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Narrated by:
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Emily Sutton-Smith
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By:
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LaVyrle Spencer
About this listen
Shattered by the loss of her husband, Maggie struggled each day to put her grief behind her. To be there for her teenaged daughter. And to face life again. When she returned to her Wisconsin hometown, she never expected to feel a spark of longing for her old high school sweetheart.
Eric's marriage to a career-driven woman had left him childless and unhappy - he knew there had to be more to life than always wanting what you couldn't have. Seeing Maggie again filled him with hope. Maybe the answer to his dreams had just come to town.
Their memory of young love blossomed into an affair that would shake both of their lives - and would challenge everything they believed about loving each other. Could they follow a dream from the past? Or had they missed the chance of a lifetime?
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Samantha Owens' estranged stepfather has died, leaving her his cottage in Nantucket - a place she fled years ago, never planning to return. As a single mom, Samantha can't afford to pass up a financial windfall like oceanfront property. So she travels home to fix up the house and sell it...never suspecting that Landon Reed still lives two doors down. As their long-dormant romance begins to bud again, Samantha must face a past that separated her from the God of her childhood. And she must tell Landon why she fled the island in the first place - a secret that could tear them apart.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
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By: Denise Hunter
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All Manner of Things
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- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
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- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 56
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When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of paper with the address of their long-estranged father. If anything should happen to him in Vietnam, Mike says, Annie must let their father know. In Mike's absence, their father returns to face tragedy at home, adding an extra measure of complication to an already tense time. As they work toward healing and pray fervently for Mike's safety overseas, letter by letter the Jacobsons must find a way to pull together as a family, regardless of past hurts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Real fiction
- By Katijanae on 01-19-23
By: Susie Finkbeiner
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Ruthless
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- Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
- Length: 21 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 255
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Jake couldn’t feel much sympathy for the woman who’d married his wealthy, despicable, sworn enemy. But now that she was embroiled in a child custody battle, he would help her - and relish getting sweet revenge against her ex.... Superstardom hasn’t helped Gavin get over his first love, or the way she inexplicably left him. When he returns to Taylor’s Crossing and finds himself facing her, his bitterness is impossible to hide.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Trashy Romance Devoid of Mystery/Suspense
- By Magz the Monkey on 10-13-19
By: Lisa Jackson
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Envious
- By: Lisa Jackson
- Narrated by: Caroline Price
- Length: 25 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 214
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Story4 out of 5 stars 215
Bliss Cawthorne is John Cawthorne’s only legitimate daughter, but her father’s wealth has complicated matters. Mason Lafferty believed he wasn’t good enough for the boss’s daughter and broke Bliss’s heart after saving her life. Yet now he’s back in Bittersweet, determined to make her trust him again.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This is not a mystery or thriller
- By LAURA HOLBROOK on 04-08-20
By: Lisa Jackson
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Treasure on Lilac Lane
- By: Donna Alward
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Sometimes the journey home is its own reward. Once upon a time, Rick Sullivan had a promising future. One of Jewell Cove's star athletes and reigning heartthrobs, he joined the Marines and had the world in the palm of his hand - until it all came crashing down. His honorable discharge doesn't make him the hometown hero everyone wants him to be, and there's little reprieve from the demons that haunt him at night. Still, even though it seems that all hope is gone, fate has something else in store.
By: Donna Alward
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The Story of Arthur Truluv
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Three people find their way back from loss and loneliness to a different kind of belonging in this deeply moving novel. Arthur, an old widower struggling to overcome his grief, meets Maddy, a troubled teenage girl who avoids school by hiding out where Arthur goes every day for lunch. The two strike up a friendship that draws them out of isolation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Sickly Sweet
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By: Elizabeth Berg
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Doesn't She Look Natural
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- Narrated by: Carol Monda
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 87
Now divorced and unemployed, a senator's no-nonsense chief of staff learns she has inherited a funeral home in Florida. Soon she'll learn some profound lessons - from people dying to give her their business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable, clean series.
