Set on the beautiful Scottish island of Islay, The Christmas Secret is a gripping story filled with emotion from Karen Swan, bestselling author of Christmas Under the Stars.
'I devoured it like a tray of warm mince pies. A delicious winter tale' – Sarah Morgan, author of Moonlight Over Manhattan
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.
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 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.
'Fun and great escapism' –Tracy Rees, author of The Hourglass
‘If you’re anything like us, then a book by Karen Swan has become synonymous with Christmas, and her latest is arguably her best yet . . . smart plots, brilliant characters and juicy romance’ – Heat
© 2017 Macmillan Digital Audio (Luisterboek): 9781509838462
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 2 november 2017
Set on the beautiful Scottish island of Islay, The Christmas Secret is a gripping story filled with emotion from Karen Swan, bestselling author of Christmas Under the Stars.
'I devoured it like a tray of warm mince pies. A delicious winter tale' – Sarah Morgan, author of Moonlight Over Manhattan
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.
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 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.
'Fun and great escapism' –Tracy Rees, author of The Hourglass
‘If you’re anything like us, then a book by Karen Swan has become synonymous with Christmas, and her latest is arguably her best yet . . . smart plots, brilliant characters and juicy romance’ – Heat
© 2017 Macmillan Digital Audio (Luisterboek): 9781509838462
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 2 november 2017
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C
10 jan 2022
Het einde voelde een beetje lang, laatste 3-4 uur, maar het laatste uur maakte het goed.
Kirsten
10 dec 2022
Dit boek neemt je mee naar Schotland of en verrast je, ik kon het niet weg leggen …
Judit
19 apr 2021
Mooi boek!
Caro
21 dec 2022
Naast romantisch ook wat menselijkheid erin en spannend. Leuk hoor feiten en geschiedenis erin verwerkt zijn.
Eef
10 feb 2023
Tja, wat zal ik zeggen… fijne schrijfstijl, goed voorgelezen, wel heel lang voordat verhaal echt op gang kwam. En helemaal tot laatste hoofdstuk voor de grande finale. De uitleg had wel langer mogen duren, de ellenlange aanloop ernaartoe..:. Basis leuk te luisteren, had stuk korter gekund. Tip: luister een na laatste hoofdstuk van schrijfster, geen spoilers, verhaallijn wel sneller duidelijk/te volgen met een beetje voorkennis
Joop
1 jan 2023
Such a delicious story! Loved the historical component of it too, small as it is, and also the descriptions of living on a small Scottish island. I loved the performance by Laura Main! I hope she’ll perform many more titels!
Petro
4 jan 2023
Brilliant!Beautiful reading!
Marion
19 dec 2020
Hats off!
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