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The secrets of Summer House are about to come out at last....

1976. Rushing out of the university library, undergraduate Alice Kenzie bumps straight into PhD student Tristan Somers. There begins a whirlwind romance, and Alice falls pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. Then Tristan is killed in a car accident. Unable to cope, Alice takes her baby to Summer House, Tristan's family home in Suffolk, leaves her there and disappears.

2018. Olivia Somers has always been told that her mother died in the same accident as her father. But when she finds a bundle of old letters in Summer House, everything she ever believed about her mother is called into question. Can she find her - and even more importantly, forgive her?

©2022 Rachel Burton (P)2022 W F Howes 20th Century Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Women's Fiction

Critic reviews

"Enticing and atmospheric! Burton really knows how to pull those emotional heart strings. The Secrets of Summer House is packed with love and mystery that will keep you wanting more." (Lauren North, author of Safe at Home)
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Took me awhile to get used to the narrator but it was worth persevering as I really enjoyed the story and did not guess the ending.

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starts great, but just abit slow and no real good storyline to it that was believable. I think the main character wasn't believable for this day and age. and never got any real answers.

nice but not amazing

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I wrote a terrible review at the beginning of this book, but I canl't find it to change it!
I thought it sounded like a Chick Lit etc , but if you read my other review you'll see the rest of it. But I rather you don't.!
I admit I was totally wrong!
This story is absolutely brilliant.
And at first, I didn't want to carry on with it, but I was so glad I did,
you will be to if you read it and realise what has happened.
You can't miss any and I had to go back quite a few times so I didn't miss any of the story.
How she thought of it must of been hard but writing it must of been much harder. I loved it and
thoroughly recommend it, you will love it too!

Sorry, I was so wrong!

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The description in this book would bring you back to the 50s and 60s and then pulling you forward into 2019. It’s a story of forgiveness and love through a web of disaster and lies. It’s a fantastic listen.

Imogen Church narration was very good pulling off every accent even a male voice

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A good listen, once you get used to Imogen Church’s odd way over of over acting when narrating and making people sound too humorous and loud at the completely wrong time in my opinion. A good story, if a little dragged out.

Great listening, but no amazing surprises.

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