The Barefoot Bookshop on the Beach

The Barefoot Bookshop on the Beach

Author: Rebecca Raisin Listening Length: 9h

We need a bookseller for the Barefoot Bookshop on the Beach… apply here! When Harper sees an ad for what must surely be the most idyllic job in the world, she’s almost tempted. But she can’t possibly leave her bookshop job in London, or her burgeoning career as a successful Bookstagram influencer… That is, until a ...

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Mariola gazes up at me, apologetic. ‘Sorry I blurted it like that. I didn’t want Mrs Bastille to worry. As bookworms, they’ve all been concerned about the future of the Barefoot Bookshop. I figured it was easier to assure them that it’s sorted.’

‘OK.’ Manager though? I haven’t managed a bookshop before and worry I’ll be out of my depth. There’s a screech from the Cabana Bar. I turn to see Mrs Bastille on Brian’s shoulders. Maybe she isn’t as unaware as I’d first thought. Her face lights up at the attention.

‘Mariola, are they just drunkenly eccentric, or is there something in the water here?’

She laughs and two dimples deepen in her cheeks.