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  • The Summer Without You

  • By: Karen Swan
  • Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
  • Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)

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The Summer Without You

By: Karen Swan
Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
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Publisher's Summary

Set in New York's exclusive Hamptons seaside resort, The Summer Without You is a gorgeously escapist listen from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rome Affair, Karen Swan.

'Pure escapism' – Marie Clare


Rowena Tipton isn't looking for a new life, just a new adventure, something to while away the months as her long-term boyfriend presses pause on their relationship before they become engaged. But when a chance encounter at a New York wedding leads to an audition for a coveted houseshare in The Hamptons – Manhattan's elite beach scene – suddenly a new life is exactly what she's got.

Stretching before her is a summer with three eclectic housemates, long days on white sandy beaches and parties on gilded tennis courts. But high rewards bring high stakes, and Rowena soon finds herself caught in the crossfire of a vicious intimidation campaign.

Alone for the first time in her adult life, Rowena has no-one to turn to but a stranger – who is everything she doesn't want, but possibly everything she needs.

'It's the perfect listen for summer day at the beach (or the Hamptons!)' – GirlsLovetoRead

Enjoy more of Karen Swan's captivating summer audiobooks with The Greek Escape and The Hidden Beach.

©2014 Karen Swan (P)2017 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd

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Enjoyed this book immensely! I couldn't stop listening to it, I was hooked! It had me guessing to the very end!

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I didn't think I was going to be able to make it through the book in the first couple of chapters the narrators accents for a couple of the characters really grated on me to the point I thought I would have to give up, however I managed to get past the Brooklyn accent and enjoyed the book a lot. Found the ending a bit rushed, but overall loved driving to work each day listening to the story.

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This was entirely ruined by the reader and I couldn’t continue. Awful! If a book requires American accents, why not cast a reader who can do them? This was just painful and I’d get my Audible credit back if I could.

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