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An Ideal Husband
- By: Erica James
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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After 30 years of marriage, and a wonderful family Christmas, Louisa is stunned when husband Kip asks for a divorce on Boxing Day. He’d never seemed unhappy – and they’ve raised three children together....
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It was ok
- By Mrs D on 03-05-24
By: Erica James
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One Long Weekend
- By: Shari Low
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Val Murray has mislaid her most precious mementoes of the people she’s loved and lost. Can her family, the wonders of technology and a little divine intervention somehow mend her shattered heart?
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Beautifully written.
- By miss deborah allan on 06-05-24
By: Shari Low
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The Revenge Club
- By: Kathy Lette
- Narrated by: Kathy Lette
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the top of their game; so imagine their surprise when they start to be personally overlooked and professionally pushed aside by less-qualified men.
By: Kathy Lette
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Finding Friends at the Cornish Country Hospital
- The Cornish Country Hospital, Book 2
- By: Jo Bartlett
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Esther Hamilton, is finally finding her feet after her split with her horrible ex, and is looking forward to her new single life. She has a job she loves in the busy Accident and Emergency department, a new home and for the first time ever, a chance to just have fun with her good friends.
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Another lovely story!
- By Rachel on 06-05-24
By: Jo Bartlett
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Welcome to the Cornish Country Hospital
- The Cornish Country Hospital, Book 1
- By: Jo Bartlett
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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When Danni Carter moves to Cornwall from London, she hopes it will be the fresh start she so desperately needs. She’s nervous, but hopefully the change of scene will help her to finally forget her feelings for Lucas Newman, a man she can never be with....
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The way it was written !
- By Carol on 04-05-24
By: Jo Bartlett
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The Last List of Mabel Beaumont
- By: Laura Pearson
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar’. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always’. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still left her a list. This one has just one item on it though....
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Heartache, loss, love and life
- By Amazon Customer on 08-12-23
By: Laura Pearson
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An Ideal Husband
- By: Erica James
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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After 30 years of marriage, and a wonderful family Christmas, Louisa is stunned when husband Kip asks for a divorce on Boxing Day. He’d never seemed unhappy – and they’ve raised three children together....
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It was ok
- By Mrs D on 03-05-24
By: Erica James
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One Long Weekend
- By: Shari Low
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Val Murray has mislaid her most precious mementoes of the people she’s loved and lost. Can her family, the wonders of technology and a little divine intervention somehow mend her shattered heart?
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Beautifully written.
- By miss deborah allan on 06-05-24
By: Shari Low
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The Revenge Club
- By: Kathy Lette
- Narrated by: Kathy Lette
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Matilda, Jo, Penny and Cressy are all women at the top of their game; so imagine their surprise when they start to be personally overlooked and professionally pushed aside by less-qualified men.
By: Kathy Lette
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Finding Friends at the Cornish Country Hospital
- The Cornish Country Hospital, Book 2
- By: Jo Bartlett
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Esther Hamilton, is finally finding her feet after her split with her horrible ex, and is looking forward to her new single life. She has a job she loves in the busy Accident and Emergency department, a new home and for the first time ever, a chance to just have fun with her good friends.
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Another lovely story!
- By Rachel on 06-05-24
By: Jo Bartlett
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Welcome to the Cornish Country Hospital
- The Cornish Country Hospital, Book 1
- By: Jo Bartlett
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Performance
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When Danni Carter moves to Cornwall from London, she hopes it will be the fresh start she so desperately needs. She’s nervous, but hopefully the change of scene will help her to finally forget her feelings for Lucas Newman, a man she can never be with....
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The way it was written !
- By Carol on 04-05-24
By: Jo Bartlett
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The Last List of Mabel Beaumont
- By: Laura Pearson
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar’. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always’. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still left her a list. This one has just one item on it though....
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Heartache, loss, love and life
- By Amazon Customer on 08-12-23
By: Laura Pearson
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Thrown
- By: Sara Cox
- Narrated by: Sara Cox
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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The inhabitants of the Inventor's Housing Estate keep themselves to themselves. There are the friendly 'Hellos' when commutes coincide and the odd cheeky eye roll when the wine bottles clank in number seven's wheelie bin, but it's not exactly Ramsay Street....
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I wish authors would use narrators
- By lynnect on 18-05-22
By: Sara Cox
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Stuck on You
- By: Portia MacIntosh
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Sadie doesn't have time for finding love. But when she strikes up an unusual friendship with her desk share buddy, she finds a confidante and a new potential love interest....
