First Lines Fridays

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Hello again loves! Time for another First Lines Fridays post.

FIRST LINES FRIDAYS IS A WEEKLY FEATURE FOR BOOK LOVERS HOSTED BY WANDERING WORDS. WHAT IF INSTEAD OF JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER, ITS AUTHOR OR ITS PRESTIGE, WE JUDGED IT BY ITS OPENING LINES?
  • PICK A BOOK OFF YOUR SHELF (IT COULD BE YOUR CURRENT READ OR ON YOUR TBR) AND OPEN TO THE FIRST PAGE
  • COPY THE FIRST FEW LINES, BUT DON’T GIVE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE BOOK AWAY JUST YET – YOU NEED TO HOOK THE READER FIRST
  • FINALLY… REVEAL THE BOOK!
COPY AND PASTE THE TEXT AND BANNER (OR MAKE YOUR OWN!) ABOVE FOR YOUR OWN FIRST LINES FRIDAYS POSTS. MAKE SURE TO COMMENT YOUR FIRST LINES BELOW SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN CHECK THEM OUT!

 

 

Like the dusting of snowflakes falling around her, a sense of homecoming settled over Cait as she turned off the highway and drove into the glen. Fifteen months of exile swept away. The swelling snow-capped braes that rimmed the valley, the blue-ice sheen of the frozen lochs, the smoke curling from the handful of homes and businesses that lay along the one-lane main road passing through Balwhither village; Cait loved every inch so much it hurt. Beneath the holiday lights that were just beginning to shine in the gloaming and the last rays of winter sun that pained the clouds in scarlet, it all looked just as her heart remembered.

 

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Magic of Winter: A Celtic Legends Novel 

Celtic Legends #3

Martina Boone

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Published December 12th 2017 by Mayfair Publishing

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Cait Fletcher was always second-string in her father’s eyes, unable to compete with her perfect older brother. Her father’s view of Cait only deteriorated when she fell for the local “bad boy” at the age of nine, and her love for Brice MacLaren never once wavered until the day he betrayed her a few months before their wedding. But their tiny glen in the Scottish Highlands full of secrets, opinionated neighbors, wandering sheep, and countless old traditions left no place to for Cait to escape either her past or her mistakes. She moved away—until her father’s unexpected illness gave her no choice but to return for the winter holidays.

Home again, Cait still loves the village of Balwhither as much as she hates it, and she despises the fact that just the sight of Brice  has never stopped making her heart twist and her breath come faster. But when she discovers that her father has given up not only on the family-run Library and Tea Room but also on the treatment for his cancer, she must put her own emotions and fears aside. Brice claims he’s changed, and he’s certainly been good to her father since she left. Now can she trust him enough to work with him as she fights to give her father something meaningful to live for?

I’m so in love with the Celtic Legends series by Martina Boone. Lake of Destiny and Bell of Eternity are both incredibly heartwarming and so romantic. With gorgeous writing, breathtaking sceneries, loveable characters, and fascinating story lines, this series is such a wonderfully sweet romance that will fill your heart and soul with so much happy. Those first few lines already got me and I absolutely cannot wait to read this beauty.

If you’re interested in reading my reviews for Lake of Destiny and Bell of Eternity, just click the titles.


What do you think so far? Are you going to add this book to your TBR or pass? Let me know in the comments below. I’d love to hear from you!

sincerelykarenjo2

 

Favorite Quotes Fridays

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Happy Friday!!! So incredibly happy for the long weekend and just have some relaxation and fun with my fambam. Tomorrow, my family and I have a food tasting for my mom’s 60th birthday. We’ll be tasting different kinds of Mediterranean dishes and I LOVEEEE food so I’m really excited! Sunday, I have a monthsary and late Valentine’s Day date with my boyfie. We didn’t go out for Vday because we were tired from work and it’s just not practical with all the L.A. traffic. He did cook me a very yummy and juicy rib eye steak and we just had a nice quiet dinner at home. Monday, my mom and I have dress shopping to do. Hopefully she can finally make her decision and I can find something I really like for her Masquerade birthday party in April. In between those, I’m hoping to get some reading done and finish up a few reviews and blog posts… Just 8 hours of work and I’ll be freeeee…

But first — let’s me share my pick for this week’s Favorite Quotes Fridays which is a weekly segment that features 2-3 of my favorite quotes from a book I’ve read and loved.


 

 

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In case you didn’t know, I’m a romance addict. Any type of romance is my kind of romance and I just love reading about falling in love and being in love. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks is one of the greatest love stories I’ve ever read and while some parts are a bit cheesy, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE Noah and Allie. This book…. I can’t even. I cried so damn much and OMG… even now just thinking about the story makes me all swoony and warm and fuzzy inside. The love story between Noah and Allie is forever embedded in my heart so let’s take a look at some of my favorite quotes.


 

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“They didn’t agree on much. In fact, they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other.” 

“So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s going to be really hard; we’re gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me… everyday.” 

“You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.” 

“I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours. ”

“In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you and take your grief and make it my own. When you cry I cry and when you hurt I hurt. And together we will try to hold back the floods to tears and despair and make it through the potholed street of life” 

 


I can seriously keep going because this book just had so many amazing quotes that gave me all the FEELS. Have you read this book? What did you think? What are some of your favorite romance books? Let me know in the comments so I can add them on my TBR.

Have the loveliest weekend everyone and Happy reading!

sincerelykarenjo2