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The Bookshop by the Beach

By: J C Williams
Narrated by: Melissa Thom
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Libby Tebbit had absolutely had her fill of big-city life.

So, when presented with the opportunity to take over her gran’s shop, The Bookshop by the Beach, she’d have been crazy to turn it down, right?

Idyllic notions of lazy days by the ocean shore, shooing away the surplus eligible bachelors circling around her like squawking gulls, filled her head. These things were certain to await her, she felt confident, in this next glorious chapter of her life - this wonderful seaside adventure on the Isle of Man.

Only her business acumen was about as useless as her choice in men. Still, nothing ventured nothing gained. And, besides, what’s the worst that could happen?

Well, quite a lot as she’d soon discover. In a relatively short amount of time, a business that’d operated fairly successfully for 40 years was on its knees - and, sadly, Libby’s dance card was also emptier than her bank account.

She wasn’t ready to let go of her dream so easily. Not just yet. All she needed, then, was a plan to turn around the ailing fortunes of The Bookshop by the Beach, and fast!

The feel-good romantic-comedy listen for the summer. If you enjoy Sophie Kinsella or JoJo Moyes, then you'll adore this book.

©2020 J C Williams (P)2020 J C Williams Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Holidays Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Feel-Good Business

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Narrator narrates for children

Williams' books are funny and interesting , those of which I've read, but I'm not sure I'll make it through this one purely because of the narrator. She reads in a tone and inflects (poorly) like she's reading Story Time at an infant school. It's the most irritating and inappropriate style for this book, and let's the author down.
I've had to double or triple check that it isn't a children's or YA book, however the comedy from the author definitely isn't suited to 3-14 year olds. Hopefully I'll make it through in spite of the narrator, because right now I cannot genuinely discern if the story is good or just vapid light-hearted fluff.

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