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The Valentine

By: Maria Frankland
Narrated by: Naomi Rose-Mock
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I keep getting the sense of being watched.

But when I glance up, it’s not by the person I want it to be. Dale’s always busy doing something else. Really, I must have the most unromantic partner on the planet.

Or so I thought.

For Dale has prepared a Valentine’s Day surprise, and I don’t need asking twice to follow the clues I’ve found. I find my way to the remote cottage he’s booked, gobsmacked as I respond to his written instruction to enter.

Romantic music fills the air, delicious aromas drift from the kitchen, and rose petals have been scattered, leaving a trail which starts at the front door and takes me up to a candlelit bubble bath where a glass of champagne is waiting.

But as I peel off my clothes, a sense of unease creeps over me. I should have checked downstairs before I came up here. I don’t know if this surprise is really meant for me....

©2025 Maria Frankland (P)2025 Maria Frankland Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Psychological Thriller & Suspense

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Nice easy listen, would listen to more from author. Narrator seemed to have several different accents sometimes but wasn't that off putting

Nice solid psychological thriller

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Just silly really, repetitive, and the narration is just plain awful. The reader has a weird accent (and I'm northern myself) and puts emphasis on the wrong words all the time. It annoyed me way too much and probably coloured my view of the book.

Iffy plot and awful narration

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