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The Lemon Tree Hotel

By: Rosanna Ley
Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
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Summary

A story about love, family secrets and a little piece of heaven....

In the beautiful village of Vernazza, the Mazzone family have transformed an old convent overlooking the glamorous Italian Riviera into the elegant Lemon Tree Hotel. For Chiara, her daughter, Elene, and her granddaughter, Isabella, the running of their hotel is the driving force in their lives.   

One day, two unexpected guests check in. The first, Dante, is a face from Chiara's past, but what exactly happened between them all those years ago, Elene wonders. Meanwhile, Isabella is preoccupied with the second guest, a mysterious young man who seems to know a lot about the history of the old convent and the people who live there. Isabella is determined to find out his true intentions and discover the secret past of the Lemon Tree Hotel.

©2019 Rosanna Ley (P)2019 Quercus Editions Limited

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Pleasant listen

A little long winded and repetitive but an enjoyable light listen at bed time. Narrator very good.

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Lemon tree

Loved it lovely story and beautifully read I will hopefully read some more Ross Ley books

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A winner

Loved the story and the narration was excellent. Descriptions of the locality made you feel you were part of the scenery. Plus the recipes being prepared were mouthwatering. Little more to say!

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loved it!

What a lovely story, thoroughly enjoyed it! Beautifully read, very easy narrative voice to listen to

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Lovely story

A gentle love story where you get to know the characters. Wasn’t sure at first and left this in my library for some time but once started became engrossed in the story of the region as well as the long time absent love affair of the main character. Well read and defiantly worth listening too.

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first class story

A great story will look out for more books by this author and an excellent reader

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Transports you to a wonderful place

A little slow to start with but really enjoyed this book. A nice easy listen.
Narrated well by Lucy Price Lewis. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon with a glass of wine

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Just too long!!

This could have been an enjoyable listen with an interesting story if only it had been at least 33% shorter. There really was too much unnecessary waffling, wittering and endless description. I very nearly gave up but did carry on to the end which was fairly predictable but satisfying.
Cut a good chunk out and you have a good listen......

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Not this time

I’ve listened to Rosanna Ley’s other books and have enjoyed them all, but this one failed to capture my interest. Even the beautiful setting didn’t help. I persevered for several hours hoping to get into the story as I was interested in hearing what, in particular Giovanna’s story might be but not enough to plough on any further, I’m sorry to say.

So I’ve given up and returned this one.

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brilliant!

Thoroughly enjoyed the story and characters. I would recommend this to others. A good summer holiday read.

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