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It Started with a Kiss
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Can two strangers' dreams lead to their destiny?
American Star Mendoza is living in her dream location, Edinburgh, a place she discovered in British novels while growing up.
Employed at a trendy city centre coffee shop, quirky, pink-haired Star spends her days fantasising about a handsome businessman she serves daily.
He's totally out of her league, but a girl can dream, right?
Fin Hunter is exhausted from striving for his father's elusive love and approval and of following a life path of his family’s making.
When things go drastically wrong, Fin decides it’s time to stand on his own two feet and follow his own dream.
Star is bereft when her handsome stranger stops coming to her coffee shop, but a chance encounter in the most unlikely of places leaves her wondering if her fantasy could now become a reality?
Can opposites attract over their love of a city and music, or is their story simply doomed to fail?
This book was previously published as Star Attraction.
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- 02-05-2022
Brilliant
This was a such great story.
Star and Fin are really likeable characters complete with flaws and imperfections.
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