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The Contest: The Exhilarating and Addictive New Thriller from the Bestselling Author of THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND | Karen Hamilton
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Florence is pleased to be given the job of team leader on one of her employers' infamous travel challenges. Two employees are chosen to head two teams which compete to be the overall winner via a series of competitions & the prize this year is the top job which is why Florence's rival is Jacob, son of the company owner, Hugo. Not only that but Hugo will also be undertaking the trip & a rival travel company will also be there. (Continued)

OutsmartYourShelf Florence has another reason for taking part though - finding out what really happened to her fiancé, George, on a previous trip & why he was left in a coma.

I'm a sucker for reading anything which involves climbing mountains or trekking through a frozen wasteland, so when I read the synopsis for this one I was sold. The narrative is told from both Florence & Jacob's points of view so the reader gets to see that what's happening on the surface may
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OutsmartYourShelf not match what's going on underneath. There's lots of secrets & hidden agendas. I really enjoyed the first two thirds but around 70% of the way through, it became a bit repetitive, there wasn't as much tension as I hoped, & the ending was a bit 'meh'. Love the cover though. 3.5🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Headline/Wildfire, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

2y
Andrew65 This sounds interesting. 2y
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