Love in the Afternoon: A Dove Pond eNovella
Written by Karen Hawkins
Narrated by Danny Campbell, Tavia Gilbert and George Newbern
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Young widow Sofia Rodriquez has just accepted the position of greenhouse manager for Ava Dove’s booming herbal tea business. Sofia is delighted to have found a job that will make use of her gardening skills and allow her to spend time with her son, Noah, who has been diagnosed with Asperger’s. Adding to her joy is the charming farmhouse she’s renting on the edge of Dove Pond.
The only cloud on Sofia’s horizon is her next door neighbor, Jake, whose yard is a thorny jungle worthy of Sleeping Beauty. Soon enough, Sofia discovers that Jake himself is just as thorny and unpleasant as his yard.
After his fiancé left him, work-from-home IT whiz and game developer Jake Klaine has gone from Prince Charming to complete hermit. But Jake isn’t really alone; he’s living with a ghost: a (formerly) hairy man named Doyle who’s a fan of bad puns and who refuses to leave Jake’s bathtub. This is nothing new for Jake, as he’s been talking to ghosts since he was a boy. He finds real people harder to deal with, like the kid next door who won’t stop bugging him about the new game he’s developing.
Sofia and Jake know all too well that life isn’t a game. They’ve both lost the person they loved most. But under the watchful eye of the ghostly Doyle and Sofia’s new friend Ava, who has abilities of her own, Jake and Sofia decide to take a chance and let in an outsider. Soon they discover that, with a little magic, even the thorniest walls are no match for the innocent trust of a lonely child and the fierce determination of a woman wielding a razor-sharp pruner and a heart big enough to make even the most stubborn flower bloom.
Karen Hawkins
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Karen Hawkins writes novels that have been praised as touching, witty, charming, and heartwarming. A native Southerner who grew up in the mountains of East Tennessee where storytelling is a way of life, Karen recently moved to frosty New England with her beloved husband and multiple foster dogs. The Dove Pond series is a nod to the thousands of books that opened doors for her to more adventures, places, and discoveries than she ever imagined possible. To find out more about Karen, check in with her at Facebook.com/AuthorKarenHawkins, on Instagram @KarenHawkinsAuthor, and on her website KarenHawkins.com.
More audiobooks from Karen Hawkins
The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Caught by the Scot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Cup of Silver Linings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book Charmer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Love in the Afternoon
Related audiobooks
How to Bake a Perfect Life: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The All You Can Dream Buffet: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Glass Kitchen: A Novel of Sisters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South of the Buttonwood Tree Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lost Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dress Shop of Dreams Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Inheriting Secrets: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5First Frost Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lights of Sugarberry Cove Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret of Everything: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Garden of Happy Endings: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Beekeeper's Ball Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bookshop of Yesterdays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5That Month in Tuscany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Library of Lost and Found Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Apple Orchard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost for Words Bookshop: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spring House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bookshop on the Shore: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sunrise by the Sea: A Little Beach Bakery Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Garden in England Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Oysterville Sewing Circle: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Middle of Hickory Lane Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Cafe by the Sea: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Simplicity of Cider Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cottingley Secret: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Contemporary Women's For You
Weyward: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Idea of You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Mrs. Parrish: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Listen for the Lie: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Apothecary: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Reminders of Him: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It Starts with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ugly Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love and Other Words Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Eve Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Regretting You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Things We Cannot Say Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5None of This is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5November 9: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Diamond Eye: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bright Young Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Confess Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Then She Was Gone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Lost Names Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Slammed: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5GO AS A RIVER: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winter Garden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Measure: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Missing Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe in Another Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Love in the Afternoon
103 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I don't often stop to write a review, but I just had to say a little something about this novella. The beginning wasn't really inspiring to me, but as the story went along I was drawn to the characters, they were simple and complex at the same time...a good four stars. Then toward the end, the bathtub conversation scene that included Barbara (don't want to give away any spoilers) bumped it up to five stars for me. It was such a sweet feel good story that I enjoyed way more than I expected.
4 people found this helpful