- By betty on 03-30-12
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Sweet Caroline
- Lowcountry, Book 1
- By: Rachel Hauck
- Narrated by: Cici Dee
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
Caroline serves others with little time to enjoy the sweeter parts of life. Until her old boyfriend returns to town - and she's given a second chance at first love. Life hasn't always been so sweet for Caroline Sweeny. She sacrifices her desires for others - unlike her mother who abandoned their family years ago. But when a friend challenges her to accept an exciting job adventure in Spain, Caroline says "yes" to a new destiny. But before she can pack her bags, Caroline suddenly finds herself the new owner of the run-down Frogmore Cafe - and forced to choose: Her friends or her future?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Multileveled Christian Story
- By Dr. Elaine L. Wilmore on 01-09-23
By: Rachel Hauck
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The Rebel
- By: J. R. Ward
- Narrated by: Gayle Hendrix
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 335
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 292
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Story4 out of 5 stars 294
Nate Walker has never shied away from the hard road. Even when it meant leaving behind his family's wealth - and the fiancée who only wanted a rich man. Nothing was going to stop him from opening his own five-star restaurant.
And he was on his way, until his car broke down on a dark road in the Adirondacks, leading him right to White Caps Inn - and Frankie Moorehouse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A few caveats before you begin...
- By Koko on 07-15-12
By: J. R. Ward
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Lone Stars
- By: Justin Deabler
- Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4 out of 5 stars 26
Lone Stars follows the arc of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America. Julian Warner, a father at last, wrestles with a question his husband posed: what will you tell our son about the people you came from, now that they're gone? Finding the answers takes Julian back in time to Eisenhower's immigration border raids, an epistolary love affair during the Vietnam War, crumbling marriages, queer migrations to Cambridge and New York, up to the disorienting polarization of Obama's second term.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read for bookclub but fell in Love
- By Ericka Lawson on 09-11-22
By: Justin Deabler
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The Final Victim
- By: Wendy Corsi Staub
- Narrated by: Emily Cauldwell
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Everyone in Savannah, Georgia knows the Remington estate. The rambling old house bears blatant testimony not just to the esteemed family's vast wealth, but to unbearable tragedy and whispered secrets. Soon, the Remington's will all come home to this secluded plantation nestled deep in the shadow of moss-covered trees. Then they will have to die...one by one... For Charlotte Remington Maitland, the past five years have been a haze of pain and loss.
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4 out of 5 stars
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As always great story
- By Corinna on 04-28-22
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The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets
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- By: Molly Fader
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 50
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 50
It’s been 17 years since the tragic summer the McAvoy sisters fell apart. Lindy, the wild one, left home, carved out a new life in the city, and never looked back. Delia, the sister who stayed, became a mother herself, raising her daughters and running the family shop in their small Ohio hometown on the shores of Lake Erie. But now, with their mother’s ailing health and a rebellious teenager to rein in, Delia has no choice but to welcome Lindy home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- By Nessa on 09-25-23
By: Molly Fader
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Bookends
- By: Liz Curtis Higgs
- Narrated by: Liz Curtis Higgs
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Dr. Emilie Getz and Jonas Fielding are as different as two people - of the same age, with the same faith, living in the same small Pennsylvania town - could possibly be. She's a first-class neatnik; he's a world-class slob. She's into saving historical relics; he's into saving souls. But perhaps opposites do attract. For when this historian and this land developer meet, sparks fly. And despite the rather inauspicious beginning to their relationship, neither one will escape unchanged - or unsmitten!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Beware this is an abridged version...
- By Tiana on 04-30-20
By: Liz Curtis Higgs
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The Third Wish
- By: Carolyn Brown
- Narrated by: Andrea Emmes
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 46
When she was eight years old, Jessica Graham made three wishes: that she wouldn't always be the tallest kid in the class, that she would find a big conch shell on the beach, and that she would finally meet her father someday. Jessica's wishes never came true, but twenty years later, when she finds her mother's old love letters, she has a chance to make the third wish a reality. Jessica travels to Florida to find her father, but their reunion is interrupted by his arrogant junior business partner, Rocky Rycroft.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not My Favorite
- By RosieDisla on 02-14-23
By: Carolyn Brown
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The Summerhouse
- By: Jude Deveraux
- Narrated by: Karen Ziemba
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Three best friends, all with the same birthday, are about to turn 40. They plan to share this momentous occasion together at a summerhouse in Maine, taking stock of their lives and loves, their wishes and choices. But none of them expect the gift that awaits them at the summerhouse: the chance for each of them to turn their "what might have beens" into reality.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not worth it
- By Blusky on 10-02-07
By: Jude Deveraux
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Story5 out of 5 stars 147
It is 1916, and Roberta Jewett is surprised to find that her hometown of Camden, Maine, considers a divorced woman little more than a prostitute. Condemned by her mother and scorned by neighbors, she nonetheless perseveres in her struggle to forge a good life for her girls and herself. Embittered by her painful marriage to an unfaithful husband, she has no intention of being any man's victim again. So Roberta is taken aback to find the widowed carpenter Gabriel Farley has somehow found his way into her heart.
