The Heartbreak Hotel

De: Ellen O'Clover

Narrado por: Brittany Pressley

A bed-and-breakfast for the brokenhearted might hold the key to another chance at love in this achingly hopeful debut romance.

Louisa Walsh emerged from a tumultuous childhood with a degree in counseling, a wealthy boyfriend, and her sunny outlook on life mostly intact. But that optimism is tested when she’s dumped and left unable to afford rent on their gorgeous house in the mountains of Colorado. Even with her life in disarray, Lou knows losing the one stable place she’s ever called home is not an option.

Her plan: ask her reclusive landlord, Henry Rhodes, to let her stay for free in exchange for renting out the house’s many rooms as a bed-and-breakfast. She’s shocked when he agrees to her terms, and even more surprised to discover Henry is a handsome thirtysomething veterinarian with silver at his temples and sadness in his eyes. One who does not take it well when Lou starts marketing her B and B as a retreat for the recently heartbroken.

But as the Comeback Inn opens its doors to its weary, hopeful guests, Lou and Henry find themselves dancing around both their undeniable connection and the closely held secrets that threaten to topple this fragile new start. A chance at love, here, could be too close to home…or it could be exactly where their hearts finally heal.

©2025 Ellen O'Clover (P)2025 Penguin Audio

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“A big, beautiful, beating heart of a story about giving help and learning to accept it.”—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“The Heartbreak Hotel is a lush, romantic, and devastatingly tender story about finding who you are beneath all your broken pieces. It cracked me wide open and filled me to the brim with hope. Ellen O’Clover is absolutely a romance voice to watch.”—B.K. Borison, New York Times bestselling author of First-Time Caller

“The Heartbreak Hotel is the kind of romance that wraps you up in tenderness and renews your sense of hope. Ellen O'Clover’s writing is both dreamy and precise, filled with gorgeous yearning and profound, heart-clutching empathy. You'll never be happier to cry.”—Rachel Lynn Solomon, New York Times bestselling author of What Happens in Amsterdam

Loving - Honest just a darn good book.

I loved the characters. Both of them were flawed but together so good. Even the minor characters meant something to the storyline.

Perfect

This was such a perfect story of love, loss and healing. The emotions and characters were so vivid and genuine. One of my favorite listens of the year!

Beautiful love story

Brittany Pressley does an amazing job narrating this beautiful love story where an aspiring therapist turns her rental into an inn after ending a long relationship. This inn caters to heartbroken guests.

Lackluster

I was recommended this book on booktok. I thought I would enjoy the premise. It was a messy story about a newly graduated therapist suffering a breakup. Except she has never utilized her training to understand her motivations, feelings, or family issues. Lou comes across as selfish and self serving but is supposed to be a selfless woman. She is nosey, lacks sympathy towards her love interest and essentially just wants him to be open with her while she hides the parts of herself she is ashamed of. It just fell short for me. The characters felt one dimensional.

Sad to see it end

What a lovely ride. The layers of grief and love come together to give hope even in the darkest of days.

Story & narrator

Loved this story so much. Brittany Pressley has the best voice! Perfect combination! 5 stars.

Devastating and hopeful. Grief and love all in one

This is the best book I’ve read in a year of devouring rom coms. I loved the characters so deeply. I cried so much in the best way.

GREAT Story!

Couldn't put this down. Wonderful story with believable character development. Narrator was only negative aspect - not awful, but voice got shrill and silly-sounding for some key scenes, Affected seeming maturity of main character who was otherwise quite likeable.