in every way. For the better.

EXCERPT
When he told me he was a seasoned dad to not one, not two, not three, but four kids, most people would have run a mile. Not me. I wasn't supposed to, believe it or not. When he revealed his quadruple paternity, my heart clenched, enough that it felt like the blood had stopped circulating around my body for a fraction of a second. I think I even felt little pins and needles at the end of my fingers. Could it have been because unknowingly my heart was already a little bit lovestruck when he just came out with this piece of very important information? You really can fall in love in a heartbeat.

Amy Lachapelle is a journalist, columnist and publisher at Les Éditions Z'ailées. She is also a prolific author of youth fiction. To date, she has published 38 novels. You Plus Me Equals Six is her first mass-market novel.