First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Meet Me Under the Mistletoe by Jenny Bayliss
Shepherd Market is Old London. Two small squares of ye olde quaint shop fronts and pubs, some dating back to the 1700s, nestle unconcerned among the steel and glas monoliths of their descendants. A peculiar vibe of the village camaraderie and tourism pulses through the tiny neighborhood; doors open with tinkling bells into welcomingly dark shops, and people mingle in the street, strangers and friends passing the time. And it is here, sandwiched between a tailor and a bistro, that Elinor Noel – Nory to those who know her best- runs her secondhand bookshop, Serendipitous Seconds, with her right-hand man, Andrew.
Friday’s Page 69 ~ The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie by Yvonne Banham
Delores went to flip the card, but Gabriel placed his finger on the back of her hand as she touched it. His stare was fixed, and he spoke quickly.
“There are shadows following you, Delores Mackenzie: some good, some bad. There’s a powerful female and she’s looking for something. She wants to stay here, on this side. Family and friends are in the minus for you: you say you don’t care but you do. A loved one is far away, looks a bit like you, probably sisters. Death and change hover around you like smoke. You hate coriander, the world lobule and, cliché alert, you love gothic fiction.
Blog Tour ~ Zora Books Her Happy Ever After by Taj McCoy ~ Excerpt
Cover Lover Saturday ~ The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores McKenzie by Yvonne Banham
Monday’s First Sentence ~ The Bookshop and the Barbarian by Morgan Stang
Maribella Waters arrived at her newly purchased bookshop to find it infested with incredibly rude goblins.
Waiting on Wednesday ~ Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Weekly Quote for Week 51-2022 ~ Meet Me Under the Mistletoe by Jenny Bayliss
“Some books wrote themselves into people’s hearts as children and lived there, all but forgotten, until a bookseller recognized the spark and reunited them. Other books held their words close, waiting on the shelf to ignite a passion in someone who hadn’t even known they were wanting.”
Cover Lover Saturday ~ All I Want for Christmas by Wendy Loggia
