St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets

A Novel

By: Annie England Noblin

Narrated by: Sarah Naughton

If you love Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis, you won’t want to miss this new novel of second chances, dogs, and knitting, from the author of Pupcakes and Sit! Stay! Speak!

Laid off, cheated on, mugged: what else can go wrong in Maeve Stephens’ life? So when she learns her birth mother has left her a house, a vintage VW Beetle, and a marauding cat, in the small town of Timber Creek, Washington, she packs up to discover the truth about her past.

She arrives to the sight of a cheerful bulldog abandoned on her front porch, a reclusive but tempting author living next door, and a set of ready-made friends at the St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets, where women knit colorful sweaters for the dogs and cats in their care. But there’s also an undercurrent of something that doesn’t sit right with Maeve. What’s the secret (besides her!) that her mother had hidden?

If Maeve is going to make Timber Creek her home, she must figure out where she fits in and unravel the truth about her past. But is she ready to be adopted again - this time, by an entire town...?

©2020 Annie England Noblin (P)2020 HarperAudio

Enjoyed the story

Interesting story that holds your interest. Quirky characters. Easy listening for my long rides and the narrator’s voice was pleasant.

Never judge a book, unless you've heard the whole thing.

At first I wasn't sure, however, in glad I listened to the whole book.

TITLE IS MISLEADING

The only pets in this novel are the dog and cat that the main character has,, the fact that the knitters' club makes sweaters for animals

Strong feelings.

Great listening love the pets and story line. liked Sara Daughter's narrating.
was a little slow and scary at first but grew into a wonderful story.

So Enjoyable!

St. Francis Society for Wayward Pets is a wonderful story as well as mystery as well as it leaves the reader to want more! I will be rereading / relistening to this audible again! It was amazing!

such a good boo

Pick up this audiobook knowing nothing. I really enjoyed the narrator and the story line was sp cute. Made me what a dog like happy and strong women surrounding me.

This read like a book from a novice writer.

Spoiler alert - I am adopted. I didn't read the description of this book very well, because I was surprised when the storyline was adoption/birth mother/who am I? The questions, the dilemmas, the understanding are all typical in stories of adoption. I felt they were very simple in this book and left me wanting more than just whiny rejection. Obviously the birth mother in this story had a deeper storyline and (thank goodness) a story was there to be told.
I wasn't in love with this book as much as I was in love with the cover. Unfortunately the title is misleading, and being a dog-story-seeker, that disappointed me.
So, bottom line, not a great big fan of this book. It was just ok.
Narration, also ok.

Love this author

A surprisingly wonderful listen. Terrific narration of a really nice story with great characters about people finding their way. Truly an enjoyable story.

This is Great

While this seemed to me a total romance novel, I really liked the journey the heroine took to finding herself. It was an exceptionally good story and the pets she adopted helped her get there. The supporting cast was totally great.

It was Light(ish) AND Satisfying!

Like another reviewer already wrote, I thought this would be a light read in between other books. And that was mostly true! However, it dealt with some serious matters – none too heavy mind you – that I wasn’t expecting. The way that the author did this, made it gentle, palatable, and enjoyable! Though this was a standalone book, the offer took such good care of the reader by providing us vivid portraits of each of the characters. I don’t recall feeling like I was giving information that I didn’t need or enjoy. I also found the ending to be very satisfying!

One quibble about this book is that I was really hoping it was going to be the sort of a series! I can see from the authors work that that’s not really how she rolls. But if she ever considers going back to one of her standalone stories to expand that world, I hope that she chooses this one.

Strong recommend!