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The Chocolate Maker's Wife

By: Karen Brooks
Narrated by: Willow Nash
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 When Rosamund Tomkins enters the world she is so different, with her darkling eyes and strange laughter, that the midwives believe she will lead a charmed life. But Rosamund’s life is set to be anything but enchanted. Born into poverty, brutalised and ignored by her family, it is only when she is married off to a nobleman that her life undergoes a wondrous transformation. Clever, quick and irrepressible, Rosamund soon becomes the darling of the haut ton, and presides over her luxurious chocolate house where the rich go to be seen and indulge in their favourite pastime, drinking the sweet and heady drink to which they’ve become oddly addicted. But in the shadows a web of conspiracy is spinning. The return of a man from the past brings Rosamund into mortal peril and up to the brink of destruction. As she fights for her life and those she loves through the ravages of the Plague and London’s Great Fire, Rosamund begins to realise she will be forced to make a choice: walk away from all she knows and has grown to love with her soul intact, or make a deal with the devil …©2019 Karen Brooks (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Fiction Renaissance Women's Fiction World Literature England

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Thoroughly enjoyable novel

A really enjoyable read with a wonderful main character. Loved the incorporation of Samuel Pepys and the accounts of both the plague and the great fire of London. A great listen!

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It was a joy to listen to this audiobook. The snippets of historical facts and the beautiful command of language were engaging and interesting. The value of everything of the era stood out, food, fabric, a bath! The chocolate story. One could almost taste the flavour, texture and the experience the rich drink being sipped through the authors expressive dialogue. Thank you. Very enjoyable book.

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thoroughly enjoyed this book

impressive historical research into restoration period with multiple themes woven in beautifully including quakers, origin story of cacao trade, slave trade, wars with the dutch- characters are well developed and frankly the book encouraged me to buy all her other books as i feel i’ve hit historical fiction gold here

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A travel through time

Absolutely loved this book. The history portrayed was entertaining , amazing and enthralling. Highly recommended reading.

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The Choclate Makers Wife

A brilliant novel once again, I found myself enthralled with the storyline,
But of course, all good things come to an end.
The narrator Willow Nash is brilliant at the presentation.
I give this book five stars all-round.

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