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A Winter Beneath the Stars
- A heart-warming read for melting the winter blues
- Narrated by: Madeleine Leslay
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction
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Summary
Escape to snowy Sweden this Christmas in the gorgeous new novel from the author of The Oyster Catcher. Fans of Jill Mansell and Milly Johnson will love this unforgettable winter story from Jo Thomas.
Halley has been running from her problems for years.
On a courier trip to Tallfors, deep in Swedish Lapland, everything is going to plan. Halley has her bag, with two precious wedding rings inside for delivery...until she doesn't.
The only way to save the wedding is to team up with mysterious reindeer herder Bjorn, the one person who can lead her across the snowy tundra to be reunited with her bag.
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Critic reviews
'Magically romantic. I loved it' (Milly Johnson)
"What a gorgeous book! Reading it felt like the best kind of holiday." (Lucy Diamond)
"Sheer rom-com brilliance!" (Heat)
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- Miss R.
- 18-11-18
I just can't finish it
So long and drawn out
not very believable
halfway through but I want to stop here
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- Frankie
- 30-06-21
A good story with fabulous narration
Having read Winter Island by Jo Thomas and enjoyed it very much, I went straight on to this one because I love reading about snowy places. At first I thought it was going to be a bit too comic for my taste, but it turned into a good adventure with plenty to learn about Lapland and reindeer herding, and loads of romance thrown in too. That got a bit too much for me towards the end, but generally I really enjoyed this. I think the writer is very clever in the way she draws characters and storylines together to make a satisfying ending. The narration is absolutely superb, I couldn’t fault it in any way. A pleasure to listen to, and I can’t understand why Madeleine Leslay doesn’t narrate a lot more.
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- Lizette
- 07-04-21
Great
gentle and with brilliant authentic cultural details and vivid descriptions of the country and its customs. all wrapped up in a love story.
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- Leonie Granville
- 20-02-21
lovely relaxing story
I have enjoyed all of Jo Thomas books. she writes lovely stories and you feel as though you could be in any of them. thanks 😊
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- Kristina
- 26-01-21
you want Fika?
This is the most cosy story ever! I want to go to Sweden! absolutely lovely story! I'm so happy to have found this book!
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- Lisa Smith
- 14-01-20
Great story!
Easy listening with a great story, it made me want to visit the lovely village's and experience the surroundings as described.
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- carol
- 16-12-19
Loved it!!,
The narrator was brilliant doing all the different voices, and building up the story, it did seem to go on a bit, but the ending was arrrrr!!
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-11-19
Lovely winter warmer!
Lovely, gentle story about finding yourself in unexpected places, would recommend it to anyone who likes romantic fiction.
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- Kindle Customer
- 04-01-19
A lovely wintry romantic story
A great location that makes you feel all cosy and lovely. Great characters and a plot that flows well.
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- CB
- 26-11-18
Worth preserving
Struggled with the book to start but was worth it in the end. It was slow at the beginning & at times I wanted to shout at the main character to stop being so silly but the book did finally pick up the pace & in the end I loved it.