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Story is great! Narrerator is HORRIBLE
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 11
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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I just did not like it
- By Beaver State on 04-15-19
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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5 out of 5 stars
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very interesting
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 77
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Little Feel Good Story
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A Leap of Faith
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- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Sappho Jones stopped counting birthdays when she reached 30, but even with her hazy grip on mathematics she realises that she's on the slippery slope to the big four-oh! With the thought suddenly lodged in her mind that she's a mere cat's whisker away from becoming a single eccentric female living in a country cottage in Wales, she has the urge to do something dramatic before it's too late. The trouble is, as an adventurous woman of a certain age, Sappho's pretty much been there, done that, got the T-shirt. In fact the only thing she hasn't tried is motherhood.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Story is great! Narrerator is HORRIBLE
- By Sunny on 08-17-19
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- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
Meg is definitely not in the Christmas mood. She’s never gone in for tinsel, baubles and mistletoe, and right now she’s still getting over an illness. Yet when she’s invited to spend the run-up to Christmas in the snowy countryside rather than dreary London, she can’t refuse. Arriving at a warm and cosy family home in a small hilltop village, Meg soon begins to wonder what a proper Christmas might be like. But just as she’s beginning to settle in, she spots a familiar face. Lex.
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A Good Heart Is Hard to Find
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 11
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Tina Devino makes more money teaching people to write than writing herself. A middling romance novelist who dreams of penning a best seller, she’s increasingly forced to compete with younger, blonder debut authors for her publisher and agent’s attention. Feeling forgotten, Tina realises the only way up is to take her career and destiny in hand and build her own happy ending - which is perfect because, for a romance writer, Tina isn’t the most traditional of women....
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1 out of 5 stars
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I just did not like it
- By Beaver State on 04-15-19
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A Perfect Cornish Christmas
- By: Phillipa Ashley
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 14
Return to Porthmellow Harbour in this gorgeous festive romance. Christmas in Cornwall is just around the corner. But after last Christmas revealed a shocking family secret, Scarlett’s hardly feeling merry and bright. All she wants this Christmas is to know who her real father is. So Scarlett heads to the little Cornish town of Porthmellow, where she believes the truth of her birth is hidden. She just didn’t bargain on being drawn into the Christmas festival preparations - or meeting Jude Penberth, whose charm threatens to complicate life further.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not for me!
- By Kim Suzanne on 12-26-19
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A Perfect Cornish Summer
- By: Phillipa Ashley
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Summer is on the horizon, and the people of Porthmellow are eagerly awaiting the annual food festival. At least, most of them are. For Sam Lovell, organising the summer festival in her hometown is one of the highlights of her year. It’s not always smooth sailing, but she loves to see Porthmellow’s harbour packed with happy visitors, and being on the committee has provided a much-needed distraction from the drama in her family life (and the distinct lack of it in her love life).
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5 out of 5 stars
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really enjoyed this book
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The trip of a lifetime! Rosie Lewis has her life together. A swanky job as a Michelin-starred sous chef, a loving husband and future children scheduled for exactly January 2021. That’s until she comes home one day to find her husband’s prepacked bag and a confession that he's had an affair. Heartbroken and devastated, Rosie drowns her sorrows in a glass (or three) of wine, only to discover the following morning that she has spontaneously invested in a bright pink campervan to facilitate her grand plans to travel the country.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Can a trip away lead you home? After a bad breakup, eternal optimist Evie Miller has moved to the small village of Willowbrook to finally pursue her dream of opening a craft shop. Unfortunately, with money worries and an ex-boyfriend determined to track her down, her fresh start isn't going entirely to plan. Jake Hartwood is also looking to escape his past. Haunted by the loss of his wife, he's determined not to get close to anyone again - and the last thing he wants is to be celebrating this December.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable story
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The Mother of All Christmases
- By: Milly Johnson
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
Eve Glace - co-owner of the theme park Winterworld - is having a baby, and her due date is a perfectly timed 25th December. And she’s decided that she and her husband, Jacques, should renew their wedding vows with all the pomp and Christmas ceremony that was missing from the first time round. But things keep going wrong in Winterworld - is it because the the usually competent site manager, Effin Williams, has lost his focus, or is there something more sinister going on?
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Mother of All Christmases
- By Jan on 03-29-19
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The Little Village of Happiness
- By: Holly Martin
- Narrated by: Penny Andrews
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Willow McKay needs a fresh start. Her recent break-up may not have left her heartbroken, but it’s wounded her pride. Desperate for change, an advert offering free homes in a picturesque village in Cornwall sounds perfect. Without thinking, Willow packs up and heads to the village of Happiness. But when Willow arrives, she finds ramshackle cottages, empty shops and miserable villagers. It's nothing like the picture the advert had boasted. That is until she meets the handsome estate manager Andrew Harrington.
