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Christmas at the Edge of the World Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Kate Hewitt (Author), Lucy Rayner (Narrator), Blackstone Publishing (Publisher)

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When Laurel West discovers her estranged sister Abby has checked herself into rehab and wants her to take care of her 14-year-old son, she doesn’t hesitate to step in. Abby was there for Laurel a long time ago, and she longs to be able to offer the same. However, as a single woman who still dreams of the fairy tale, Laurel isn’t prepared for teenage Zac’s sullen moods or silent rage. When he’s expelled from school, she decides to take drastic measures and temporarily relocate them to her great aunt’s cottage on the windswept hills of the Orkney islands north of Scotland...about as far as she can run from their problems, but will it be far enough?

From the moment they step onto the island’s shores, everything seems to go wrong...including a run-in with eccentric sheep farmer Archie MacDougall. When Zac gets in trouble at the village pub and is rescued by Archie, Laurel thinks things are only getting worse. But Archie’s suggestion of putting Zac to work on his farm might be the change he needs, and Laurel strikes up a surprising friendship with a man who is about as far from the fairy tale as she can imagine.

Can such an unlikely and impractical love bloom in such a brief moment out of reality? And will two lost and lonely souls find each other at the edge of the world?

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Listening Length	6 hours and 21 minutes
Author	Kate Hewitt
Narrator	Lucy Rayner
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	01 December 2020
Publisher	Blackstone Publishing
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B086WNWRHR
Best Sellers Rank	71,740 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 185 in Holiday Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 3,104 in Holiday Fiction (Books) 5,865 in Contemporary Romance (Audible Books & Originals)

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A deeply emotional romance

Reviewed in Australia on 5 November 2019

This is a deeply emotional love story that will draw you in and make you believe that anything is possible

Laurel's Christmas plans take a huge turn when she is advised that her estranged sister has checked into rehab and she needs to look after her nephew Zac. He is one rebellious teenager and is kicked out of school so she decides to take him to Orkney to stay at her
aunts old cottage a place she has fond childhood memories of. What happens when you put a rebellious city teenager on a s mall island He actually bonds with the neighbour a dour sheep farmer named Archie MacDougall after he rescues him from an incident at the pub but even more alarming is the connection between Archie and Laurel a connection that has no future with him in the Orkney's and her returning to London. Can they find a way to be together you will have to read to see

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A wonderful heartfelt sweet Christmas romance

Reviewed in Australia on 5 November 2019

Kate Hewitt writes warm, healing contemporary love stories like nobody else I’ve ever read. In this story, Laurel and Archie are both scarred in their own ways and each is scared to commit their feelings for fear of being rejected. I loved so much about this book. There was Laurel’s brave attempts to somehow connect with her nephew Zac, who had his own issues. There was gruff Orkney farmer Archie who always seemed to be there to lend a hand when needed, was clearly a man’s man and yet made a divine lemon drizzle cake. I also loved that these two were not in their first blush of youth. It’s fabulous to see stories written about people in their thirties and forties because surprise, surprise. Love comes at many stages in our lives. I adored the setting for this story. Orkney is a remote place off the far north coast of Scotland, wild and yet very beautiful. Having visited recently it now holds a special place in my heart. Most of all though, I loved the way that Kate Hewitt wove this charming Christmas story, with her various characters learning to communicate, healing past wounds and learning to take a chance on love.

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Family drama, festivities and the Orkney's - what a brilliant combination!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2020

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This is a brilliant festive romance, a superb Christmas cocktail with a delicious blend of family drama, idyllic, remote setting and, of course, a touch of romance, too.

Laurel West discovers that her older sister, Abby, has checked herself into rehab when she's asked to look after Abby's fourteen year old son, Zac. The sisters have been estranged for years but Abby helped bring Laurel up after their mother died and she's very willing to help. However, Zac is a rebellious teen and gets expelled from his school so Abby decides to take him to a place where she has the best, happy memories, her great Aunt's home on the Orkney Islands......

This story shares the angst and turmoil inflicted on the sisters as children and the very different impact it has had on their lives now. It is a second chance story, with both of them acknowledging the past and taking steps to move on to a brighter future. The initial arrival at her great Aunt's home is fraught with problems and some shocking encounters - including one with a gun pointed at them! It is a story of community, respect, family, friendship and taking chances and is a heartwarming festive read that I have no hesitation in highly recommending.

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It's about family

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2019

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Liked meeting Laurel and Zac who as a teenager tried to have a no care attitude and being tough but underneath a soft and gentle scared boy as his mum Abby was unable to care for him as she went into rehab and passed the responsibility onto Laurel who took him to Orkney for Christmas after being excluded from school and met Archie the next door farmer of Laurel's great Aunt Elidh whose cottage was where they were staying as Laurel had fond memories of the place after more trouble Zac was given a job on the farm of Archie's and began to enjoy it then his mum turned up and after Christmas they went back to Abby's but Laurel had fallen in love with Archie and he with her so she went back and Archie told her he was coming to find her they were happy to have found each other Zac was happy and Abby was on the road to recovery

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Nicola Carrie

Lovely story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 January 2020

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Read this book after reading an excerpt in one of her other books and felt I really wanted to know what happened. The characters were all lovely and I felt that I wanted to keep reading to find out more about them. If you like a nice feel good book then this is the one.

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dolphin1974

Lovely romantic Christmas read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2020

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Lovely, romantic Christmas read, I’m nearly a year late reading this one but it was worth the wait.
Would love to hear more about these characters, perhaps a serial set in Orkney might be lovely hint hint.

Jen Bennett

Far away an island with old fashioned values a love story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2019

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A lovely story about a part of the world I know v different from mainline Britain simple but honest a love story

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