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Trigger warning-rape
- By Triple Joy on 11-13-23
By: LaVyrle Spencer
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A Promise to Cherish
- By: LaVyrle Spencer
- Narrated by: Carolyn Jania
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 8
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Lee Walker knows it won't be easy to start a new life in a new city. But she is on a mission: to prove to everyone, and to herself, that she can make it here, working in the masculine world of the construction industry. When contracting rival Sam Brown offers her a job, Lee is stunned and a little wary. Sam's motives seem honorable enough, even if he doesn't see her in a strictly professional light. In fact, Sam sees her as the woman she's always hoped to be—smart, capable, warm, funny, and sexy. Before she knows it, Lee is falling head over heels for her boss.
By: LaVyrle Spencer
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Forsaking All Others
- By: LaVyrle Spencer
- Narrated by: Tanya Eby
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Allison Scott has her mind on her career. As an up-and-coming photographer, she has neither the time nor the inclination for an affair—especially since her last attempt at love with a handsome model shattered her dreams of rising to the top with a partner by her side. Now, Allison is determined to stay detached from the beautiful men she must photograph every day. But Rick Lang, who only models to pay the bills, can see through Allison's aloofness to the aching heart beneath.
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Don’t buy!
- By Amazon Customer on 01-25-24
By: LaVyrle Spencer
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Sweet Memories
- By: LaVyrle Spencer
- Narrated by: Constance Towers
- Length: 3 hrs and 2 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Innocent and unsure, Theresa Brubaker has lived much of her 25 years trapped in a body she loathed. Never becoming used to the unwanted attention from the opposite sex, her precious beauty was treasured by everyone but herself—that is, until an extraordinary man opens her heart to the wonderful possibilities of love. Sensitive and caring, Brian Scanlon seeks to unleash the butterfly wrapped in Theresa's cocoon of inhibitions. But trust for Theresa comes haltingly, and a bold, courageous decision she makes nearly destroys the promise of their love.
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Not the norm Lavyrl Spencer
- By Suz on 07-04-24
By: LaVyrle Spencer
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-30-23
Beautiful story
I love the location of Door County WI, and the simplicity of a time before cell phones and computers. Bittersweet is the perfect title, and the characters seemed very real to me. Good outweighs bad, as in real life.
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- Eydhc08
- 04-18-22
Right In The Feels
As always, LaVyrle Spencer writes so down to earth and realistically, I can imagine every scene and nuance of the story perfectly. This story could be a story that happens to anyone and that’s what makes it so compelling and wonderful.
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- Kindle Customer
- 08-29-23
great family story
I really enjoyed reading this author. I look forward to reading more books by this author in the near future.
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- Deborah
- 09-22-23
Spencer paints beautiful images
Listening to this book was a true gift The author is not a word smith,but rather a WORD CRAFTER. I could smell the mold in the Harding House the first time. Only one criticism- the book was a tad too long.
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- Jenny
- 10-23-23
Touching
I really enjoyed this book- I found it very touching and filled with bitter sweet moments!
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- Shikeitha Addye
- 08-31-24
Maggie the mother
This is a great book. I had to make myself turn it off so that I could get my work done. The greatest author Emily Sutton Smith!
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- Rose
- 10-23-22
One of my go to love stoies
I grew up in Door County and niw living thousands of miles away I can relive my teen years in this story.
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- GDA
- 07-05-23
Another great read
Read this story over 35 years ago. It’s still as enjoyable now. Going to read as many of LaVyrle Spencer books I can find.
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- Samantha Oglesby
- 09-01-23
What a story!
What a story! Brought tears, laugh it keep guessing and making assumptions what is next….
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- Mary B.
- 11-05-23
A wonderful story!
Another beautifully written story by LaVyrle Spencer…The characters will stay in your heart a long time
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