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absolutely wonderful
- By Dumetella on 04-01-21
By: Portia MacIntosh
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The Start of Something Wonderful
- Escape to the Lakes, Book 1
- By: Jessica Redland
- Narrated by: Rebecca Norfolk
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Autumn Laine has lost her creative sparkle. After losing her grandad and her job as an illustrator in quick succession, she is at a crossroads in life and needs a break....
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Another masterpiece
- By Angela on 29-07-23
By: Jessica Redland
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The Lucky Penny
- By: Dilly Court
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Clinging tightly to the penny in her palm, Flora’s fortune was about to change… Flora is forever grateful for the day the Stewart family rescued her from her life of poverty on London’s streets. Adopted as one of their own, she shed her rags and was finally given a place to call home....
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Couldn't stop listening to it. Amazing
- By osteo1 on 10-01-24
By: Dilly Court
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Love Blooms at Mermaids Point
- Mermaids Point, Book 4
- By: Sarah Bennett
- Narrated by: Annabelle Indge
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Best-selling author Alex Nelson is slowly coming apart at the seams after a failed marriage and an abrupt change in career leave him at a crossroads in life....
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Fantastic
- By Sadams on 03-11-22
By: Sarah Bennett
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One Good Thing
- By: Alexandra Potter
- Narrated by: Margaret Cabourn-Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything....
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One Good Thing
- By Sometimes it's a Zebra 🦓 on 14-05-23
By: Alexandra Potter
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A Breath of Fresh Air
- Escape to the Lakes, Book 2
- By: Jessica Redland
- Narrated by: Rebecca Norfolk
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Rosie loves her job as the manager of Willowdale Hall Riding Stables, caring for the horses and teaching children to ride, and she loves the home she shares with her mother in the beautiful Lake District. But she can't help wondering how her life might look if things had been different....
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Enjoyable 2 nd part
- By dk.bookworm on 11-01-24
By: Jessica Redland
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A Leap of Faith for the Cornish Midwife
- The Cornish Midwife, Book 5
- By: Jo Bartlett
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Midwife Izzy is devastated to learn that her beloved grandmother is dying. Abandoned as a baby by her own mother, her grandparents have been the only family Izzy has ever known and she wants to spend every last precious moment with them....
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The narrator's voice was annoyingly childish
- By Mrs Joan Holmshaw on 23-01-23
By: Jo Bartlett
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The Girls from Sandycove
- By: Sian O'Gorman
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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A mother and daughter adrift, a friend in need, and a village to really call home....
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I want to move to Sandicove
- By kf on 04-05-24
By: Sian O'Gorman
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Why Mummy Drinks on Holiday
- Why Mummy, Book 6
- By: Gill Sims
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Ellen Russell embarks on the Ultimate Summer —two whole months without the stifling confines of work drudgery, school runs, or juggling the household's never-ending demands. This year promises the idyllic, laughter-filled summer of her dreams with her best friend, Hannah, and their Precious Moppets.
By: Gill Sims
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Family Secrets at Hedgehog Hollow
- Hedgehog Hollow, Book 3
- By: Jessica Redland
- Narrated by: Emma Swan, Lucy Brownhill
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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It was always Samantha's dream to run her beautiful rescue centre, Hedgehog Hollow, full-time. But just as her wish comes true, she becomes a victim of her own kindness when she finds herself with a house full of guests looking to her for support....
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FRUSTRATING
- By Amazon Customer on 08-09-21
By: Jessica Redland
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When God Was a Rabbit
- By: Sarah Winman
- Narrated by: Sarah Winman
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Young Elly's world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips; an ageing fop who tapdances his way into her home, a Shirley Bassey impersonator who trails close behind; lastly, of course, a rabbit called God....
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Beautifully written
- By Brogan C. on 18-12-23
By: Sarah Winman
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What Next?
- By: Shari Low
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Two weeks, four friends and one big bucket list of secrets to unravel....
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Heartwarming
- By A M E Wallen on 02-05-24
By: Shari Low
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Living the Dream at Puddleduck Farm
- Puddleduck Farm, Book 4
- By: Della Galton
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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When an ex’s heartbreak stirs up some emotions from the past, Phoebe realises she must deal with some unfinished business. It would seem a miracle is needed to pull off a happy ending for everyone.
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very good
- By suey 41 on 28-03-24
By: Della Galton
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A Glasgow Kiss
- By: Sophie Gravia
- Narrated by: Keira Lucchesi
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Meet Zara Smith: 29, single and muddling her way through life as a trainee nurse in Glasgow. With 30 fast approaching, she's determined to do whatever it takes to find love - or at least someone to sext....
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Fun, Filthy and FABULOUS
- By Toni Black on 12-06-21
By: Sophie Gravia
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Firefly Lane
- A Novel
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend....
