Happy Friday, my bookish friends! First Line Friday is hosted by Carrie at Reading is My SuperPower!! 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. This week am reading Is It Any Wonder by Courtney Walsh.
Dear Mr. Boggs, It's been five years since you died, and I've thought about you every single day since.
Book Beginnings:
Prologue
Dear Mr. Boggs,
It's been five years since you died, and I've thought about you every single day since. If I close my eyes, I can imagine I'm ten years old and you're down at the beach building sandcastles with me and Cody.
Chapter 1
Seven Years Later
This wasn't supposed to happen.
Synopsis (Goodreads):
Can a promise made as kids bring them back
together as adults? In this Nantucket-set beach read, “master of the
genre” (Midwest Book Review) Courtney Walsh delivers a sparkling
inspirational romance about first love and second chances.
Twelve
years ago, Cody Boggs and Louisa Chambers made a pact that no matter
where their lives took them, they’d return to Nantucket Island’s Brant
Point Lighthouse on July 30, their shared golden birthday, and continue
their tradition of exchanging birthday wishes. But that was before a
tragic accident upended both of their lives, irrevocably pulling them
apart.
Their worlds collide just months before that particular
day when Louisa’s fledgling event planning company is hired by the local
Coast Guard station, where she discovers Cody has recently returned to
the island as the second in command. As they plan a regatta fundraiser,
hoping to promote positive PR in the community, neither can deny the
fireworks each encounter ignites. But working together also brings up
memories of the day Cody’s father died, revealing secrets that have Cody
and Louisa questioning everything they thought they knew and felt about
their families and each other.
Your
turn! Grab the current book you are reading and post the first line (or your link) in
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The Nantucket Island setting is enough to make me want to read this one. ;D
ReplyDeleteLark, I read the first one quite a bit back, but don't remember much. This one drew me right in ;)
DeleteLove those snippets. They really pulled me. Hope you have a great weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashley, you as well!
DeleteI felt myself choking up right away. Hope the book ends up on a good, sweet note.
ReplyDeleteAnne, me too, LOL!
DeleteI love the Nantucket setting. So many of the beach reads I'm seeing are set there. This one sounds really good and I'll add it to my list.
ReplyDeleteAwesome, Yvonne, I hope you enjoy it when you get a chance to read it.
DeleteHappy Friday!
ReplyDeleteI'm just starting When the Day Comes by Gabrielle Meyer.
"For as long as I could remember, my mama had told me that my life was a gift."
Have a wonderful weekend! 😀❤️📚
Nicole, I hope you enjoy it!
DeleteLove the first line of the first chapter! I'm currently reading the second novella in On Rittenhouse Square by Susanne Dietze. The first line is: "Did you see it Penny? You're famous." Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteDanielle, that is a new author to me. I hope you enjoy it!
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