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The Cottage by the Shore

Applemore Series, Book 5

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The Cottage by the Shore

By: Rachael Lucas
Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
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About this listen

Escape to the Scottish Highlands with this sweet small town tale of second chances

Small animal vet Sophie Jones has seen her daughter off to university in the USA. As a single parent with an empty nest, she surprises herself—taking a job in a tiny village of Applemore in the Highlands of Scotland. Hundreds of miles from home, she can try to escape the fear that her past might come back to haunt her.

Divorced artist Ben Lewis accepts his grown up daughter's teasing that he's turned into a grumpy hermit. He's perfectly happy with his life in an old farmhouse overlooking the wild Highland beach.

The last thing he needs is someone coming to live full time in the cottage by the shore—and their first meeting is a disaster. But circumstances keep throwing them together, and the attraction between them is undeniable.

©2023 Rachael Lucas (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Highlander

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This book is slightly different from the others as we don’t really know these characters at all, but it was nice to get to know Ben and some of the other villagers as well as the new vet Sophie. The narration as always was excellent can’t wait to read a new book.

Good book

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This one made me smile, laugh and cry. It was just as good as the others in the series. Thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend. It felt like I was actually there

Another Excellent Book In The Series

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I really enjoyed this book and the series, a real feel good read, would highly recommend.

Most enjoyable

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didn't like the change in the narrator of the story. after listening to all the other books it's hard to recognise who this one is supposed to be.
spent more time trying to figure it out

The change in narrator

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Loving this series and how all the characters are integrated into each book. Perfect to listen to on a long journey.

A lovely easy story to listen to

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