Exceeding Expectations, Lisa April Smith
Exceeding Expectations, Lisa April Smith
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Exceeding Expectations

Author: Lisa April Smith

Narrator: Amy Landon

Unabridged: 11 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2016

Synopsis

Palm Beach, 1961. Socialite, irresistible rascal, and devoted father Jack Morgan stages his suicide to shield his beloved daughters from scandal and disgrace. His daughter Charlotte (Charlie) is an over-indulged twenty-three-year-old girl struggling to cope with the loss of her beloved father, her sister’s resulting mental breakdown, and the discovery that she’s now penniless. Fortunately, Raul, an admiring young attorney, offers assistance to the traumatized young woman.As terrified as she is about paying for her sister’s costly treatment and her own daily survival, Charlie soon realizes that she must learn what drove her father to kill himself. With Raul’s much-needed ego-bolstering, she pursues a career that makes practical use of her lanky five-foot-eleven frame. Despite roadblocks and emotional upheavals, she embarks on an ocean-spanning journey that leads to a family she doesn’t know, distressing truths about her father, crimes great and small, and a diabolical villain.

About Lisa April Smith

Lisa April Smith is the author of romantic suspense novels, including Dangerous Lies and Paradise Misplaced, as well as the historical novel Forgotten Tales of China.

About Amy Landon

Amy Landon, Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a voice artist and classically trained actress with numerous film, television, and off-Broadway stage credits. Her voice can also be heard on many television and radio commercials. She has an easy facility with dialects, which she also coaches and teaches, and she is happy to find her lifelong obsession with books pairing up with her acting and vocal work. Her narration of Texts from Jane Eyre placed as a finalist for the Audie Award for Best Humor Narration in 2016.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff

This is really a 3.5 star book, but I rounded it up because of the mystery of Jack Morgan. I ordered this book by mistake, I thought it was by April Smith, a very reliable author. After I got it, I decided to give it a try. The first chapter is really well written and draws you in quickly. After tha......more

Goodreads review by Marilou George

Jack Morgan has meticulously and successfully staged his own suicide leaving behind his beloved-daughters Charlotte (Charlie) and Amelia and their step-mother Petal his current wife. Upon hearing the devastating news Amelia suffers a breakdown and Charlie is faced with the daunting task of picking u......more

Goodreads review by Crystal

Exceeding Expectations is a book that will do just that. The blurb sounds great but once you delve into the book you realize it is so much more packed into one book. It's fascinating, has interesting and diverse characters and a plot line that will draw you in from the first page. As you know from mo......more

Goodreads review by Cari L.

Lisa April Smith Sure, there’s the old adage about not judging a book by its cover and all that, but what about judging a book by its title? In the case of "Exceeding Expectations" by Lisa April Smith, readers certainly have just cause to judge it by the title because, after having had the privi......more

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