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The Spare Room
- Narrated by: Fran Burgoyne
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
Two unexpected flatmates. One shared space. Will they cross the line into love?
Rosie had the perfect evening lined up: she'd come home early, slip into a sexy dress and surprise her boyfriend with date night. What she was not expecting was to find his bags packed and herself unceremoniously dumped.
But she can't even think about her heartbreak when she faces the more pressing matter of making rent this month. And in desperate times, she agrees to let out her spare room to her elusive upstairs neighbour.
Aled needs somewhere to stay while his place is being renovated, and she gets to keep her home. It's a win-win situation... At least in theory.
For Rosie has sworn off men indefinitely, and never saw herself living with one so soon after her breakup. But being in Aled's company day in, day out has this annoying habit of playing havoc with her heart...
On paper they're just flatmates, but could there be room for more between them?
The ultimate forced proximity, slow-burn romcom to get your hands on, for fans of Beth O'Leary, Portia MacIntosh and Mhairi McFarlane.
Critic reviews
'An absolutely gorgeous story - I now have a massive book hangover. I loved it' Jules Wake, author of The Spark
'I mean it when I say: Laura Starkey has written the most perfect romcom. The Spare Room was not a happily ever after, it was a happily all the way through. I loved it' Suzy Krause, author of Sorry I Missed You
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-03-24
Sweet story
This was a heartwarming story with a cinnamon bun love interest. I definitely recommend it and will be reading more books by Laura Starkey!
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-03-24
humour
character growth and building her self respect. with great healthy friends she meets on the way!
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- Dandysmith
- 18-04-24
Upbeat, propulsive and entertaining
A perfect summer read. Rosie is a heroine who leads with kindess and Aled has unexpected, hidden depths. Devour this book. You won't regret it.
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- Becky1701
- 07-03-24
Just perfect
Laura Starkey is a fabulous author - I think she may be one of my most favourite authors. This book is great, it’s extremely well written, the characters are well rounded and believable - I was so invested in Rosie and the journey she went on, as well as in the development of her relationship with Aled. I’m a little bit in love with both of them. The forced-proximity trope is really well written, and doesn’t feel similar to anything I’ve heard before (and I’m a huge romcom fan, I’ve read a lot of forced-proximity).
Completely and thoroughly worth a listen.
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- SD 1993
- 01-05-24
Story line stuff of movies and romcom tv shows
In my opinion this book is one of the best I’ve listened to in a while. Even though it has a predictable storyline, it’s such an easy listen, to and from work, doing the household chores as well as when I couldn’t sleep!
It was easy to get into and some of the characters were relatable.
Characterisation was cracking, even though, to me, Aled and Rhian’s north walian accents sounded more like mid to south wales (I’m actually from Abergele myself along the north coast) and James’ Cheshire accent needed a little more work, it was very enjoyable.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a predictable easy romcom read.
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