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Hope has nothing going for her. She's in a job she hates, she's been forced to quit her band after losing the ability to play guitar and, to make matters worse, her ex–the love of her life, Julia–is now getting married to her best friend's ex (messy, right?). But there's one silver lining: Hope has been invited to play at their wedding... and she's going to get Julia back. However, the road to true love is never easy, and Hope's journey is blocked by tarot readers, hen parties, visions from the past and, worst of all, Ruby.

Most famous for his Hornblower series, iconic writer C. S. Forester tells tales of adventure like no other. This BBC radio collection features modern adaptations of five of his acclaimed novels, including The African Queen (famously adapted as an Oscar-winning film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) and The Gun, which was turned into the hit Hollywood movie The Pride and the Passion.

Lord Charnwood chose himself a wife who would think and behave just as she should, a biddable young lady with a proper way of thinking who would never cause him a moment’s unease. Or so he thought. And truly Elizabeth did try to behave as a proper duchess should. Until she discovered that the duke had an appalling number of extraneous females in his life....