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The Start of Something
- Narrated by: Claire Morgan, Simon Pothecary
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Romance, Contemporary
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Critic reviews
"A proper lovely romance, and a fabulous spirit-lifter." (Ruth Jones, Sunday Times best-selling author)
"Heart-warming and believable. This is Miranda Dickinson at her very best." (Sarah Morgan, Sunday Times best-selling author)
"Miranda is such a big-hearted, generous writer, full of warmth and love." (Jenny Colgan, Sunday Times best-selling author)
"The Start of Something is a wonderfully romantic story about the healing powers of love. Gentle and romantic, a wonderful salve for the soul, it is a charming joy of a read." (Milly Johnson, Sunday Times best-selling author)
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- Tyler
- 18-06-22
Good read
Did find myself getting engrossed in this story. Only downside would be I wish the love story was played out abit more as I found it fairly predictable.
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- M Jenkins
- 27-04-22
Lovely story and characters
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- dk.bookworm
- 30-03-22
A lovely story
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I loved it the whole way through
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