Book Beginnings, First Line Friday, & Friday 56: The Christmas Door by Christy Barritt

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. I'm also linking up with Carrie at Reading is My Superpower for First Line Friday. Friday 56 asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and share a non-spoilery sentence or two. It was started by Freda at Freda's Voice, but Anne over at My Head is Full of Books has taken over for the time being.

This week I'm featuring The Christmas Door by Christy Barritt. This is a really sweet Christmas romance that has a touch of suspense. I'm almost done and have really loved it! 

About the Book

Closed doors protect. Open doors invite. This Christmas, one door will change everything.

Influencer Amayah Harper is known for finding beauty in forgotten places—especially in weathered doors and the stories behind them, which she shares with her fast-growing audience. When a journalist arrives to feature her work, Amayah feels an unexpected pull toward him, even as she senses he’s hiding carefully guarded secrets.

Luke Cross needs a career-making story, not a connection. Instead, he finds a woman whose kindness disarms him and whose faith challenges everything he thought he understood—leaving him caught between ambition and truth.

As unsettling events begin to disrupt Amayah’s peaceful life, Luke is drawn into far more than a simple exposé. Together, they’re forced to confront past wounds, unexpected truths, and the possibility that God sometimes opens doors they never knew existed.

A cozy Christmas romance with a touch of suspense—filled with warmth, hope, and the quiet miracles that happen when hearts dare to open.

Book Beginnings / First Line Friday

Amayah Harper angled her phone toward the front door, watching as the tripod holding it sank into the thin, powdery snow on the sidewalk.

Friday 56

Luke couldn't remember the last time he'd laughed like that.

Not the controlled, polite kind of chuckles. But the real laughter, the kind that came from somewhere unguarded.

What have you been reading lately?