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Valentina

By: S. E. Lynes
Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
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Summary

When Glasgow journalist Shona McGilvery moves with her partner Mikey and their baby to an idyllic cottage in rural Scotland, they believe that all that lies ahead of them is happiness. But with Mikey working offshore, the frightening isolation of the Aberdeenshire countryside begins to drive her insane....

That is, until she is rescued by a new friendship with the enchanting Valentina. She has the perfect home, the perfect man, and a charismatic new best friend - or does she? As her fairytale life begins to unravel, the deep dark wood becomes the least of her fears....

©2016 S. E. Lynes (P)2018 Tantor

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A fabulous twisted tale that keeps you guessing all through the narrative . Who will you sympathise with????

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One of the best books I've listened to

Great story! was guessing until the twist had been reviewed. It's beautifully written with great detail, and nods to literature. Definitely get this book!

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A bit far fetched

It was okay as something playing in the background but the story was predictable and far fetched. It seems only the dim ,lead character, was taken in by it!

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Intriguing story

Good storyline based on 3 main characters in a love triangle..the lead character is so genuine that you want everything to work out well for her..
Enjoyed this audiobook very much..it’s entertaining, and well written and narrated.

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bunny boiling twist

very good audio book, lots of suspense and sadly shows humans at their worst but all too common. Allison x

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Really liked this.

This was quite a different story to any I have listened to before. Narrator was good with different accents.

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Wow!! No words. Brilliant!!

This was my first Susie Lynes book and wow, so very cleverly constructed and written.

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Brilliantly Executed

Amazing story, couldn’t stop listening, kept me riveted to the end. Well formed characters, brilliant plot with intense suspense & and completely unexpected twists, especially at the end! Definitely recommend

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Just another bigamy in all but nane

Quite good entertainnment as if was free. But all of the characters were daftly naive for this day and age!

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I wanted to like this but ...

Having previously read Mother by this author I was really looking forward to this and I really wanted to love it, but I didn't. The story was quite slow in places, and Part 2 was just Part 1 from a different persons perspective and the ending seemed rushed.

As for the characters, I didn't really like any of them! Shona was supposed to be a journalist but seemed to question nothing. Ok she was a new mum and sleep deprived, but still! Mikey was just horrible. Even when he was being nice there was always something dodgy in the background. Valentina was just irritating!

I listened to the audio version of this and at first I found the Scottish accent difficult to understand but as the book went on I got used to it. The narrator did a good job with the Scottish, Aussie and English accents.

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