Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
It’s one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to fall for the—gasp—wrong guy. Straight-A junior Julia may be accident prone, but she’s queen of following rules and being prepared. That’s why she keeps a pencil sharpener in her purse and a pocket Shakespeare in her, well, pocket. And that’s also why she’s chosen Mark Bixford, her childhood crush, as her MTB (“meant to be”). But this spring break, Julia’s rules are about to get defenestrated (SAT word: to be thrown from a window) when she’s partnered with her personal nemesis, class-clown Jason, on a school trip to London. After one wild party, Julia starts receiving romantic texts . . . from an unknown number! Jason promises to help discover the identity of her mysterious new suitor if she agrees to break a few rules along the way. And thus begins a wild goose chase through London, leading Julia closer and closer to the biggest surprise of all: true love. Because sometimes the things you least expect are the most meant to be. . “I push on the drapes, trying to find my way out, but Jason is in the way and I can’t find the opening. I feel his hand poking me, but I can’t follow it out from behind the drapes. I have a brief, panicked fear that I’ll never get out of here, and my mummified body will become part of the palace tour. I finally have to drop to my knees and wiggle out the bottom. When I emerge, Jason is rolling his eyes and giving me a total “you’re the chief resident of crazytown” face. “What is your problem?” I ask, trying to pretend I didn’t stage an epic battle with a set of velvet drapes.” . ~47%, Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill . . . . “I was sixteen the first time my grandmother died . . .” Sarah Parsons has never seen Amber House, the grand Maryland estate that’s been in her family for three centuries. She’s never walked its hedge maze nor found its secret chambers; she’s never glimpsed the shades that haunt it, nor hunted for lost diamonds in its walls. But all of that is about to change. After her grandmother passes away, Sarah and her friend Jackson decide to search for the diamonds–and the house comes alive. She discovers that she can see visions of the house’s past, like the eighteenth-century sea captain who hid the jewels, or the glamorous great-grandmother driven mad by grief. She grows closer to both Jackson and a young man named Richard Hathaway, whose family histories are each deeply entwined with her own. But when the visions start to threaten the person she holds most dear, Sarah must do everything she can to get to the bottom of the house’s secrets, and stop the course of history before it is cemented forever. . . “My dad always told me that eavesdropping was a bad habit of mine. But it was really more like an instinct. Maybe it wasn’t entirely ethical, but I wouldn’t have learned what little I knew about the important stuff in life if I didn’t eavesdrop every once in a while.“ . ~2%, Amber House by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed, and Larkin Reed . . “Do you want me to keep you company until your family comes back?” I shook my head. “Thanks. But I think I’d better take a shower, wash off some of the dust.” He nodded, touched my face briefly. “You want to tell me what you saw?” I nodded back, but said, “Just not tonight.” “Okay.” He turned and headed for the west wing. I guessed he was going to slip out through the conservatory again. I shut myself in the bathroom near my room and turned on the lights. The girl in the mirror looked a mess. Tears had made tracks through the dust on my face. I hadn’t even realized I’d been weeping.” . ~46%, Amber House by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed, and Larkin Reed . . Seventeen year-old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father… until her mother decides it would be in everyone’s best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie’s father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story about love in its myriad forms – first love, the love between parents and children – that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply felt relationships can break our hearts… and heal them. “What’s for breakfast?” ~p. 131, The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks . . . . . . . ~p. 160, The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks . . What are you reading this week? 
Aww!! MTB is sooo freaking cute!!!
It totally is!
Yes! Absolutely loved it… and Jason. For someone SO obnoxious, he’s sorta irresistibly adorable
I swear he is my husband with red hair.
The excerpts are all so tempting! Thanks for sharing…enjoy!
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Glad to provide you with some tempting reads! =)
They all sound awesome, although Amber House appeals to me the most. I do wonder though, if Julia’s admirer is Jason….
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Meant to Be was super fun and Amber House. Oh my word, loved it!
Wow! These all sound amazing. I am having a hard time keeping myself from buying these and adding them to my humongous TBR mountain. My teasers this week are from Griffin’s Storm by Darby Karchut and Running Wild by Linda Howard and Linda Jones. Happy reading!
I know what you mean! I see all these teasers and I’m like “Oh, let’s buy that one…I’ll read it sometime in 2032” =)
I thought Meant to Be was absolutely adorable, and I loved that part of the story…okay, all of it, actually.
Those teasers from Amber House have me thoroughly intrigued now. Just added this to my TBR. Thanks for sharing & for stopping by my teaser!
I know, Meant to Be was just crazy awesome. =) Amber House was fantastic. Very, very cool mystery/ghost story. LOVED IT!
Great teasers! I can’t wait to read Meant to Be. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome! Enjoy!
Love your teasers! I soooo want to read Meant to Be. Your teaser makes me want that to happen sooner rather than later.
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I finished it last night. IT WAS SO GOOD!!!
Love the teasers and both Meant to Be and Amber House sound great. MTB is going on my TBR!!
Both were awesome reads! Enjoy!
Amber House sounds very exciting. Great teasers.
Thanks for dropping by on my Teaser
It was super fun. =) Hope you get a chance to pick it up.
Great teasers!
I especially like Meant To Be, it’s on my TBR list as well.
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Thanks for returning the visit! =) Meant to Be was awesome!