This week I'm joining in Book Beginnings on Friday. It's hosted by Rose City Reader. This is where we post the beginning of the books we are reading or will be reading.
I'm also joining in for the Friday 56.
Freda at Freda's Voice started and hosted The Friday 56 for a long, long time. She is taking a break and Anne at My Head if Full of Books has taken on hosting duties in her absence. Please visit Anne's blog and link to your Friday 56 post.
Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.
It's that simple.
Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.
It's that simple.
I just wanted some light reading this week.
Book Beginnings...
The snowflakes appeared overnight, resembling a paper virus. Dale Cross counted seventeen between the elevator and the nurses' station.
This is from Chapter 6 on my e-reader.
"Dr. Cross!" Lily called out from her table. "Are you gonna read to us?"
Beth watched Dale's resistance crumble in real time.
Synopsis from Goodreads:
She brings Christmas to the cardiac ward. He's been avoiding it for 23 years.
Dr. Dale Cross hasn't celebrated Christmas in twenty-three years--not since the holiday took his mother and shattered his heart. Now he keeps his cardiac ward ruthlessly no decorations, no sentiment, no risk.
Beth Martinez believes joy is medicine. As the hospital's Child Life specialist, she's spent three years turning the pediatric wing into a winter wonderland--and three years watching the grumpy cardiologist tear down her decorations every December.
This year, budget cuts threaten to end the beloved Twelve Days tradition forever. Beth needs medical proof it matters. Dale needs... well, Dale needs to be left alone.
But when they're forced to partner on the project, something shifts. He arrives early with her favorite coffee. She sees past his walls to the wounded man underneath. And somewhere between cookie decorating and one determined corgi in an elf costume, the impossible happens.
He starts to hope.
She starts to fall.
The question isn't whether they're perfect for each other. It's whether Dale can let go of twenty-three years of grief and whether Beth's holiday magic is strong enough to heal a heart that's been frozen for two decades.
For fans of Hallmark movies and slow-burn romance with all the feels and none of the spice.
What do you think? What are you sharing today?
The Grump Cardiologist sounds delightful and the perfect Christmas read!
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