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Anyone for seriously good cake?
- By Lyndall on 06-08-08
By: Kristin Hannah
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Frank and Red
- By: Matt Coyne
- Narrated by: James Killeen
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Frank is a miserable old curmudgeon. An agoraphobic recluse and widower whose only company is the 'ghost' of his wife, Marcie. He is estranged from friends and family and is entirely cut off from the rest of the world. That is until he meets Red....
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Incredibly touching, without being saccharine
- By Abigail Williamson on 01-05-24
By: Matt Coyne
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Promise Me
- By: Jill Mansell
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Lou is reeling from a triple whammy of shocks that have left her loveless, jobless and almost homeless. Staying for a night with an old friend in the Cotswold village of Foxwell, she lends a helping hand to a spectacularly ungrateful older man....
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Awful
- By MS Wheeler on 22-01-23
By: Jill Mansell
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One Year After You
- By: Shari Low
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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One year ago today, Tress Walker’s husband was killed in a car accident, on a trip with his secret mistress whilst Tress gave birth to their son. But as time moves on, Tress has to choose whether to protect her fragile heart or open it to love again....
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Brilliant
- By Annie on 29-01-24
By: Shari Low
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Spring Tides at the Starfish Café
- The Starfish Café, Book 2
- By: Jessica Redland
- Narrated by: Lucy Brownhill, Polly Edsell
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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As winter turns to spring, Hollie is feeling content as she settles into her new life with her loving boyfriend, Jake, and their adorable dog Pickle. But when an unwelcome visitor threatens the future of her café, Hollie must stay strong to protect her family's legacy....
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Brilliant!
- By LJ Knox on 06-04-22
By: Jessica Redland
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Behind the Guns
- Army Girls, Book 3
- By: Fenella J Miller
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Having done her duty as an ATS girl, Lance Corporal Ruth Cox is moving on to new challenges and has signed up to work as a gunner girl, helping to keep the skies clear of enemy planes and safe for our brave boys in blue....
By: Fenella J Miller
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A Spring Affair
- The Four Seasons
- By: Milly Johnson
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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When Lou Winterpicks up a dog-eared magazine in the dentist's waiting room and spots an article about clearing clutter, she little realises how it will change her life. What begins as an earnest spring clean soon spirals out of control....
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I feel absolutely cheated
- By jayney on 03-06-21
By: Milly Johnson
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A Secret Garden Affair
- By: Erica James
- Narrated by: Laura Aikman
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Another heartbreaking but glorious tale of secrets and love from the Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James....
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Lovely story
- By V V. on 10-05-23
By: Erica James
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Ex in the City
- By: Portia MacIntosh
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Ten years ago when she was living the rock star lifestyle as a music journalist - touring the country, going to gigs and hanging out with celebrities - she never thought she would end up living an uneventful life in suburbia, in a relationship that is well past its sell-by date.
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Excellent Book
- By Amazon Customer on 19-04-24
By: Portia MacIntosh
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The Paris Daughter
- Two Mothers. Two Daughters. Two Families Torn Apart
- By: Kristin Harmel
- Narrated by: Kristin Harmel, Madeleine Maby
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Paris, 1939. Elise and Juliette are certain nothing can come between them. So, when war breaks out and Elise is forced to flee, she entrusts Juliette with her daughter, playmate to Juliette's own little girl. More than a year later, with the war finally ending, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friend's bookstore reduced to rubble - and Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to Mathilde in those last terrible moments?
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Lee knows she’s the best. A professor favorite and fellowship winner, there’s no doubt she’ll land one of the coveted jobs at a Big Five corporation. So when, upon graduating, Lee is instead assigned to an unknown company in the dead city of New York, her life goals are completely upended. In this new role, Lee’s task is to gather enough research to train an AI how to be a friend. She begins online and by studying the social circle of her clueless, outgoing roommate Veronika.
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It’s June 2021, and three old college friends are heading to New England and the twenty-fifth reunion that was delayed the year before. Hope, a stay-at-home mom, is desperate for a return to her beloved campus, a reprieve from her tense marriage, and the stresses of pandemic parenting. Adam is hesitant to leave his bucolic but secluded life with his wife and their young sons. Single mother Polly hasn’t been back to campus in more than twenty years and has no interest in returning—but changes her mind when her struggling teenage son suggests a road trip.
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The Cursed Friend
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It is 1936 in the small Italian city of Monza. On the pebbled bank of the Lambro, two frantic girls scramble to hide a body. A year earlier, Maddalena attracts stares everywhere she goes. ‘The Cursed One’, they whisper, as tales of the harm she’s inflicted upon those that have crossed her ignite fear and scorn amongst the townspeople. Francesca is not scared like the others. Respectable, well-behaved and yearning for a life beyond provincial conformity, she is drawn to Maddalena’s rebellious spirit.
