One Wrong Move by Dani Pettrey is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “He inhaled the stiff resolution of her death. She’d seen Cyrus. Remembered him.” But first the photo and verse. I took it back in December in Florida. Sunsets always make me think of God’s strength and this one was no exception. I thought the verse fit …
A Murder for the Sages ~ Reader Friday
A Murder for the Sages by Amy Lillard is this week’s Reader Friday. Here are the first two lines: “Well, it seems to me that somethin’ like that would be durn-near impossible.” George Waters looked around the Sunflower Cafe to see what sort of support he got. But first the photo and verse. With snow on the ground and temps …
Serial Burn by Lynette Eason ~ Reader Friday
Serial Burn by Lynette Eason is this week’s Reader Friday. Here are the first two lines: “Someone had to stop her. She was going to ruin everything if left to do what she planned,” But first the photo and verse. I took the photo last week, I think, as I walked around my neighborhood. It was the first flower I’d …
The Hunted Heir ~ Reader Friday
The Hunted Heir by Jayna Breigh is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first paragraph: ANOTHER NEW YEAR’S Eve, and Nona Taylor’s prayer remained unanswered. Still. The digital clock on the microwave read 6:20. Five hours and forty minutes until midnight. Five hours and forty minutes until she begged God—again—to grant her one, her only, request. But first the photo …
Suppose I Hadn’t Listened ~ Reader Friday
Suppose I Hadn’t Listened by Barbara D’Antoni Diggs is this week’s Reader Friday. Here are the first few lines: Israel 1973. For a week I braved the rush hour traffic between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington D.C.. On the seventh night, I was asked a question. It never occurred to me my whole life would change if I answered, “Yes.” But …
A Will and a Way ~ Reader Friday
A Will and a Way (Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farms Book 11) by Johnnie Alexander is this week’s Reader Friday. here’s the first line: “One last tiny stitch, a snip of the thread, and the gentle application of a bandage brought an end to the lifesaving operation.” But first this week’s photo and verse. I took the photo at a …
Lethal Standoff by DiAnn Mills ~ Reader Friday
Lethal Standoff by DiAnn Mills is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: My role as a hostage negotiator often plunged me into the evil designs of the human mind. But first the photo and verse. I took the photo as I walked one Sunday evening in Ocala, Florida with a good friend. We rounded toward the west and …
Undercover Escape ~ Reader Friday
Undercover Escape by Valerie Hansen is this week’s Reader Friday. Here are the first few lines: Rain pelted the van’s windshield. Professional dog trainer Hannah Lassiter shivered. Her stomach knotted.” But first the photo and verse. Friday night I looked outside and saw a crescent moon with Venus below it, and I believe the smallest star above the moon is …
Cathy’s Christmas Confession ~ Reader Friday
Cathy’s Christmas Confession by Pattie Shene Gonzales is this week’s Reader Friday book. Here’s the first line: “Cathy Fischer chiseled at the thick ice encasing the windshield of her gunmetal gray Dodge Ram.” But first the verse. I love this verse…maybe because it’s a line I spoke as a kid in our church Christmas play when I was the angel. …
Dangerous Storm ~ Reader Friday
Dangerous Storm by Roxanne Rustand is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: If she’d known about Jason’s pets, Claire might have thought twice about leaving New York without a big stack of books on pet care. But first, the meme and verse. I thought I would share images from past December posts this month. This one was from December …