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Before Jamaica Lane

By: Samantha Young
Narrated by: Angelica Lee
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About this listen

The sensual, romantic follow-up to On Dublin Street and Down London Road. Perfect for fans of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy

'Scotland's answer to E. L. James' Sunday Post

Edinburgh was going to be a fresh start for Olivia Holloway. Crippled by shyness around the opposite sex, Olivia nevertheless meets gorgeous postgraduate Nate Sawyer and decides it is time to push her fears aside.

Before long, Olivia and Nate form a close friendship and she finds herself confessing her deepest secrets, and Nate, being her best friend, offers to teach her the art of flirting. As Olivia and Nate's friendship turns intense it soon blossoms into a passionate love affair.

For the first time Olivia opens her heart but what she doesn't realise is that Nate has his own fears and just when she finds herself hopelessly falling for him, Nate's past returns to haunt him.

Will Nate have the courage to confide in Olivia, or will he cut and run? And can Olivia face up to her own fears and keep him?

 Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction Scotland Heartfelt Highlander Caribbean

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Critic reviews

Scotland's answer to E.L. James
This steamy romance is mysterious, all-consuming and pretty damn good
This extraordinary debut combines a true gift for storytelling with a liberal dose of racy encounters. But what really sets it apart is exquisite characterisation, so vivid that the cast seeps into the reader's psyche
All stars
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Enjoyed the story by spoiled by Terrible terrible Scottish agent. Sounded Eastern European. Worst accent ever.

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I absolutely loved this book! The story kept me intrigued and it’s a nice mix of sweet, steamy and funny! I think the narrator was extremely good at being Olivia and is probably one of the best narrator’s I’ve listened too she really embraces the story! ....but, I struggled with the Scottish accent in the beginning!!
Overall I love this series of books and will definitely be getting the next one!

Brilliant Book!

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I usually don't like first person narrative but I do like Samantha Young's novels. She can get a little too involved with all the secondary characters but I love her male leads - she knows how to create a really sexy man. The narration was good but the Scottish accents were just terrrible.

Enjoyable story

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Loved all the On Dublin Street series eagerly awaiting next two A fall from India Place and Echoes of Scotland.

Before Jamaica Lane

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Love this series , regardless of bad scots accent as im Scottish ,ive read all of them. Will defos read more of this author

Bad scottish accent

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