Posts tagged ‘Patricia Sands’

FRIDAY 56 (Dec. 13)

Friday 56Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
*Find any sentence, (or a few, just don’t spoil it) that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Click on the logo here to access the host page.
*Add your (url) post below in Linky.
*Add the post url, not your blog url. It’s that simple.

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I will post for this meme a passage from a book
presented on France Book Tours
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Promise of ProvenceClick on the book cover to know more about the book

“By the end of January, Katherine was feeling more settled into her new routine. Since Elisabeth was an early riser, she would have breakfast ready when Kat came downstairs. She missed her long morning walk, so she had begun to go to yoga with Lucy twice a week. Yoga was new to her, and so was the experience of having a regular commitment with a  girlfriend now that James no longer controlled her agenda.”
page 56

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN THIS SHORT EXCEPT?

First Chapter First Paragraph — The Promise of Provence

first paragraphEvery Tuesday,
Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea posts the first paragraph of her current read.
Anyone can join in.
Click on the logo to link your post.

I will share here the first paragraph of a book
in the Completed Tours category.

Promise of Provence
457 pages
ISBN 9780991931316

Publication Date: May 30, 2013 through CreateSpace
Available on Amazon worldwide     USA   Canada   UK    FR
and may be ordered at any bookstore

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Stepping out the front door into a wash of cool autumn air, Katherine closed her eyes and inhaled its crispness.
It doesn’t get much better than this, she thought, walking briskly through the leafy neighborhood.
Her usual 7:00 a.m. route to work caught the city in its final stretch of waking up. She loved the sense of lingering quiet while a blanket of calm lay gently in the air. Even the traffic seemed to move sleepily, preceding the honking, gesturing, and gridlock that would evolve as rush hour developed.

Patricia Sands’ website | The virtual book tour | My review

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WOULD YOU KEEP READING?

The Promise of Provence: book-signing

Promise of Provence

Her website | Goodreads

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BOOK-SIGNING IN FRANCE!!

October 4, 2013
4:30 pm  to 6:30 pm

Heidi’s English Bookshop
20 Rue Aubernon, ANTIBES

SYNOPSIS

June in Provence is full of promise when Katherine arrives from Canada, eager to feel renewed by her surroundings. Endless rows of lavender prepare to burst into pink and purple blooms. Fields of sunflowers flow in golden waves among vineyards and olive groves overlooked by ancient hilltop villages. It’s the postcard setting she envisioned, but is that all she needs?

After a year of heartbreak, Katherine has impulsively agreed to a home exchange in the south of France. Colorful locals, a yellow lab named Picasso, and the inspiring beauty of the countryside breathe new life into her days.

Seeking to shed the pain of betrayal and loss, she struggles to recapture her joie de vivre and searches for the answer to a haunting question: is it too late to begin again?

“Be prepared to fall in love with Provence! This is a story that will draw you in with its vibrancy in setting and characters. A must read for any woman with a desire for romance and travel.”     Steena Holmes, author of Amazon bestseller Finding Emma [from the author’s website]

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Read reviews posted during the virtual book tour