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Villa of Sun and Secrets
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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**It's never too late to live the dream...
'Unputdownable, a heart-warming story of love, family and friendship in the glorious south of France. What’s not to love!' Lucy Coleman
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- Anonymous User
- 02-01-2023
Great story
Really enjoyed this, narration was good and story had a nice happy ending. Loved the fact it was set in the south of France
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- julee latimer
- 20-05-2022
Wonderful feel good vibe
A beautiful story that was fun to listen to. Narration was excellent and really added to my enjoyment.
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- L Hamilton
- 02-08-2020
Very enjoyable
This is the second book I’ve read/listened to by this author. (The other was Riviera Retreat which was also very good) I really enjoyed the story. Wish I could say that I’ve only ever read about such bitter vindictive characters as the old grandmother sadly some in my immediate family is even worse than she was however the main message in the story I think is one of forgiveness and moving forward and not letting the past ruin the present. Great book. I’m sure I’ll be rereading it at some point.
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- Karen
- 26-11-2021
I liked it
I enjoyed this book - a few twists and turns - and even prompted me to ‘Google map’ where they were doing their day trips. Bring on international travel again - this made me want to jump on a plane to France!
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- suzanne carvell
- 21-01-2022
a devastating effect
Secrets of shame and fear should never be a woman's life, regret is the sadness
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- Brinda
- 27-09-2022
the story dint do much for me
the story is nice. it's an easy to follow story.
the Narrator tried to do a French- English accent, I have no idea why it was so sing-songy! is that how French speak English ( iv never heard it among my friends) after a point it got so annoying.
but the voice impressions and emotions were very nice and I felt the story alot more. so thanks to the narrator for that. .
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- Melbourne Gal
- 13-10-2021
Escapism on the French Riviera
I loved this involved family story set on the French Riviera. It was a perfect feel good escape from a tedious life in lockdown during the covid pandemic.
Jennifer Bohnet threw in just enough French to indulge my passsion for the French language and jogged my memories of travel in the south of France.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-02-2022
Beautiful Story
Secrets kept hidden and twists through to the end
loved it. A great read
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- supriya singh
- 08-05-2022
Great Read
Not the type of novel I would normal listen to. I thoroughly enjoyed it, loved the setting, characters and descriptions of the French Riviera. The narrator was great. I’ll look for further books by this author.
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- Jo
- 02-11-2022
Heartwarming book
Absolutely loved this book! I found myself wanting more as the book went along, to see the cruel lengths that Amelia went to, to punish not only Josette but Carla as well and inflicted pain on others was astonishing. If you’re after a book with heartache, laughter and a HEA then this book is for you. The Narrator done an outstanding job in bringing life to this book. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
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