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The Boyfriend

By: Michelle Frances
Narrated by: Christina Cole
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He loves you.

He loves you not.

Amy is fiercely independent, with a high-powered career, a flat of her own and tight-knit friendships. But as she approaches her 30th birthday, she can’t help but rue the one thing she doesn’t have—a relationship.

When Amy comes around following a serious fall, she doesn’t remember anything from the last six months. Not even the upcoming skiing holiday at her aunt’s luxurious chalet in Val d’Isère with her mum and best friends to celebrate her birthday. And she certainly doesn’t remember being swept off her feet by the handsome Dr Jack Stewart....

Jack is the full package—charming, caring and devoted to Amy. Everyone is smitten with him, but as the week goes on, Amy begins to find Jack’s presence chilling. Is her broken mind playing tricks? Or is the perfect boyfriend really too good to be true?

For fans of The Chalet and The Hunting Party, The Boyfriend is a twisting anti-love story that will keep you guessing at every turn, by Michelle Frances, author of the number one best-selling sensation The Girlfriend.

©2022 Michelle Frances (P)2022 Macmillan Publishers International Limited Domestic Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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Critic reviews

"I tore through the pages.... A high-speed chase of a novel." (Louise Candlish)

"Michelle Frances manages to bring fresh energy to this age-old theme of family secrets.... The finale doesn't disappoint." (Daily Mail)

"Toxic family relationships, sultry European settings and an intricate plot which leaves you never knowing who to trust." (Catherine Cooper, author of The Chalet)
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I was fascinated by the characters and the plot! I would definitely recommend this book even if you are not a Michelle France's fan. Once read never forgotten and the door opens to the rest of the series.😋

Loved it

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This story had the potential of being gripping and suspenseful but ended up being contrived and weak. The plot was predictable and some of the characters including the protagonist, were grey.

Underwhelming

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I was disappointed with this story after loving ‘The Girlfriend ‘ and ‘The Temp’. It was rather long and drawn out and I’m hoping it doesn’t go into a book 2 ! It just didn’t get exciting enough for me but the narrator was brilliant.

Jan in Portugal

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The author is one of my favourite writers of contemporary fiction. Alas, this was not in the same league as her previous books. There were holes (relating to basic technology i.e google) in the plot and it took a while to move. It was as though we were stuck in the chalet along with the characters.
Overall I enjoyed it.
Her other books “The Girlfriend” and “The Temp” are by far superior. I recommend them highly.

Not as good as her other books

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Absolutely LOVED this book! Hooked from the first chapter🤗i was struggling to find a book that gripped me until this! Loved the story line and the narrator Christina Cole was truly BRILLIANT 👏🏽💯she has an amazing talent! She done lots of different voices SO well, and she made this book just so easy to listen to and imagine you are there! I have already looked for more books by Michelle, and also Christina as both are FABULOUS! Thank you Michelle for a WONDERFUL book😁 and thank you Christina for reading this SO BRILLIANTLY👏🏽 im gutted it’s now finished! Please hurry with the second one🤗🙏🏽♥️thank you audible for another AMAZING book!💯💯💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽♥️xxx

LOVED IT!💯👏🏽🤗narrator AMAZING too!💯👏🏽

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this book started well and I had high hopes after reading other books by the author but the story doesn't make sense. the characters behave in ways they just wouldn't in real life it got on my nerves and I couldn't continue reading

completely unrealistic and hard to believe!

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the one fellow being 2 I thought was stupid, who wouldn't catch that on, unless you were blind. No disappointment with this story, will avoid her books in future.

bad ending,

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The plot is preposterous.
Spoiler alert:-
The novel is billed as ‘anti - boyfriend’ it’s not! Yes the ‘boyfriend’ is a ‘baddie’ BUT actually the female characters are stereotypical tropes and far more worrying than the guy!!!
I was annoyed and disappointed that a female author chose to portray the main character’s two female best friends and her mother as enthrall to a man they’d all just met; repeatedly believing him rather than their friend/daughter. If I was so treated by my friends and mum (& also drugged by them) I’d ghost them and get therapy as clearly (with or without a head injury) I’d need to make better choices in my life.
Please can writer’s start writing about strong women with supportive friends and family, and not this drivel.
The narrator gives a good performance, but don’t waste your credit.

Preposterous

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Unfortunately I’m giving up on this audiobook. Storyline is so far fetched and any friend or family member would have called the police instantly

Giving up

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