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Groomed

Danger lies closer than you think

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Groomed

By: Casey Watson
Narrated by: Kate Lock
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It’s late on Friday night when Casey’s mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn’t Riley. It’s a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike’s latest fostering challenge – a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who’s run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away.

The Jonathan Ross Show has just started when Casey gets the call. She thinks it will be Riley – telling her that her favourite actor is going to be on TV. But it’s something far more urgent: a fifteen-year-old girl who has run away from her foster family and accused her foster father of sexual abuse. The family deny in vehemently, but such an allegation can never be taken lightly, so a new home must be found for Keeley.

Keeley is polite, but she’s sharp, and she has all the hallmarks of a child who has been in the system a long time, and knows how to play it. Whether the allegation is true or not, Casey knows there will be no winners here. If it is true, then a young girl’s life has been torn asunder. If not, then the heartache for the family will only be surpassed by the bleak outlook for Keeley.

In the short term, it’s a case of providing a safe, supportive home for a vulnerable child. But with the dangerous world of the internet at her disposal, it seems this strong-minded youngster has her own ideas of where that safe place should be…

©2017 Casey Watson (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
Abuse Dysfunctional Families Dysfunctional Relationships Parenting & Families Personal Development Relationships Social Sciences Fostering

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

No, the narrator really got on my nerves....

Would you recommend Groomed to your friends? Why or why not?

No see above...

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Kate Lock?

Anyone but Kate Lock.

Do you think Groomed needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Only if Kate lock didn’t read it.

Annoying

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I’m a big fan of Casey’s I usually read her books but decided to try it on audiobook this time, I’m only only chapter 5 and I’m really not sure if I can finish it! The narration is like it is being read for a children’s book, putting on voices and accents and emotion behind certain phrases, this is the first audio book Iv come across that does this, this is a serious book I don’t think it should be read like it’s for 6 year old children -sorry!

Love Casey’s books

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Another great book, thank you
the narrator does struggle with accents, it was quite difficult to understand at times

really enjoyed this book

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Everyone complains about the narrators voice, but I personally didn't see the issue. No regrets on buying or listening to it.

Almost put off by bad reviews. Glad I wasn't

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A good story over all but it felt like a marathon to listen to it. Story very drawn out and the narration slow.

Good story but long.

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