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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

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My Teaser for today is from

Leaves

by Michael Baron

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Teaser #1 from page 47 in the print copy.

She looked around the kitchen. her two sous chefs absenting the room, knowing they would best be in the way for the next fifteen minutes. Tarragon and mustard? No, much too French. She could dice some tomatoes and add a bit of cream. No, you’d barely be able to tell the difference. Cardamom would clash. Cinnamon could work – she’d keep it in mind. Dill? Not really. Horseradish? Please.

Teaser #2 from page 52 in the print copy

This kitchen, this porch, this railing, would belong to someone new then. Maybe eventually another person would love standing here as much as she did, would feel wrapped in  its embrace, would develop comforting sense memories from the sound of tires on the gravel drive, or the squealing of a little girl on the swing set across the way, or the slightly discordant church bells down the block.

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I hadn’t started to read Leaves when I went searching through it to find a couple of teasers. But then I felt a need to go the beginning and I’m now almost a third of the way through it. It’s delightful.

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Synopsis

Welcome to Oldham, CT, a small town rich in Colonial heritage while being utterly contemporary. Situated along the Connecticut River Valley, Oldham bursts with color every fall, as the leaves on its trees evolve into an unmatched palette of scarlet, orange, purple, yellow, and bronze. For more than three decades, the Gold family has been a central part of Oldham in the fall, its Sugar Maple Inn a destination for “leaf-peepers” from all over the country, and its annual Halloween party a stirring way to punctuate the town’s most active month.

But this year, more than just the leaves are changing. With the death of their parents, the Gold siblings, Maria, Maxwell, Deborah, Corrina, and Tyler, have decided to sell the Sugar Maple Inn, and this year’s Halloween party will be the last. As October begins, the Golds contend with the finality that faces them, and the implications it has for a family that has always been so close. For some, it means embracing new challenges and new love. For others, it means taking on unimagined roles. And for others, it means considering the inconceivable. Complicating it all is a series of “hauntings” that touch each of the Gold siblings, a series of benign interventions that will remain a mystery until October draws to a close.

Filled with romance, tension, and unforgettable family drama, Leaves is the first in a series of novels about a world and a family that readers will want to make their own.

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How about you? Got a tease? Tell me!