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  • When She Thaws

  • By: Lily Craig
  • Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
  • Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (118 ratings)

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When She Thaws

By: Lily Craig
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
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Publisher's summary

Sadie Powell is going on an adventure. After her beloved mother has a health scare, Sadie decides it's finally time to see the world. So, Sadie crosses the Atlantic to work as an au pair for a year. Austria's supposed to be nice: chocolate, beer, and scenic mountain ranges beckon. She'll figure out teaching and living with an Austrian family along the way.

Inga Weber trusts only herself. Ever since her husband of twenty years left her for an Instagram model, Inga's opted to homeschool her three children. Better keep them close so they can't get hurt. Except it turns out it's hard to keep an au pair on staff when Inga's expectations tower higher than the Alps. Exercises, punctuality, and rigor grind down even the best candidates.

When Sadie arrives at Inga's doorstep, her fate seems clear. She'll be sacked like the rest of them, inadequate in the face of precise demands. Except something about Sadie's warm smile and caring green eyes makes Inga falter. Though the two diverge in their approaches to life, maybe this time, it's different.

Maybe this time, Inga's met someone who can melt her frozen heart.

Contains mature themes.

©2019 Lily Craig (P)2020 Tantor
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It was good but had potential to be great! (In my opinion)

I loved this book but the story was a bit slow. There was not much for excitement except for the more intimate parts. The story itself was a really good breath of fresh air though. It was nice to have a story line with two women instead of a typical hetero love story. I loved it. I do not read much romance as it’s usually very boring to me. This story was good and subtle, but I do think this same story could have been just a bit longer with more exciting story to it.

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BEAUTIFUL!!!

Wow, what great romance story! The characters were good and the narrator brought the this wonderful writing to life!! I am pleased with this first experience reading anything from Lily Craig, now I am seeking out all of her other books!

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So unexpectedly good.

Entertaining precisely written story that is so unexpectedly good; read by a well coupled narrator. I have enjoyed this story several times and will continue to do so.

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Austia Ice

G. Zackman voice can make turn into jello but words in this book comes alive in this story.

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Refreshing

Grateful this story avoided the typical melodrama that is so often found in this genre (near lifelong misunderstandings, prolonged denial of feelings, over the top ice queen and other contrived angst). Enjoyed the unfolding of the romantic relationship between the main characters as well as the evolution of the familial characters. There is also very little self-loathing and martyrdom proving it is totally okay to present characters who evolve, accept and embrace good fortune without a knock-down, drag out fight. Narration is also well done.

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The Narrator is really fantastic.

This was a real surprise, I lived in Germany for many years and the color in the book is fantastic. By color I mean the background creation, the accents the ambiance are all perfect. The story rolled out well and was well read, with excellent accents and creative voices. I loved it.

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Enjoyable

Nice love story with low angst. Narrator was excellent… older MC was sexy as hell. 😊

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WOW

This was a wonderful book romantic hopeful excellently developed characters. With the right narrator. Loved it.

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Beautifully Written. Narrated Brilliantly.

A wonderfully exquisite and emotional journey. Lily Craig avoids all the cliche'd tropes that stifle most sapphic stories and delivers thoughtful and intelligent writing. Gabra Zackman's narration draws the reader in and expertly captures each scene and emotion perfectly. A wonderful book that I'm pleased to add to my library. Well done!

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Beautiful Growing Pains with Lots of Love and Spice

Don’t be put off by the title. This is both a family story and a spicy romance! Hard to imagine carrying that off but the author does so with insight into both adult and child/teen souls. The narration and accents are wonderful. My only criticism is there was no prologue and I felt my HEA was a bit shaky. So without spoiler alerts, I will tell you that our heroine’s mom comes at Christmas, cooks for the family and begins visiting the farmer’s market every day. She becomes “Oma” (German for grandmother) to the family, falls in love with a French chef who has a popular booth at the market and a daughter who married an Austrian. Our heroine teaches English as a career, while honing her skills and becomes a famous artist. Our ice queen proposes to teach ur heroine when some business is official. Oma and her chef love cater the wedding and he proposes. Everyone loves each other! The ex leave town on an “eat, pray, love” thing, starts wearing robes and posts a lot of chanting rituals. I feel better now!

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