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Love Letters

The feel-good escapist romcom from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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With the bookshop where she works about to close, Laura Horsley, in a moment of uncharacteristic recklessness, finds herself agreeing to help organise a literary festival deep in the heart of the English countryside. But her initial excitement is rapidly followed by a mounting sense of panic when reality sinks in and she realises just how much work is involved - especially when an innocent mistake leads the festival committee to mistakenly believe that Laura is a personal friend of the author at the top of their wish-list. Laura might have been secretly infatuated with the infamous Dermot Flynn ever since she studied him at university, but travelling to Ireland to persuade the notorious recluse to come out of hiding is another matter.

Determined to rise to the challenge she sets off to meet her literary hero. But all too soon she's confronted with more than she bargained for - Dermot the man is maddening, temperamental and up to his ears in a nasty case of writer's block. But he's also infuriatingly attractive - and, apparently, out to add Laura to his list of conquests ...

©Katie Fforde 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance

Critic reviews

Fforde's cosy style is strangely comforting and Laura's transformation from ingénue to confident and lustful young woman makes for an enjoyable summer read.
I was engrossed in this tale.
Kate Fforde's latest read is the perfect escapism - the witty dialogue and sizzling romance will keep you entertained in the long summer evenings.
Laura is searching for love and finds work with literary agent Eleanora. She ends up running a book festival in Ireland and trying to convince a reclusive author to take part. Will she find love while she is there?
a sweet and endearing read.
heartfelt novel (- 4 stars)
enjoyable and satisfying...perfect for these hot lazy summer days.
...yet another brilliantly written piece of escapism from Katie Fforde!
All stars
Most relevant
The pace was perfect with just the right amount of twists and turns to keep up the momentum of the story

Believeable oftern hilarious characters, humorous and frank exchanges between main characters and tender love scences.

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I very much enjoyed the story. The narrator was a little fast sometimes but I really liked her irish accent and wonder if maybe it was just one of the characters that was supposed to be like that. Would recommend :)

Great storyline :)

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Although not my favourite narrator, she sure can do an Irish accent, which really brings the story to life. Lovely story, love letters. Literary Laura, her first love is books and her second love is...

💗 Literary Laura loves books

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I first read this book while at university, when I borrowed a copy from the library, I was devastated when I could not remember the authors name. Having found this gem of a story again I absolutely loved rediscovering it.

❤️ loved it

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not as good as other katie fford books. the start was slow, middle was good and end predictable. the narrators sing song voice was annoying and sounds too mature for the lead character. still listened till the end so not all bad!

disappointing

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