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Secrets of the Cottage by the Sea

The Island Cottage, Book 1

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Secrets of the Cottage by the Sea

By: Rebecca Alexander
Narrated by: Penelope Freeman, Laura Kirman
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When Ellie Roberts inherits a cottage on a remote Scilly Isle, she's shocked. She's never heard of the previous owner, Patience Ellis, so why did she leave Ellie her legacy?

Overwhelmed with unanswered questions, Ellie travels to the isolated island. The house feels strangely familiar, and she has a memory of her beloved mother in the window seat overlooking the sea...

The mother she lost when she was only a child. Determined to find out more, Ellie meets enigmatic local Branok Shore. When Branok prises open Patience's dresser, filled with letters from the Second World War, Ellie discovers something that will change her own life forever.

The letters tell the story of a brutal storm in the depths of war, and of an injured soldier who begged Patience for help, and asked her to make an impossible choice...

©2022 Rebecca Alexander (P)2023 Soundings Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Women's Fiction

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I listened to this book in one day. It was an easy listen, a pleasant listen and a good story. Nothing dark or disturbing. Just a well written, well narrated book.

Good listen.

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Love the storyline. Very sad at times but what a great story filled with do much emotion. Excellent narrator’s

Touched and moved

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I enjoyed this story very much indeed.
It kept me gripped all the way through.

A great interesting story

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I loved the story, found the accents a bit 'too' regional (I can say that coming from a Regional area) which is a shame, it shouldn't but did distract from the intelligence of the characters.

Beautifully written

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A lovely listen. Loved the storyline, the characters. Very easy to lose yourself in. A brilliant story x

Thoroughly enjoyed!

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Bit of a sucker for a slushy romance novel.
Stumbled upon this book & I’m glad I did.
Looking forward to listening/reading the others

Loved it!

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A love story, a story about a family, a story of courage and trusting oneself and so much more. This book spans a few decades, brings together about a dozen people and elicits all the emotions 💜

Splendid story!

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I loved how this had such an unusual story, going between WWII and current times and gradually bringing it all together. The characters were well written and very clear; I never lost the thread of who was who or where I was in the story. I didn’t have any issues with it, I was able to lose myself in it completely.

I’ve stopped trying to read books, now, and only listen to them, because having ADHD I either hyperfocus and get totally lost in the book and exclude everything around me, or I can’t concentrate on it and read the same page over and over because nothing is going in!

I find that listening is more relaxing, as I use it to switch my manic brain off. And if I do lose my thread it’s easier to go back and find a place where I was still focused! It also adds much more colour to everything, from the characters to the locations.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I’ll definitely be exploring the author further for other titles and will set a notification for future releases. Highly recommended!

Brilliant, unusual story, beautifully done!

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The book could have been fully narrated by Penelope Freeman. She is a first class narrator. Sadly the younger girl really didn’t bring her chapters to life. So disappointed.

Lovely story, but…….

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I chose this as I like Penelope Freeman as a narrator. The story started well then got too confusing with names and the constant going back and forth in the time line. I was going to give up but I battled to the end with a feeling of was the book worth it. Sorry to say No!

Disappointing

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