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The Reluctant Elf

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The Reluctant Elf

By: Michele Gorman
Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
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About this listen

Meet Britain's worst innkeeper. Single mother and extremely undomestic goddess Lottie has five days to become the ultimate B&B hostess to save her beloved Aunt Kate’s livelihood. When Aunt Kate ends up in the hospital, Lottie and her seven-year-old daughter are called to rural Wales to stand in at the B&B. Without the faintest idea how to run a hotel (she can barely run her own life), Lottie must impress the picky hotel reviewer and his dysfunctional family who are coming to stay over Christmas. Without the rating only he can bestow, Aunt Kate will lose her livelihood. But will Danny, the local taxi driver she hires to help her, really be Santa’s little helper, or is he the Grinch who stole Christmas?

©2014 Michele Gorman (P)2015 Audible, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Holidays Women's Fiction Winter Christmas Funny

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listened to it twice in quick succession!! loved its easy flow and very English humour

lovely easy listening

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Narrator was good.
Nice story.
Will look out for Gamma Dawson in the future.
Loved the characters.

Relaxing a and Enjoyable

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I loved this festive short story, it was so nice and refreshing to hear something different. The narrator was very good 👍

From Mrs Cole
Bristol

Such a lush short story

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I couldn't get past the voice of the Danny sounding at least 70, spoilt the romance for me.

ok

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Timeline ridiculous and silly mistakes. Bit like a kid’s school essay. Narrator made the best of a poor story

Poor

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