Don't Want to Miss a Thing

By: Jill Mansell

Narrated by: Alison Larkin

Dexter Yates loves his fun, carefree London life; he has money, looks, and girlfriends galore. But everything changes overnight when his sister dies, leaving him in charge of her eight-month-old daughter Delphi. How is he ever going to cope? Comic-strip artist Molly Hayes lives in the beautiful Cotswold village of Briarwood. When it comes to relationships, she has a history of choosing all the wrong men. Leaving the city behind, Dex moves to Briarwood - a much better place to work on his parenting skills - and he and Molly become neighbors. There's an undeniable connection between them. But if Dexter's going to adapt, he first has a lot to learn about Molly, about other people's secrets...and about himself.

©2013 Jill Mansell (P)2014 Tantor

Critic reviews

"A little bundle of joy changes everything in this quirky chick-lit tale . . . charmingly well charted." ( Publishers Weekly)

Don't want to miss a thing

What did you like best about this story?

I liked how it was based in a small village and you followed a few different stories.

Any additional comments?

This is a lovely story. Once I started, I couldn't stop listening. There were a few twists and turns that I didn't see coming in the story. All in all, another fab Jill Mansell book

Cute story

The story was sweet and somewhat predictable but enjoyable. It contains language that I was not expecting. Quite disappointed in that as it was totally unnecessary.

nice narrator and story

First time reader of Jill Mansell and Alison Larkin. Nice story, nice narrator. Will look for more by both.

Such a Heartwarming Quirky Little Story

I love this book. The characters, the narrator, the story, all of it. Over the past few years, I’ve relistened to it 5 times.

Enjoyable but why has it been Americanised?

I enjoyed both the performance and the story but what really spoiled this for me was the way in which the book has been Americanised. It's written by an English author and set in a very English town and read by an English narrator so why on earth do the characters talk about 'diapers', 'vacation' and 'highways'. Did this really need to be changed? It really spoiled my enjoyment of the story.