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The Gift

By: Freida McFadden
Narrated by: Alyson Krawchuk
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Publisher's summary

It’s Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke. She is so broke that despite working two jobs, she can’t even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas as man and wife. But then a mysterious storekeeper at a pawn shop offers Stella an intriguing trade. Stella wants more than anything to buy her husband the Christmas gift of his dreams. But will it come at a terrible price?

©2022 Freida McFadden (P)2023 Hollywood Upstairs Press

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Horrible

Horrible version of The Gift of the Magi. Disappointing ending that turned dark too quickly.

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There’s so much more that could have been done

I love this narrator but the story has so much more complexity that could have been built in. Bummer

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short story

I enjoy Freida McFadden very much and so I did this book, however I felt a bit cheated for it's a very short story for the credit paid.

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Waste of a credit

Love this r but not his was not a great story and was over before it started. Had I realized it was less than 2 hrs I would of saved my credit.

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Short and boring

Very disappointed last time I preorder from this author. Not very original and not much time for any back story.

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Disappointing

Huge fan of Freida but this one was trash.. Short, boring, and not a great story. Not worthy of a credit!

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Disappointed

Regret using a credit for this. Story was ok but way too short and no real mystery.

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Cute short story

I am happy I got it on sale for .97 cents for cyber Monday. It was a cute short story that made me giggle and than of course had a turn at the end.

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It's a short story

Honestly the story is interesting and had me intrigued but I was not paying attention when I spent my credit on pre-ordering it. it's a short, one hour long story. I was getting into it and then it just ended. Again my own fault for not realizing what I was buying. I feel like short story's should have a warning or something that pops up to let you know that you aren't getting a full audio book, and shouldn't cost a whole credit anyway. Oh well, Lesson learned. Can't wait for the next full book to release.

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