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.
“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.”
