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 …
The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos ~ Reader Friday
The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos by Kelly Irvin is this week’s Reader Friday. I loved this book… Here’s the first line: “Delivering the news required a certain finesse combined with brutal honesty.” But first the photo and verse. I took the photo this morning on my walk around the block–the birdhouse hadn’t been there earlier in the week. I’m …
Birds Alive by Jen Dodrill ~ Reader Friday
Birds Alive by Jen Dodrill is this week’s Reaer Friday. Here’s the first line: “I could write blog posts and headings, research keywords, and create printables for my Mamma Birds blog readers. In. My. Dreams. Not today, though.” I loved this mystery, but first the photo and verse. It’s actually a meme I’ve used before. But I’ve been thinking of …
Moonlight Cowboy ~ Reader Friday
Moonlight Cowboy by Jennie Atkins is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “The want ads held no clue as to how Daniel Gallagher could fill the gaping hole in his teaching agenda called summer vacation.” **Breaking news…Evidently my post didn’t go!! So, I’m sorry it’s late…And I hope it works this time! Now back to our regularly scheduled …
Rise On Eagles’ Wings ~ Reader Friday
.Rise On Eagles’ Wings by Lois Kennis is this week’s Reader Friday. It’s a story that will stay with you long after you close the book. Here’s the first line: “August 1993. The sun paints a blaze of gold behind my house, promising a glorious day.” But first the photo and verse. On Monday I received a beautiful photo with …
A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventures ~ Reader Friday
A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventures by Angela Bell is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: For Miss Clara Marie Stanton, the task of preventing her family from being committed to an asylum had become as commonplace as it was exhausting. I want to tell you I loved this book, but first the photo and verse. I …
Take My Hand ~ Reader Friday
Take My Hand by Kristen Hogrefe Parnell is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: If anyone needed a vacation, she did.” But first the verse and photo. This is one of my favorite late-afternoon photos. I love the steeple and the contrails and the beautiful golden hue to everything. And that is also one of my favorite verses…of course, …
The Premonition at Withers Farm ~ Reader Friday
The Premonition at Withers Farm is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “When death came to visit, no one ever prepared tea and cookies.” But first the photo and verse. I love it when the redbud trees bud out. And they’re usually not red either, but purple, although I have seen a few red ones. When I see them, …
The Persistent Road ~ Reader Friday
The Persistent Road by Tim Bishop is this week’s Reader Friday! Here are the first sentences: “I’m sorry. Your cancer is spreading . . .” Morning gridlock on the LA Freeway gave Doug Zimmer too much time to think again. ~ Fantastic opening to a great story! But first the photo and verse. My friend Loretta Edison took this photo …