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The Wake-Up Call

By: Beth O'Leary
Narrated by: Jessie Cave, Lino Facioli
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Summary

The novel from the bestselling author of The Flatshare and The No-Show.

Two sworn enemies. A failing hotel. One chance to save the season...

It's the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel's front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through.

The hotel won't stay afloat beyond Christmas without some sort of miracle. But when Izzy returns a guest's lost wedding ring, the reward convinces management that this might be the way to fix everything. With four rings still sitting in lost property, the race is on for Izzy and Lucas to save their beloved hotel - and their jobs.

As their bitter rivalry turns into something much more complicated, Izzy and Lucas begin to wonder if there's more at stake here than the hotel's future. Can the two of them make it through the season with their hearts intact?

©2023 Beth O'Leary (P)2023 Quercus Editions Limited
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Critic reviews

"Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book." (Emily Henry)

"Beth O'Leary crafts novels with such wit, heart and truth." (Sophie Kinsella)

"A huge, heartwarming triumph." (Josie Silver)

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Great story. Struggled with narration

I loved the story. Beth never fails to write a great book. I really enjoyed the female narration by Jessie, unfortunately the Lucas narration was hard to hear clearly, when he did voices from other characters it was fine but the Lucas narration was muffled and difficult to understand. Such a shame. I’m glad I persevered as I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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I thought I knew the end of the story about 10 different times…then it changed!

I absolutely love Beth O’Leary’s style of writing from 2 different perspectives. I thought this story was nearing its conclusion on a few occasions, and I’d have been disappointed with the ending I imagined. There were so many plot twists and turns and “aha” moments, particularly with the other receptionist about 3/4 through (no spoilers here). As usual a wonderful story and one I inhaled in under 24 hours!

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Ok listen, some good twists

The female narrator was clearer & louder than the make one so that sometimes made listening hard when the man was speaking - maybe because I listen in the kitchen when cooking. Sadly not as good as the flatshare, more a cheesy romance novel

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Predictable & a bit cringy

I’ve really enjoyed all of Beth O’Leary’s books but this one was a bit hard to get through. Predictable and with dialogue that had me cringing at times. Disappointing and lacking the originality and spark from her other books

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Good story but poor performance

Good story but it was hard to get into it. I think Lucas’s performance was very poor, it was very hard for me to listen at the beginning.

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Smashed it again!

Another great book by Beth O’Leary
Can’t wait for the next!
I adore these books.

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lovely story for January blues

Great rom com story and ver nice characters. well performed, but it didn't blow me away. however definitely a brightner in the grey of January.

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Beautiful Romance

Feel good story with just enough twists to keep you interested. Great easy listen. Would highly recommend.

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Nice story

It was a nice story , if predictable, narrated well, I enjoyed it, as I generally do with titles from this author

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Sweet storyline, but felt like a long build up

The characters are endearing and it is a sweet storyline. For me I found the build up too long and rather than binging a Beth O’Leary book, I took about 9 months though!

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