Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB; choose sentences at random from your current read. Identify author and title for readers.
A fresh cup of coffee in hand, she went out back to check the kringle and was greeted by the sweet scent of apple mingling with blueberry. She pulled the piping hot pastries from the oven and set them on a cooling rack.
"Perfect," she announced to no one in particular. (ch. 1)Title: Three Good Things: A Novel by Wendy Francis
Published January 1, 2013; Simon & Schuster paperback
Genre: contemporary fiction
Publisher's description: "Ellen McClarety, a recent divorcée, has opened a new bake shop in her small Midwestern town, dedicating herself to the traditional Danish pastry called kringle.
Ellen and her younger sister, Lanie, a successful divorce attorney, both long for the guidance of their deceased mother, who left them with this advice: 'At the end of every day, you can always think of three good things that happened.' Ellen and Lanie are close as sisters, until one begins keeping a secret that could change their lives."
What do you think of the teaser? Does it pique your interest in the book? The book description got me curious about what the "secret" is.
This teaser not only piques my interest, it makes me hungry! lol
ReplyDeleteI love stories set in bakeshops or restaurants....yummy! And secrets pull me in, too.
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Perfect with coffee!!! MMM... LOL
ReplyDeletethat sounds good and I love the cover art. kelley—the road goes ever ever on
ReplyDeleteI just got this book the other day, and I am so excited that I am going to be reading it soon! Love the idea of the smell of apples co-mingling with blueberries. Now I am hungry!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so nice! And I like this line: 'At the end of every day, you can always think of three good things that happened.'
ReplyDeleteHappy reading.
I'm hungry after reading this; enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThose fresh, hot pastries sound too yummy! I like the idea of thinking of three good things that happen each day.
ReplyDeleteNot only do I love the cover but I do like that opener!!
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