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The Summer Oath

By: Claire Friedman
Narrated by: Maya Hawke, KJ Apa, Milly Alcock, Ego Nwodim, Gavin Casalegno, Alexandra Shipp, Peri Gilpin
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A witty, contemporary romantic comedy inspired by Shakespeare's classic Love's Labour's Lost, starring Maya Hawke, KJ Apa, Ego Nwodim, Milly Alcock, Alexandra Shipp, Gavin Casalegno, and Peri Gillpin

Bestselling romance author Livia Gaines (Maya Hawke) hasn't written a single usable sentence since her long-term boyfriend blindsided her with a breakup—an ironic twist for someone paid to make happily-ever-afters look easy. With her deadline looming and her publisher threatening to cancel her contract, Livia's agent offers a solution: housesit a secluded Hamptons estate and finish her novel in peaceful isolation.

When her best friends catch wind of this opportunity, they quickly invite themselves along. For Zara (Ego Nwodim), the Hamptons is the perfect hunting ground to snare a wealthy husband instead of facing her career woes. For Eloise (Milly Alcock), who was recently scammed by a medium, the summer house is an ideal rent-free sanctuary where she can realign her chakras (and credit score).

Livia reluctantly agrees to their company with one non-negotiable condition: a summer-long vow of absolutely no romantic entanglements. Easy enough—until another housesitting group arrives, claiming equal rights to the property—courtesy of the estate's other divorced owner. Among these unexpected housemates is Ezra Keats (KJ Apa), the college crush Livia never quite recovered from, the what-if she’s been fictionalizing ever since. As Livia battles both her deadline and her undeniable attraction to Ezra, her friends secretly abandon their promises, embarking on passionate affairs they clumsily hide from their oath-keeping friend.

With summer temperatures rising and her publisher's deadline hanging over her, Livia faces multiple crises: a manuscript that refuses to materialize, a seemingly interested crush who inconveniently keeps showing up shirtless, friends sneaking around behind her back, and a looming discovery that could get them all evicted.

By Labor Day, Livia must confront the truth that the most authentic love story she could tell might be the messy, unscripted one she's living. Perfect for fans of Emily Henry, this sparkling summer escape with a star-studded cast proves that sometimes the best plots are the ones we can't control.

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Hilarious heartwarming story. i don’t listen to many audio books but i loved this one. Maya Hawke has a beautiful voice perfect for this, full of emotion and animated but also so soothing. I really enjoyed all of the voice actors and the story as a whole was very sweet.

perfect story, perfect voicing

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I was hooked from the first few minutes. I had no idea audible originals were like this. This audio ✨️sparcled✨️ It was funny and sweet and yeah I might have danced to the music

Now this was fun!

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Brilliant Short story, a Writer struggling to get a Ronance novel Completed in time for her Editors cut off date. finds love with an Ex Partner
AAAA++++

Brilliant sooo intricate !

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the voice acting in this was excellent and i enjoyed the beginning of the story. the main character became kind of annoying and her friends were just awful. In the end I think she should have ditched them, they just used her.

hated her friends

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This was like an absolute girly flick for the ears. With sound effects and music to boot. The story was not challenging, but if you fancy a break to lighten the mood, and have the time, why not give it a shot. Would be a great plane journey listen.

An afternoon of fun!

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