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Title: Lost Innocence

Author: Susan Lewis

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-16

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When Alicia Carlyle returns to the home of her childhood after the tragic death of her husband, she is hoping to put the past behind her. But first she must come face to face with the woman who nearly destroyed her marriage and tore her family in two - her sister-in-law, Sabrina. Their enmity runs deep, but Alicia is determined to make a fresh start for herself and her two children, Nathan and Darcie, and to heal her fractured relationship with her beloved brother.

However, just when it looks as if they might have a chance at a brighter future, Sabrina's 15-year-old daughter, Annabelle, accuses 17-year-old Nathan of a crime he insists he didn't commit. And once more the two families are locked in a battle that is fraught with mistrust, betrayal and lies - a battle that threatens to destroy them all....

Members Reviews:

Easy listening

What did you like best about Lost Innocence? What did you like least?

The story was good in that no concentration was required chick lit I suppose

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

A different narrator

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Anna Bentinck?

Just about anyone

Could you see Lost Innocence being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

No

Any additional comments?

Spoilt but the narrator who has a very breathy way of taking and for too many pauses. she is hopeless at accents and totally spoiled the story

Best book in a long while

Best book I've read in a long time, narrator was first class, she really defined the characters and the story line was brilliant

Highly enjoyable

I've read the book too so for me Anna brought all the characters to life for me, from the softly spoken voice of Alicia Carlyle to the strident harpy tones of Sabrina.

** spoiler alert **

Oh wow what a book, it starts slowly with that subject that I am not comfortable with ....adultery. The story is told from past and present using different characters POV. Craig is a barrister married to Alicia and they have two children Nathan and Darcie.

Robert is Alicia's older brother and he marries divorcee Sabrina who already has a daughter Annabelle.

Alicia finds Craig and Sabrina in the guest room of their home boinking whilst the house is filling with guests for Craig's 40th birthday party - was he stupid to shag his mistress in the marital home or did he want to get caught??? Sabrina milks this one smirking at Alicia over his shoulder whilst telling Craig to go faster and harder. Alicia demands "the slut" leave her house and that the party is cancelled. Craig is devastated and says it was all a mistake but Sabrina lets slip they have been at it for a year. Alicia walks away telling him he can explain to his guests that they must leave.

So Sabrina....what a witch...she gives a genuine tart a bad name ..... I think she goes after Craig because she cannot bear to be ignored and go she does whilst on a shared family holiday in Italy. It's not clear how long she has been dangling her assets but its enough that Craig finds himself in lust. Equally his 14 year old son Nat is exploring things with his 12 year old cousin!!

Craig gives her up but cracks after two weeks, they continue to meet until Alicia catches sight of his mobile and credit card bill and tells him give her up or their marriage is over. He dumps Sabrina who fools herself that he will come back as he did before.