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Paris, 1939. Elise and Juliette are certain nothing can come between them. So, when war breaks out and Elise is forced to flee, she entrusts Juliette with her daughter, playmate to Juliette's own little girl. More than a year later, with the war finally ending, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friend's bookstore reduced to rubble - and Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to Mathilde in those last terrible moments?
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Earlier this year, Autumn’s life looked great: she had a great relationship with her brilliant teenage daughter Chloe and from September she was all set to be Deputy Head at the London school where she works. And with a pay rise on the cards, she was excited for her and her long-term boyfriend Marc to buy their first home. But Autumn’s barely opened the estate agent's website when Marc vanishes with half their savings, leaving her no choice but to move into grandma’s rural home in Kent. And things go from bad to worse when Autumn is involved in an accident during the move.
By: Phoebe MacLeod
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Loneliness & Company
- By: Charlee Dyroff
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Lee knows she’s the best. A professor favorite and fellowship winner, there’s no doubt she’ll land one of the coveted jobs at a Big Five corporation. So when, upon graduating, Lee is instead assigned to an unknown company in the dead city of New York, her life goals are completely upended. In this new role, Lee’s task is to gather enough research to train an AI how to be a friend. She begins online and by studying the social circle of her clueless, outgoing roommate Veronika.
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It’s June 2021, and three old college friends are heading to New England and the twenty-fifth reunion that was delayed the year before. Hope, a stay-at-home mom, is desperate for a return to her beloved campus, a reprieve from her tense marriage, and the stresses of pandemic parenting. Adam is hesitant to leave his bucolic but secluded life with his wife and their young sons. Single mother Polly hasn’t been back to campus in more than twenty years and has no interest in returning—but changes her mind when her struggling teenage son suggests a road trip.
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The Cursed Friend
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It is 1936 in the small Italian city of Monza. On the pebbled bank of the Lambro, two frantic girls scramble to hide a body. A year earlier, Maddalena attracts stares everywhere she goes. ‘The Cursed One’, they whisper, as tales of the harm she’s inflicted upon those that have crossed her ignite fear and scorn amongst the townspeople. Francesca is not scared like the others. Respectable, well-behaved and yearning for a life beyond provincial conformity, she is drawn to Maddalena’s rebellious spirit.
By: Beatrice Salvioni, and others
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The Best Life Book Club
- By: Sheila Roberts
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
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Karissa Newcomb is ready for a new start in a new neighborhood, as far away as she can get from Seattle, where her husband cheated on her with the neighbor who was supposed to be her best friend. She and her nine-year-old daughter are moving on to the city of Gig Harbor on the bay in Puget Sound. She even has a new job as an assistant at a small publishing company right in Gig Harbor. Her new boss seems like a bit of a curmudgeon, but a job is a job, she loves to read, and the idea of possibly meeting writers sounds fabulous.
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The Queen of Steeplechase Park
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Pregnant at fifteen after gleefully losing her virginity to pansexual neighborhood strongman Francis Anthony Mozzarelli, she is robbed of her baby by a pack of nefarious nuns and her embittered papa has her sterilized without her consent (legal in 1935). With the help of a besotted Francis and her top-secret meatball recipe, a devastated Bella embarks on a riotous quest through Depression-era Coney Island sideshows, the tawdry world of peek-a-boo striptease routines, a queer mob marriage, and a tasty collection of wisdom-filled recipes to find her lost child, herself, and maybe even true love.
By: David Ciminello
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Some Doubt About It
- A Novel
- By: Marion McNabb
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Caroline Beckett is living the dream. A self-help guru with a glamorous clientele and a marriage to a handsome photographer, she’s proof women really can have it all. But one night leaves Caroline reeling, forcing her to reconsider everything she thought she knew about her life—and what (if any) business she has teaching anyone how to live theirs.
By: Marion McNabb
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Behind the Guns
- Army Girls, Book 3
- By: Fenella J Miller
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Having done her duty as an ATS girl, Lance Corporal Ruth Cox is moving on to new challenges and has signed up to work as a gunner girl, helping to keep the skies clear of enemy planes and safe for our brave boys in blue. But on the way to her new barracks, Ruth meets handsome Sargeant Sam Johnson. Ruth isn’t looking for romance, and she knows she has a dangerous job ahead, but there is a connection between her and Sam that she can’t deny.
