Book Recommendations for Valentine’s Day (2025 Edition)
Blog Tour ~ Haunting Scent of Poppies by Victoria Williamson ~ Review
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Ava & Carol Detective Agency: The Haunted Mansion by Thomas Lockhaven, Emily Chase

“Do you want to hear a real ghost story?” Ethan Palmer leaned forward, leering at the children who sat huddled in a half-moon around a roaring campfire. The fire cracked and hissed, rebelling against the cold December night.
It was four days before Christmas, and as was Livingston tradition, the kids had spent the afternoon engaged in snowball fights, sledding, and ice skating on Lake Crystal. But now… Ethan Eugene Palmer had decided that the evening of festivities should take on a more sinister tone.
Goodreads Monday ~ #14: Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Taking the Blame by Louie Stowell
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

There was no possibility of walking to the library that day. Morning rain had blanched the air, and Miss Darlington feared that if Cecilia ventured out she would devolop a cough and be dead within the week. Therefore Cecilia was at home, sitting with her aunt in a room ten degrees colder than the streets of London, and reading aloud The Song of Hiawatha by “that American rogue, Mr. Longfellow,” when the strange gentleman knocked at their door.
Teaser Tuesday ~ Kidnap on the California Comet by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman & Elisa Paganelli

I had Random.org select a page number for me and it went with page 23.