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The Wrong Mother

By: Charlotte Duckworth
Narrated by: Harrie Dobby, Patience Tomlinson
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Summary

One mother on the run.

A safe place to hide.

But you can't escape the past forever...

Faye is 39 and single. She's terrified she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child of her own.

Then she discovers a co-parenting app: Acorns. For men and women who want to have a baby, but don't want to do it alone. When she meets Louis through it, it feels as though the fates have aligned.

But just one year later, Faye is on the run from Louis, with baby Jake in tow. In desperate need of a new place to live, she contacts Rachel, who's renting out a room in her remote Norfolk cottage. It's all Faye can afford - and surely she'll be safe from Louis there?

But is Rachel the benevolent landlady she pretends to be? Or does she have a secret of her own?

©2022 Charlotte Duckworth (P)2022 Quercus Editions Limited
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"Smart, compulsively readable and with an end you won't see coming." (Woman & Home)

"Surprising and original." (Lesley Kara)

"A real thrill ride." (Heat)

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Very good book 👍

Worth a credit definitely. Strong characters, great story, picks up pace the further on you listen. Narration good apart from Fiona who isn't Fiona but that doesn't spoil it too much as she only takes up a small amount of time overall

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Different and intriguing

This book is definitely worth a listen.
Nicely told from the perspective of two main characters.
Well done!

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Gripping story

Amazing plot, unpredictable and capturing from start to finish 10 out of 10 . Highly recommend

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Absolutely BRILLIANT!💯🤗👏🏽BOTH narrator’s AMAZING💯💯👏🏽

Wow this wasn’t what i was expecting 😱 it’s absolutely BRILLIANT! Both narrator’s were PERFECT AND BRILLIANT 💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 i was hooked from the start and couldn’t get enough! It’s one you definitely can’t stop listening to! HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND 💯💯💯 Thank you Charlotte for an AMAZING story 🤗💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 and Thank you to Harrie and Patience for your AMAZING narration 💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thank you audible for another AMAZING book🤗 If you are thinking of getting this, then GO FOR IT, you won’t be disappointed!!🤗💯💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽♥️♥️♥️xxx

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Good & Well Crafted

I enjoyed this story. Well crafted and interesting. The only thing that grated a little was the Norfolk Rachel’s narrator.. but hey.. apart from that I liked it

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Another excellent book from Charlotte Duckworth

This was suspense from the beginning to the end, really enjoyable and clever - highly recommend it

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The story was not bad at all,however for me the narration ruined it,particularly the voice of Faye/Fiona everything about her irritated me.

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Very good listen

I didn't want to stop listening. Great performance from both writer and narrator. Definitely recommend!

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Excellent!

Nearly gave up at first but it got better and couldn’t stop listening. Would highly recommend.
Different and intriguing.
Narrator brilliant!!

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This was not for me.

I found most of it predictable and found the narration difficult . I had to jump chapters just to get to the end. It stared out promising but got irritated by the characters but that’s just me. Others have loved it.

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