By: Fenella J Miller
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My Sister...My Sinner
- A Korean-American Thriller
- By: Duncan James
- Narrated by: Heather Kay Ling
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Mina is a professional pickpocket and thief for a huge South Korean conglomerate (chaebol) into which she was born. Having brought great shame to the chaebol as a teenager, she is obligated to work as a criminal for them. This chaebol is also a crime syndicate. She desperately wants out of her dangerous and depressing existence. She sees a ray of hope in the character of Sienna who is the complete opposite to her. She becomes obsessed with Sienna to the point she complicates things on a truly horrific scale.
By: Duncan James
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Enlightenment
- By: Sarah Perry
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits - torn between their commitment to religion and their desire for more. But their friendship is threatened by the arrival of romantic love. Thomas falls for James Bower, who runs the local museum. Together they develop an obsession with the vanished nineteenth-century astronomer said to haunt a nearby manor, and whose identity might finally be revealed when a startling discovery is made.
By: Sarah Perry
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When We Were Silent
- By: Fiona McPhillips
- Narrated by: India Mullen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Lou Manson is an outsider when she joins the final-year class at Highfield Manor, Dublin’s most exclusive private school. Beyond the granite pillars and the wrought-iron gates is a world of wealth, privilege and potential. But Highfield is also hiding a dark secret – and Lou is here to expose it. When Lou befriends the beautiful and talented Shauna Power, her plans are thrown into turmoil. Speaking out against the school would mean betraying Shauna, and Lou soon discovers that the Highfield elite will go to any lengths to protect their own reputation…even when the consequences are fatal.
By: Fiona McPhillips
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One Long Weekend
- By: Shari Low
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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When all seems lost, hope remains...Val Murray has mislaid her most precious mementoes of the people she’s loved and lost. Can her family, the wonders of technology and a little divine intervention somehow mend her shattered heart? Sophie Smith had to take a rain check on a marriage proposal. Will her bid to turn back the clock lead her to her greatest love or yet another heartbreak?
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Beautifully written.
- By miss deborah allan on 06-05-24
By: Shari Low
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The Codger and the Sparrow
- By: Scott Semegran
- Narrated by: Brian P. Craig
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Hank O'Sullivan, a sixty-five-year-old widower, lives a routine life, nursing his loneliness with cocktails at his favorite local bar in Austin, Texas. After a parking lot brawl lands him in jail, a judge sentences Hank to community service, picking up trash along the highway alongside a sixteen-year-old troublemaker, Luis Delgado. Luis has remarkable artistic abilities, but his penchant for sneaking out late at night and trespassing onto rooftops lands him on the same road crew as Hank.
By: Scott Semegran
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Annie in Paris
- Annie Valentine, Book 7
- By: Carmen Reid
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Personal shopper Annie Valentine is back! Older and bolder! Fashion guru Annie is struggling to cope with her hectic life. With the demands of two older children, plus four-year-old twins, her marriage to Ed is in a romance-free rut and she’s clinging by a couture thread to her job as the nation’s favourite fashion fixer. And where is Svetlana, her multi-millionaire friend, when Annie needs her? Busy with an expensive mid-life crisis, that's where!
By: Carmen Reid
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The Museum of Lost Quilts
- An Elm Creek Quilts Novel
- By: Jennifer Chiaverini
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master’s degree in history at the University of Chicago. Her unexpected return home to the celebrated quilter’s retreat is met with delight but also concern from her mother, Gwen; her best friend, Sarah; master quilter Sylvia; and her other colleagues—and rightly so. Stymied by writer’s block, Summer hasn’t finished her thesis, and she can’t graduate until she does. vElm Creek Manor offers respite while Summer struggles to meet her extended deadline.
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The Supper Club
- By: Sophie King
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Lucy's infamous dinner parties were always the talk of the town, but after her husband's death, they've become few and far between. When she gets engaged to her new fiancé, Mike, she decides what better way to introduce him to her friends than by reinstating their supper club. But a lot has changed in the last six years. Lucy's best friend, Maggie, must face sitting at the dinner table with her husband's new model girlfriend in tow. Now a mother, so much of Chrissie's life revolves around changing nappies and mindless baby TV that she worries if she'll still be good company.
By: Sophie King
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Joshua's Tree
- By: Leah Martin
- Narrated by: Aimee Little
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Joshua is fighting for his life after jumping into a dangerously cold river to rescue some kids from a school bus accident. His sister is sitting vigil by his side at the hospital and slips into slumber, dreaming of their childhood and how they got there. The siblings are inseparable growing up in a rural farming town, together with their best friend, Jude, who faces a dismal future thanks to his alcoholic single father. When the family moves to Africa, they are met with both adventure and danger in a new and fascinating world that changes them forever.
By: Leah Martin