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The Spare Room

The absolute must-have forced proximity, friends to lovers romantic comedy to read this year!

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The Spare Room

By: Laura Starkey
Narrated by: Fran Burgoyne
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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? Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Heartfelt Feel-Good
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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.

Just perfect

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character growth and building her self respect. with great healthy friends she meets on the way!

humour

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I really loved the narrators voice and her ability to distinguish between all characters - as well as use 3 or 4 distinct accents! Really nice story and an easy listen. I loved the build up and the evolution of the characters! Really worthwhile listen; not just romance but romance with a bit of backbone!. Will try to find more from this author!

A darn good easy listen!

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Really enjoyed this book. I could not stop listening, hats off to the narrator also.

Easy listening, lovely love story.

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loved that I could imagine ever thing that was going on - can't wait to read more of Laura's books x

edge of the seat - nail biting waiting for things to happen - i listened to this in 2 dadays - I just couldn't stop xx

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