Publication Date: August 20, 2024
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.
When a tragedy strikes, Imogen Hewitt moves alone to the countryside in what should have been the place where she and Nigel would have had their family.
Author Poppy Alexander builds a picturesque village as the backdrop for Storybook Ending. Although Imogene’s original plans might not be possible, there’s a big surprise that will alter her life.
That doesn’t include a troublesome blacksmith named Gabriel, who threatens Poppy’s newfound happiness. She’s finally writing children’s books and loves her home.
The simple plot effectively maintains readers’ interest as the attraction between Poppy and Gabriel grows. However, there are characters and events that challenge their relationship.
Storybook Ending explores one woman’s efforts to create her own future in spite of many detours.
Poppy Alexander 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 public relations, campaigning, political lobbying, and a bit of 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.
Thank you Amy! x