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  • By: Kate Forster
  • Narrated by: Rachael Tidd
  • Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (1,800 ratings)

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Summary

Leaving fame and fortune behind, it's the ultimate escape....

Can you live on love alone?

Willow Carruthers - British Oscar winner, style icon and mother of three - is facing a crisis: she’s broke, discovery of her partner’s infidelity has left her a single mother and, if the banks have their way, she’s about to be homeless.

Meanwhile, Kitty - nanny to Willow’s children - is desperate to keep her job and knows just the place they can retreat to: her crumbling ancestral home in the Bristol countryside, Middlemist House.

To both women in their hour of need, the idea of leaving LA seems brilliant in theory. That is, until Kitty’s brother, Merritt, returns home unannounced….

From London to LA, The Perfect Retreat is pure escapism - full of sex, scandal and intrigue.

©2013 Kate Forster (P)2021 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.

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Loved it.

Having listened to her first book, this doesn't disappoint. The story flows at a good pace and briefly mentions some of the previous characters to connect the world its written in.

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Loved it!!!!

Having read another of Kate’s books The Perfect Location which I loved I spotted this one in the Discover section.
Loved it from start to finish!!!!

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Wonderful

Beautiful story, very well read. I really enjoyed this story and stayed awake very late some nights not able to put this book down.

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Silly - but enjoyable - story

This is a very silly book. But raced through it. The accents were TERRIBLE and Unnecessarily distracting.

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chicklit or not?

A good story in many ways. Verging on chicklit but entertaining enough in many ways.

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Great book

loved it !!!! the characters were brilliant. kept me engrossed till the end.would recommend

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Romance at its best

A slow start, but oh my goodness, once I got into it I absolutely loved it. I was enthralled with the characters.

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Loved the story, loved the narrator

Loved the story, setting, narrator... enjoyed it thoroughly and would recommend for some extra sunshine in your day

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A delightful read

This book was a lovely insightful Love story and I really enjoyed its warmth

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A perfect escape

Loved it. A perfect, dreamy escape that didn’t tax the mind but wasn’t so sugary as to be inane.

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