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The Guardian

By: Nicholas Sparks
Narrated by: Isabel Keating
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Summary

Swept off your feet and into a nightmare....

A powerful blend of love story, betrayal and obsession, The Guardian is written with electrifying intensity, playing with your emotions at every turn.

Widowed at a young age, Julie understands the pain that comes with love and has avoided romance for a long time. As she eases herself back into the dating scene, her eye is caught by the darkly sophisticated Richard as he begins a passionate pursuit of her affections. But she is still confused by her feelings for best friend Mike: funny, loyal but definitely not sophisticated.

A seemingly innocent choice sets off a deadly chain of events that leaves Julie fighting for her life as jealousy simmers into murderous desire.

©2019 Nicholas Sparks (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK

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Great story, tissues needed at the end

I don’t think there’s been a sparks book I’ve not enjoyed, such a great writer, I’ve physically read this book on kindle, now a few years later re enjoyed listening to it on here, highly recommend

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the best so far by Nicholas Sparks

I couldn't leave this novel alone
l listened to it at one sitting , the narrative was so easy
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Nail biting read!

Very different from his usual books but still a great read! If you like Nicholas's other books I'd recommend!

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Not Nicholas Sparks’ best

I normally love a Nicholas Sparks novel. But unfortunately this was corny, predictable and fairly boring. Ah well.

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Okay

I am with the previous reviewer, not a patch on the author’s previous books. Very very slow, predictable and to be honest I did not really like the characters. Good but not the best.

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