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  • Ruthless Women

  • By: Melanie Blake
  • Narrated by: Claire King
  • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (58 ratings)

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Ruthless Women

By: Melanie Blake
Narrated by: Claire King
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Summary

Ambition can be deadly....

A sizzling thriller set behind the scenes of a glamorous TV soap, from a Sunday Times best seller.

Falcon Bay was the world's most popular soap opera, filmed on location on a tiny, idyllic island off Jersey. But with ratings falling, a new network owner, the beautiful and malevolent Madeline Kane, arrives on the private island determined to do whatever it takes to get the show back to number one.

Writer Farrah, star Catherine and producer Amanda are the driven, ambitious women who keep the show on the road. But Farrah is losing episodes to the network's lead male writer, Catherine is terrified of the public falling out of love with her and Amanda's evil husband, Jake, vice president of the network, is plotting to get his wife kicked off the show.

In a true battle of the sexes, these women will do anything to stay on top. But can they team up to bring down their rivals? Or will jealousy and revenge tear their friendship apart? As their story reaches its shocking climax, one thing is certain: only the most ruthless woman will survive....

©2021 Melanie Blake (P)2021 W F Howes
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Soaps Queen Bitch!

Loved it, Claire King was the perfect narrator for these Ruthless Women and does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life.

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Jolly good fun

Loved this - a modern day version of Jilly Cooper! Can’t wait for the next one!

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Total escapism!

Ok, ok, this is totally OTT, but that is the point (I think?!). If you loved the TV show Footballers Wives, then you will love this. It has it all - sex, drugs and drama. And I have to say, Clare King’s narration is fantastic. Suspend reality and indulge - this is a great book for right now!

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toothless

pretty obvious storyline.. man hating sop story that pitches the women as ruthless.. except they lie, cheat and sleep their way to success.. hardly an example of how to get ahead.

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Easy listening

Easy to listen to! Lots of twist and surprise ending!!!
Claire king was brilliant narrator.😊

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Not great, laughed for the wrong reasons I think.

I got to the end of this book, I’m not sure how. To be fair the ending was probably the best bit, made me laugh out loud.
Claire King is a great narrator but I have no idea how she managed not to giggle at some of the ludicrous plot lines and dialogue.
The sex scenes were particularly tedious and dare I say ‘repetitive’. Not entirely sure they were all necessary.
I love Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper books, this was like a poor imitation of those, sadly.

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A easy listen

This was full of sex and ups and downs but I did feel it missed something can't put my finger on what though

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woman are the worst when they work together!

whilst I worked out what was going to happen as soon as the BIG BAD was unmasked- the story was entertaining and the narration fabulous as it is done by one of the finest soap birches around! the sex scenes were all utterly pointless but I guess they appeal to some....

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Rather long.

Rather long- could have been told in far fewer chapters. Some good twists. Became tedious.

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Bad

Not for me, found this badly written almost a parody of what it was trying to be

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