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Summer at the Cornish Café
- The Cornish Café Series, Book 1
- By: Phillipa Ashley
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 24
Demi doesn’t expect her summer in Cornwall to hold anything out of the ordinary. As a waitress, working all hours to make ends meet, washing dishes and serving ice creams seems to be as exciting as the holiday season is about to get. That’s until she meets Cal Penwith. An outsider like herself, Cal is persuaded to let Demi help him renovate his holiday resort, Kilhallon Park. Set above an idyllic Cornish cove, the once popular destination for tourists has now gone to rack and ruin.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book, Narration not so much.
- By Ian on 12-12-17
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Christmas at the Cornish Café
- The Cornish Café Series, Book 2
- By: Phillipa Ashley
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin-Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4 out of 5 stars 15
Return to the Cornish Café in this gorgeous festive romance - the perfect book to curl up with this Christmas. Christmas will be slightly less turbulent than summer, won't it? Demi certainly hopes so. She and Cal are keeping their fledgling relationship under wraps for now. But then Kit Bannen, a hunky, blond - and somewhat mysterious - writer arrives at Kilhallon Resort, and not everyone is charmed. Cal is sure that Kit is hiding something. But is he the only one guarding a secret?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, but...
- By Michelle on 02-01-18
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Sunshine at the Comfort Food Café
- By: Debbie Johnson
- Narrated by: Rebecca Cooper
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
For Willow, the ramshackle café overlooking the beach, together with its warmhearted community, offers friendship as a daily special and always has a hearty welcome on the menu. But when a handsome stranger blows in on a warm spring breeze, Willow soon realises that her quiet country life will be changed forever.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Sunshine at the Comfort Food Café
- By Jan on 11-13-19
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A Gift from the Comfort Food Café
- By: Debbie Johnson
- Narrated by: Charlotte Worthing
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Christmas has never been Katie Seddon’s favourite time of year. Whilst everyone else shares memories of families coming together and festive number ones, the soundtrack to Katie’s childhood wasn’t quite so merry. But since she moved to the village of Budbury on the gorgeous Dorset coast, Katie and her baby son have found a new family. A family who have been brought together by life’s unexpected roads and the healing magic of a slice of cake and a cupful of kindess at the Comfort Food Café.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love, love, love it!
- By louise on 01-09-19
Publisher's Summary
Fall in back in love with life in this gripping listen about fate and second chances. The eagerly awaited new novel from the Sunday Times best-selling author.
Thirty-year-old Izzy Sweetwell has a peaceful life. She lives in the sleepy village of Halfhidden with her aunt with her aunt Debo, who runs the local kennels, a home from home for waifs and strays in the area.
You couldn't say that Izzy's life is particularly exciting, but that's just how she likes it, she's bid farewell to a dramatic life since a terrible accident when she was a teenager and for now, she's perfectly content with her aunt and the dogs in Halfhidden.
So what happens when someone forces Izzy to fall in love with life again? Will her painful past stand in the way of her future happiness? Can you make an omlette without breaking a few eggs?
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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-19
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loved book and narrator very good too - very enjoyable
nice story and good characters
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- lynn clough
- 09-23-15
Take nothing for granted
Where does Creature Comforts rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Right at the top. I have become a fan of Tricia Ashley. Her stories are not predicable they are full of content They have logical story lines. Her women are strong and have minds of their own
What other book might you compare Creature Comforts to, and why?
Lucy diamond. Carol Matthews, Jenny Colgan et al. I know its Chicklit but they are a excelent sorties to chill out with.
Which character – as performed by Julia Barrie – was your favourite?
All of them maybe Izzy takes the crown
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
I will get there folks the truth will out
Any additional comments?
I have only one complaint about Tricia Ashley and that is she does not produce enough books fast enough. More please
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-13-16
Light & enjoyable
One of those stories where the nice, pleasant folk are well delineated against the nasty, selfish people. Goodness brings the good personalities happiness & all is just & right in the world for them, in the end. Not for some therefore if the reader is after the complexities of the human psyche. But for me it was endearing escapism. 1 annoyance was Narrator's rendition of male voices which made all males sound like Neanderthal half wits; & although some readers might think this to be a truism of Men it was annoying to listen to. Narrator very good with female voices.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Fiona McCord
- 12-10-15
Predictable and disappointing
Not much of a story and it could have been told in half the time. Very disappointing!
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- Ernest
- 07-23-19
Loved it!
The whole of the story was well up to the best story telling of Trisha Ashley.
All sorted in the end! Wonderful!
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- Alicja
- 10-14-18
Not what I expected.
Not what I expected but I am happy it was not!
Having read one of Trisha Ashley’s books before I picked this one at random expecting a love story that would be quite simple and easy.
Here I found some plot twists, a mystery from the past, an impossible relationship and more.
Overall a very enjoyable listen!