First Line Friday #22- Christmas Grace

 Happy Friday! I hope you have a great day and a relaxing weekend surrounded by books 😀! I was traveling and visiting my daughter last weekend so I got behind on my reading. My hope for this weekend is to catch up!! Welcome back to First Line Friday hosted by Meez Carrie at Reading is My SuperPower!! To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line (or your link).  This week I am reading Christmas Grace by Mindy Steele. This is my first time reading this author. The book is set to release on October 26, 2021.

Grace Miller stepped cautiously across the lopsided porch of the old cabin, a deep sense of doom hanging over her small shoulders like a dark cloud.

I am also linking up with Gilion on Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings. This is where you share the beginning of the book that you are reading.

Book Beginnings:

Grace Miller stepped cautiously across the lopsided porch of the old cabin, a deep sense of doom hanging over her small shoulders like a dark cloud. Built on a tilt, she thought to herself, eyeing the overhang of rotted wood and leaning post attached to the structure.

Her eldest sister, Charity would have come to the same conclusion if she were here. Only Charity wouldn't be here. None of her four sisters would ever be where Grace was. Only Grace would be foolish enough to go against everything she had ever known to be right here.

About the book (from Goodreads):

Second chances and the Christmas spirit abound in Mindy Steele’s heartwarming novel, one of faith, love, and the power of community.

Grace Miller believed herself in love with the charming Englischer who eventually broke her heart. Now alone except for the secret life growing inside her, she arrives in the unfamiliar small village of Walnut Ridge, Kentucky, to hide and hopefully gain forgiveness.

She is pleasantly surprised, however, to find a tight-knit, welcoming group who help her heart grow right alongside her belly. And with the holidays around the corner, there’s plenty of preparations to occupy her mind. Also occupying her mind? Her strong, protective neighbor, Cullen Graber, the town’s blacksmith, who seems intent on not allowing her to ever suffer alone.

Cullen Graber gave up on love after too many losses early in life. He planned to live out his days focusing on his smithy business, yet the beautiful and mysterious Grace refuses to leave his thoughts. But can they open their hearts to God’s grace and create a new family together before Grace must return home?

Have you read Christmas Grace? What did you think?

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