Cold Vengeance by Nancy Mehl is this week’s Reader Friday! here’s the first line: “Her will to fight was fueled more by fear than resolve, but it was all she had left.” But first the photo and verse. The photo is special–Priscilla Bettis took this photo of the Dumbbell Nebula. In case you didn’t know, and I didn’t, here’s this: …
The Garden Girls ~ Reader Friday
The Garden Girls by Jessica R. Patch is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening: Friday, August 24 Sharp claws scrape along my neck. Back and forth. Back and forth. Zzzzz5…zzzzzzz…zzzt But first the photo and verse. The photo is one I took in Israel a few years back. I was standing on the side of the mountain where King …
More Crazy Laws #42 ~ Mystery Question
More Crazy Laws #42 is this week’s Mystery Question…I know, I know…last week’s title said More Crazy Laws #42, but it should have read #41…it’s been a crazy two weeks! And now the photo and verse. The photo is one of my roses…who would’ve thought in my old age that I’d be able to grow roses — I’ve been famous …
A Giant Murder ~ Reader Friday
A Giant Murder, A 1920s Romantic Mystery with a Fairy Tale Twist by Marji Laine is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Chapter One: About the Beans Dallas, Texas 1926 Always be prepared for anything. More about this fabulous story later. But first the photo and verse. I love this photo taken with my iPhone one night when …
When The Ocean Roars ~ Reader Friday
When The Ocean Roars by Charlsie Estess is this week’s Reader Friday. I loved this book set in Japan! Here are the first two lines: “Midas? Are you lost?” No one ever called him Midas. But first the photo. I shot this the other day on my morning walk. (Stopped my watch to take it. lol) Even though I walk a …
The Choices She Made ~ Reader Friday
The Choices She Made by Felicia Ferguson is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Madeline Williams’s head lolled against hard, wooden planks as she blinked awake.” This is an amazing book! But first the photo and verse. The photo was taken from my driveway as the morning sun topped the trees across the street. And the verse is …
The Last to Know ~ Reader Friday
The Last to Know by Mary Alford is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first three lines: “He’d promised. Sworn the last time would be the last time. He’d lied.” This one will keep you from going to sleep until you finish it! But first the photo and verse: My friend in Tupelo, Mississippi, took this photo at sunset one evening …
These Tangled Threads by Sarah Loudin Thomas ~ Reader Friday
These Tangled Threads by Sarah Loudin Thomas is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening: Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina September 1923 “It must be–” Ellen Harshaw closed her eyes and kissed her fingers, her shoulders dropping as she exhaled and flung her hand wide– “exquisite. Yes, that’s the only word for it. Edith has carried your homespun fabrics …
Finding You by Robin Patchen ~ Reader Friday
Finding You, Deception and Danger in Shadow Cove (The Wright Heroes of Maine Book 3) by Robin Patchen is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “The morning sun glared down at Hasan Mahmoud, and he glared right back.” But first the photo and verse. I promised a photo of a Magnolia full of blooms and here it is. …
Killer Christmas Evidence ~ Reader Friday
Killer Christmas Evidence by Sami A. Abrams is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: The police report burned in Detective Cassidy Bowman’s hand. Accidental death due to drunk driving. No way. She knew her cousin better than that. But first the photo and verse. When I snapped the photo of the magnolia, which by the way is our …