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  • The Summer House

  • By: Santa Montefiore
  • Narrated by: Tara Ward
  • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (299 ratings)
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The Summer House

By: Santa Montefiore
Narrated by: Tara Ward
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Summary

When her husband dies in a tragic accident, Antoinette's world falls apart. He was her rock and the man she thought she knew better than she knew herself. But as she arrives at the church for George's funeral, she sees an unfamiliar woman. Phaedra loved George too, and could not bear to stay away from his funeral. As she sits before his wife, she knows that what she is about to reveal will change their lives forever….

©2012 Santa Montefiore (P)2012 W F Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"I couldn’t put this book down." (Julian Fellows, creator of Downton Abbey)
"Now is the perfect time to read this gripping romance...It is as believable as the writing is beautiful." ( Daily Telegraph)

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Delightful

Sometimes it is lovely to get lost in a delightful love story, this book is enchanting.

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A great plot

Overall The Summer House was a good plot and well delivered and Santa Montefiore never fails in intrigue. However, I did find this book rather slow and kept wanting it to speed up as it was rather obvious but took quite a time to get there.

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Sorry to leave the characters

A lovely easy listen . Just nice to relax without having to think too much ! Despite this the story had twists which kept the interest . Perhaps a little rushed at the end but nice listen nevertheless. Was sorry to say goodbye to the family ... could there be Frampton sequel 😃

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fabulous book

absolutely brilliant. The narration was faultless. one of my favourite authors. Couldn't turn it off

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wonderful

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This is one of my favourite stories and I will definitely listen to it again

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Tata read this story very well with a lot of feeling

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Lovely story.

Lovely story with with an unexpected twist. I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was very well narrated.

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A great....

storyline with some lovely characters and antics within the book. The narrator was good at using different voices for the characters.

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Excellent book

Loved the story really enjoyed.
Did not like the male voices though,otherwise very good.

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I enjoyed this book

Narrator was good, lovely bedtime story, family saga, easy to imagine, easy to follow, worth the listen.

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easy listening

nice and gentle story with loveable characters. Would reccommend this book. narrated with a nice voice.

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