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Michele Gorman
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Meet Britain's worst innkeeper. Single mother and extremely undomestic goddess Lottie has five days to become the ultimate B&B hostess to save her beloved Aunt Kate’s livelihood. When Aunt Kate ends up in the hospital, Lottie and her seven-year-old daughter are called to rural Wales to stand in at the B&B. Without the faintest idea how to run a hotel (she can barely run her own life), Lottie must impress the picky hotel reviewer and his dysfunctional family who are coming to stay over Christmas. Without the rating only he can bestow, Aunt Kate will lose her livelihood. But will Danny, the local taxi driver she hires to help her, really be Santa’s little helper, or is he the Grinch who stole Christmas?
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Lizzie Nichols has a problem, and it isn't that she doesn't have the slightest idea what she's going to do with her life or that she's blowing what should be her down payment on a cute little Manhattan apartment on a trip to London to visit her long-distance boyfriend, Andrew. But what's the point of planning for the future when she's done it again? See, Lizzie can't keep her mouth shut. And it's not just that she can't keep her own secrets, she can't keep anything to herself.
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- By Morgan A. Jackson on 04-16-20
By: Meg Cabot
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Summer at Skylark Farm
- By: Heidi Swain
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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Escape the cold winter nights with Sunday Times top five best seller Heidi Swain's Summer at Skylark Farm! Amber is a city girl at heart. So when her boyfriend, Jake, suggests they move to the countryside to help out at his family farm, she doesn't quite know how to react. But work has been hectic, and she needs a break, so she decides to grasp the opportunity and make the best of it. Dreaming of organic orchards, paddling in streams and frolicking in fields, Amber packs up her things and moves to Skylark Farm. But life is not quite how she imagined....
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Could have been so much better if only ...
- By Julie Belle on 03-22-19
By: Heidi Swain
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Here's Looking at You
- By: Mhairi McFarlane
- Narrated by: Cassandra Harwood
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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The new novel from the bestselling author of You Had Me At Hello. Anna Alessi - history expert, possessor of a lot of hair and an occasionally filthy mouth - seeks nice man for intelligent conversation and Mills & Boon moments. Despite the oddballs that keep turning up on her dates, Anna couldn't be happier. As a 30-something with a job she loves, life has turned out better than she dared dream.
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It Grows On You
- By Sharlotte on 05-24-16
By: Mhairi McFarlane
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Upside Down Inside Out
- By: Monica McInerney
- Narrated by: Melissa Eccleston
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Ever been tempted to pretend you were someone exotic, someone adventurous, someone different? Set in Ireland, England and Australia, this is the funny and heart-warming story of two people whose lives are about to turn upside down and inside out. Eva is off to Australia on a break from her job in a Dublin delicatessen, hoping to forget a fizzled romance and find inspiration for a new career. Joseph is taking a holiday from his stressful London job. Each is on a search for some answers about life.
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The story was slow and whiney.
- By DTA on 08-22-15
By: Monica McInerney
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The Woman Who Stole My Life
- By: Marian Keyes
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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In her own words, Stella Sweeney is just "an ordinary woman living an ordinary life with her husband and two teenage kids", working for her sister in their neighborhood beauty salon. Then one day she is struck by a serious illness that lands her in the hospital for months.
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First Part? Good. Second Part? Ugh!
- By Gillian on 08-31-17
By: Marian Keyes
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The House on Main Street
- Apple Valley, Book 1
- By: Shirlee McCoy
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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Interior designer Tessa McKenzie has built a good life far from her Washington hometown. She intends to get back to it - as soon as she sells the cluttered Victorian house and antiques shop she inherited from her sister, Emily. But leaving Apple Valley a second time won't be so easy. There's her grieving nephew, Alex, to consider. And there's Sheriff Cade Cunningham, the adolescent crush who could easily break her heart again if she let him.
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good story
- By Amanda Palmer on 02-28-20
By: Shirlee McCoy
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Dear Cary
- My Life with Cary Grant
- By: Dyan Cannon
- Narrated by: Dyan Cannon
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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With unparalleled honesty, Dyan Cannon shares the heartwarming and heartbreaking story of her magical romance and stormy marriage to screen legend Cary Grant.He was the ultimate star, defining Hollywood glamour as well as cinematic achievement. She was a bright new actress, beautiful and funny, who would one day prove her talent by being the first woman to receive Academy Award nominations for her work on-screen and behind the camera. When he asked to meet Dyan, she assumed it was for an acting part, but he had a different role in mind for her....
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A Wasted 10 Hours
- By NANCAN on 10-19-12
By: Dyan Cannon
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Christmas at Snowdrop Cottage
- By: Helen J. Rolfe
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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All it takes is a cozy cottage, nostalgia for her family, and the unexpected presence of a tall, handsome man to make Belle realize the true meaning of Christmas.
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Amazing
- By Bonnye Albert on 01-04-20
By: Helen J. Rolfe
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Texas Rich
- By: Fern Michaels
- Narrated by: Erin Yuen
- Length: 25 hrs and 9 mins
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Young Billie Ames naively fell for the exciting pilot Moss Coleman at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II. Within a few months, she was pregnant, married, and traveling across the country to Austin...to the 250,000-acre spread known as Sunbridge and into the tantalizing world of the Texas rich. In a vast land dominated by the industrious Colemans, Billie fights to maintain control of her life and her marriage.
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Awful Southern Accent
- By Tina Peters on 03-24-16
By: Fern Michaels
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You Had Me at Hello
- By: Mhairi McFarlane
- Narrated by: Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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What happens when the one that got away comes back? Find out in this sparkling debut from Mhairi McFarlane. Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart. It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away. They’d been partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on: Ben is married. Rachel is not. Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend.
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Narrator ruins it
- By Sandi P on 09-07-16
By: Mhairi McFarlane
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- Kathy S
- 07-30-21
cute story
nice easy listen. maybe a little predictable but that's ok. enjoyed my afternoon with a project and a book
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- Micahsmimi
- 02-08-21
So fun
This was so surprisingly fun. I found myself laughing out loud at the precocious Mable and the shenanigans of the guests. It was down right funny in places, sweet in others. I enjoyed it.
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- Hannah V
- 12-11-21
Cute
Cute, and I know it’s meant to be short, but I felt like we needed an epilogue to round it out.
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- Gentle Heart
- 12-25-21
Fun read
The story is so cute. It really put a smile on my face. It is an easy listen.
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- js092097
- 12-23-21
Cute Christmas Story
I'm glad I picked this book, I have found a new favorite author! Loved the plot of this book....worst B&B owner ever!😄
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- Say Kay
- 10-18-21
simply delightful
This story is a lighthearted tale of a mother and daughter and their humorous Christmas misadventure. Lots of fun! Gemma Dawson was wonderful.
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- Pam
- 11-06-20
Enjoyable
Sweet, light read. I would be happy if it was the start of a longer book.
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- JHanks
- 08-22-21
Mini Faulty Towers
The plot is preposterous but rather endearing. Glad it was a quick listen. Never could anything like this ever happen.
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- Paris
- 01-22-22
everyone is Indian
The story was cute. The narration was AWFUL. Every adult character had an Indian accent accept for Lottie and Aunt Kate. That was very distracting. I finished the book, but was so glad when it was over. I would listen to this author again, but will avoid this narrator.
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- Cole M Miller
- 04-06-21
The Reluctant Elves
This was such a pleasant book to listen to. The characters were nice, there was no sex, swearing, fighting, and no one died. My son was able to come in the room and I didn’t have to quickly pause the book. It was just a fun book to listen to and I would highly recommend it, especially if you were looking for a book to listen to in one or two days.
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