Storybook Ending, Poppy Alexander
Storybook Ending, Poppy Alexander
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Storybook Ending
A Novel

Author: Poppy Alexander

Narrator: Karen Cass

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Avon

Published: 08/20/2024


Synopsis

From the author of The Littlest Library—a heartwarming novel about a widowed children’s book author who moves into a cottage in the English countryside and finds herself face-to-face with the handsome and brooding blacksmith who lives next door.In her books she can write “happily ever after”— but real life? That’s another matter…For children’s book author Imogen, an idyllic life in the English countryside seems like the perfect fit for her and her husband. But when tragedy strikes, Imogen is left widowed, and finds herself moving into Storybook Cottage alone with only her monstrously narcissistic cat for company.After discovering she is pregnant, Imogen grows determined to embrace a new start in Middlemass, with its duckpond, cricket matches and village fêtes. The only thing Imogen can’t seem to shake is her neighbor—a brooding, artisan blacksmith named Gabriel—who she can’t quite decide is friend or foe. That is until she realizes, thanks to an arcane clause in her deeds, that Gabriel— not just an artist, but lord of the local manor house— has the power to take her home and leave her completely broke. Devastatingly, he seems keen to do exactly that. Yet, Imogen finds herself drawn to him nonetheless. And in her darkest hour, Gabriel may just be the bright spot to save Imogen in more ways than one.

About Poppy Alexander

Poppy Alexander is the author of The Battle of the Bookshops, The Littlest Library, Storybook Ending, 25 Days ’Til Christmas and The 12 Days of Christmas She wrote her first book when she was five. There was a long gap in her writing career while she was at school, and after studying classical music at university, she decided the world of music was better off without her and took up journalism instead. She takes an anthropological interest in family, friends, and life in her West Sussex village (think The Archers crossed with Twin Peaks), where she lives with her husband, children, and various other pets.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on August 20, 2024

Previously I had read and enjoyed The Littlest Library by Poppy Alexander, so I was happy to pick this one up to try it. Storybook ending says "happily ever after" to me, so I was hoping for that type of book. Description: In her books she can write “happily ever after”— but real life? That’s another......more

Goodreads review by Jen on November 07, 2024

This just wasn't for me. The elements necessary for a good story were present, but the execution was lacking. My biggest issue was the underwhelming character development. Imogen’s reaction to her husband’s death, even before she learned he might have been less than honorable, was bizarrely detached.......more

Goodreads review by Emma on October 08, 2024

Storybook Ending is a heartwarming novel by Poppy Alexander. 💜 Blurb- From the author of The Littlest Library —a heartwarming novel about a widowed children’s book author who moves into a cottage in the English countryside and finds herself face-to-face with the handsome and brooding blacksmith who l......more

Goodreads review by Zarina on October 02, 2024

Full review on my blog: [URL not allowed] I love the rich setting author Poppy Alexander has created with her fictional village of Middlemass (in my brain, it exists not too far from Julie Haworth's Blossom Heath). It brings together all the best things from picturesque English......more

Goodreads review by everything is words - Diane on October 29, 2024

"Storybook Ending" by Poppy Alexander is a charming and heartfelt novel that follows the journey of Imogen Hewitt, a newly widowed children's book author who moves to the quaint village of Middlemass to escape her grief and start anew. Settling into Storybook Cottage, Imogen hopes that the peaceful......more