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The Christmas Secret
- Narrated by: Laura Main
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Set on the beautiful island of Islay, The Christmas Secret is a gripping story filled with emotion from Karen Swan, author of Christmas Under the Stars.
Alex Hyde is the leaders' leader. An executive coach par excellence, she's the person the great and the good turn to when the pressure gets too much; she can change the way they think, how they operate, she can turn around the very fortunes of their companies.
Her waiting list is months long, but even she can't turn down the unorthodox but highly lucrative crisis call that comes her way a few weeks before Christmas, regarding the troublesome - and troubled - head of an esteemed whisky company in Scotland: Lochlan Farquhar, CEO of Kentallen Distilleries, is a maverick, an enigma and a renegade, and Alex needs to get inside his head before he brings the company to its knees.
It should be business as usual. She can do this in her sleep. Only, when she gets to the remote island of Islay, with the winter snows falling, Alex finds herself out of her comfort zone. For once she's not in control - Lochlan, though darkly charismatic, is unpredictable and destructive, her usual methods gaining no traction with him - and with Christmas and her deadline fast approaching, she must win his trust and find a way to close on this deal.
But as she pulls ever closer to him, boundaries become blurred, loyalties loosen and Alex finds herself faced with an impossible choice as she realizes nothing and no-one is as they first seemed.
This audiobook contains an exclusive bonus feature with the author, Karen Swan, who shares some of the inspiration behind The Christmas Secret.
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- prachtigws
- 2020-02-15
Some surprises
Going back and fort in time and used it in the story was a suprise
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- Jacqueline
- 2021-12-17
The Christmas Secret
What an excellent read! Thank you so much! Loved the epilogue! Will definitely be looking for more books from this author.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-12-01
Worth the read!
Decided to read a festive story. There was romance, several plot twists and a feel hood ending. Will read again.
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- Nancy
- 2022-01-08
how I received this story was through browsing
I love it..beautifully done...the reader was clear in her words. this helps me cause I am hard of hearing. Bravo!!
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- L R
- 2019-11-19
Great Story! ( not just for Christmas )
I really enjoyed this book. The narrator was very good and seamlessly switched between character voices. I loved how the storyline followed two different generations that eventually intertwined. I will definitely look for more by Karen Swan.
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- Sam M cCollum
- 2022-12-14
Two stories in one
Excellent interwoven of two stories that explain each other. The narration was superb. Looking forward to another story by Karen
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- Beth Toly
- 2019-12-06
Lame
I found this story very lame & draggy & unrealistic. The narrators voice was very irritating & I would not recommend it.
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- Wanderin' Buffalo
- 2020-05-21
Loved the book but not the audio version
First time trying an audiobook and after a few minutes I decided to resume reading the book. I really love Karen's books but I'll keep reading for now.
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