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The House That Alice Built

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About this listen

Sounding and Choc Lit present the audiobook edition of The House That Alice Built.

Alice Dorothy Matthews is sensible. Whilst her best friend Kathy is living it up in Portugal and her insufferable ex Adam is travelling the world, Alice is working hard to pay for the beloved London house she has put her heart and soul into renovating. But then a postcard from Buenos Aires turns Alice’s life upside down. One very unsensible decision later and she is in Cascais, Portugal, and so begins her lesson in 'going with the flow'. But perhaps the most important part of the lesson for Alice is that you don’t always need a house to be at home.

©2019 Chris Penhall (P)2019 Soundings Contemporary Contemporary Romance Europe Western Europe Romance Heartfelt

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