Teaser Tuesday/First Chapter First Paragraph - My Heart Belongs in Castle Gate, Utah: Leanna's Choice

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
• Share the title and author, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

Even Leanna had contributed to the darkness at some time or other in her subtle prejudice against these people. Alex was either brave or foolish to hope for change around here.

~My Heart Belongs in Castle Gate, Utah: Leanna's Choice by Angie Dicken, page 38

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First Chapter/First Paragraph/Tuesday Intros is a weekly link-up hosted by I'd Rather Be At The Beach. To participate, share the first paragraph (or two) of a book you're reading, or thinking about reading.

Castle Gate, Utah, 1910

Leanna McKee pushed her hat by its brim, hiding her face as best she could. She would not let him see her. His large clumsy shadow had warned her as she approached the corner of the coffeehouse porch. She rushed to the other side of the road, so far over that her skirt skimmed the weeds. His gargling laugh tempted her to slip into the brush and weave through the scrubby trees, avoiding that Greek crook altogether.

"Pretty lady?" His thick accent tumbled across the afternoon air, and his shadow inched closer as she passed by. "I wonder where Meester McKee is, pretty lady?"

Here's the blurb:

Forbidden Love Challenges Old World Expectations in the Coal Mining Town of Castle Gate, Utah

Schoolteacher Leanna McKee plans on leaving the coal mining town of Castle Gate, Utah, and never looking back. Good riddance to coal dust, rugged men, and the fatal mine accident that took her husband's life. But then she finds herself inexplicably falling for miner Alex Pappas and stirring up a whole heap of trouble. Alex's Greek parents have arranged a more traditional match for him, while American miners threaten Alex and his family. When Leanna is offered to teach elsewhere, moving seems her only choice. Yet, she must leave her heart behind in Castle Gate. Can forbidden love survive Old World expectations?

Journey now to Castle Gate, Utah, of 1910 and meet a couple whose love threatens clearly defined cultural boundaries.

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