Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea has started a fun new meme, First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros. Below is the first paragraph/chapter of Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen:
When my husband Michael, died for the first time, I was walking across a freshly waxed marble floor in three-inch Stuart Weitzman heels, balancing a tray of cupcakes in my shaking hands.
Shaking hands because I’d overdosed on sugar—someone had to heroically step up and taste-test the cupcakes, after all – and not because I was worried about slipping and dropping the tray, even though these weren’t your run-of-the mill Betty Crockers. These were molten chocolate and cayenne-pepper masterpieces, and each one was topped with a name scripted in edible gold leaf.
Decadent cupcakes as place cards for the round tables encircling the ballroom -- it was the kind of touch that kept me in brisk business as a party planner. Tonight, we'd raise half a million for the Washington, D.C., Opera Company. Maybe more, if the waiters kept topping off those wine and champagne glasses like I'd instructed them.
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This first sentence has hooked me....
ReplyDeleteWhen my husband Michael, died for the first time, I was walking across a freshly waxed marble floor in three-inch Stuart Weitzman heels, balancing a tray of cupcakes in my shaking hands.
WOW...hope the rest of the book is just as good.
I loved this book. Be warned, there is a section that might make you bawl away...! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's certainly an intriguing intro!
ReplyDeleteAnd a freshly waxed marble floor! I hope their accident insurance cover is pretty good!
Now I want cupcakes.
ReplyDeleteOdd how she mentions her husband dying so briefly.