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Just Friends at Thistle Lodge

The Glenbriar Series, Book 2

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Just Friends at Thistle Lodge

By: Margaret Amatt
Narrated by: Lianne Walker
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Summary

One romantic getaway. Two friends. Seven days just pretending…When Nina Copeland’s mates try to match her with the guy next door, she needs a plan. Because Matthew’s just a friend, and Nina has a secret she doesn’t want him to discover – not until she’s tidied her messy life.

After his divorce, physics teacher Matthew Gilchrist has kept his heart locked safely away. So why do people keep pushing him to date his chirpy neighbour? He and Nina are fine just as friends. Aren’t they?

Nina hatches a solution to get everyone off their backs: fake a relationship at a family reunion, then stage a break-up so life can go back to normal. What could go wrong?

Stuck together at a romantic highland lodge, new feelings lure them out of the friend zone. But if love is to find a way in, Nina must confront her past, and Matthew put his heart on the line.

Can their friendship last the distance? Will splitting up be as easy as falling in love?

Just Friends at Thistle Lodge is the second book in The Glenbriar Series, but can be listened to on its own as a standalone. Set in the highlands of Scotland in a small town with fun, romance, drama, and a guaranteed happy ending.

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I found the story easy to follow and very relatable. There was some good twists and turns making me want to carry on to see what happens next and I quickly got involved in what was happening to the characters. It was also nice to have links with the characters from the previous story although it isn't necessary to have heard that one first.

I was disappointed with the recording however. Having read the book myself a while ago I felt the narration was very monotonous with little animation or expression. I found it difficult to become engaged with the reader and became frustrated with the lack of the use of punctuation and pauses between chapters, titles and speech. I listen to a lot of audio books and was therefore disappointed that some of my favourite stories were not brought to life in the audible version as I would have expected.

I was looking forward to having books from this author available to me, but am not sure the narrator really did them justice. Therefore this is a great story and series of books, but to me the audible reading did not reach the same high standard.

A great relatable story

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