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Second First Impressions

by the author of TikTok phenomenon THE HATING GAME

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Second First Impressions

By: Sally Thorne
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
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 From the bestselling Australian author of The Hating Game comes the clever, funny and unforgettable story of a muscular, tattooed man hired as an assistant to two elderly women - under the watchful eye of a beautiful retirement home manager

Distraction (n): Something that turns your attention away from something you want to concentrate on. See: Teddy Prescott.

Ruthie Midona is twenty-four (going on ninety-four) and fully committed to her job at a luxury retirement village. Keeping herself busy caring for the eccentric residents means that Ruthie can safely ignore her own life - what little there is of it.

Teddy Prescott is practically allergic to a hard day's work. When he rocks up as the retirement village's newest employee, Ruthie is less than impressed. The last thing she needs is a distraction as irritating (and handsome) as this selfish rich kid.

Lucky for Ruthie, her favourite pair of mischievous residents need a new assistant to torture . . . so she hands over Teddy, ready for them to send him running.

Except Teddy may be about to surprise her - not just by surviving the old women's antics, but by charming Ruthie so much, she starts to remember that there's more to life than work . . . Could Teddy be far more than simply an unwelcome distraction?

'I inhaled Second First Impressions - I had to force myself to slow down because I didn't want it to end. It's a truly adorable, heart-warming, swoon-worthy love story. A book hasn't given me the warm-fuzzies like this for a very long time' BETH O'LEARY, author of The Flatshare

'The warmest, coziest, sweetest book of the year, an absolutely perfect blend of humour and heart' EMILY HENRY, author of Beach Read

'A hilarious and cute romcom set in a retirement village with the quirkiest, most likeable heroine ever' ALLIE REYNOLDS, author of Shiver

'After a sweet, funny and heartwarming love story, then look no further' FIONA PALMER, author of Secrets Between Friends Contemporary Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Contemporary Romance Funny
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very predictable storyline
easy listening
drawn out events all to be wrapped up in the last chapter

Predictable

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So underwhelmed. No chemistry between the main characters and weak story. Sorry but a waste of time and money

HoHum

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A beautiful story. making me smile and want to keep listening. I so hope I can be the mischievous old lady!

pure young love

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2 very cute and flawed main characters which makes the narrative endearing. The world around them is equally if not more so. A cute and wholesome concept with quality narration.

Warm Fuzzies

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Far too many positives to list. Both narrator and story were cute, romantic and funny.

Putting this into my favourites list.

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