Finding Ginny by Jen Dodrill is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening paragraph: Virginia Beach, VA “The morning my life changed started like any other. My alarm buzzed. I yanked out the plug and tossed the thing into my closet as if banishing a bad habit. Two months of summer stretched before me like an empty beach with endless …
The Escape Game ~ Reader Friday
The Escape Game by Gina Holder is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first paragraph: They weren’t going to win. Not today. Demi clutched the cold metal decoder ring dangling from the chain around her neck and leaped from her seat. “It may be a decrepit old house to you—but it’s my home. You can’t just purloin it from me.” …
Theo of Golden ~ Reader Friday
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Theo was in Golden for only a year, from springtime to springtime. But first the photo and verse. I came across this verse in a Bible study this morning before I sat down to write this post. Immediately, I knew it was the verse I wanted …
The Final Word ~ Reader Friday
The Final Word, A Love at First Sight Christian Romantic Suspense (Bite of Betrayal Book 2) by Laura Thomas is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: THE DESERTED STREET WAS DELICIOUSLY SINISTER in the glow of a solitary lamp—the perfect milieu for Sophie’s final nights living in Paris. But first the photo and verse. This is the photo …
Fatal Past ~ Twin Oaks Secrets ~ Reader Friday
Fatal Past ~ Twin Oaks Secrets by Sarah Haymaker is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Dr. Eve Davenport pushed herself to finish her 5K run strong. But first the photo and verse. The verse is one of my favorites and one that I comfort myself with when life gets tough, as it has a habit of doing. …
Over the Edge ~ Reader Friday
Over the Edge (Undaunted Courage Book #2) by Irene Hannon is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: As Lindsey Barnes guided her car that led to her client’s upscale house, she eased back on the gas pedal and surveyed the empty bay in the three-car garage. But first the photo and verse. I took the photo last Saturday at …
No Egrets ~ Reader Friday
No Egrets, A Clean and Cozy Murder Mystery (The Empty Nesters Book 3) by Jen Dodrill is this week’s Reader Friday. It kept me up past midnight two nights in a row! Here are the first two lines: Even at 7:30 p.m., heat hung heavily in the air. Perspiration trickled down my back. This meeting, scheduled to last until nine, …
My TBR List ~ Reader Friday
My TBR List is this week’s Reader Friday post. Although I haven’t had time to read, I’ve been adding books to my To Be Read list. I thought I’d share it with you. But first the photo and verse. Did you ever wonder what the back side of a cloud looks like? Wonder no more. Clouds look the same top …
Shanghai Road ~ Reader Friday
Shanghai Road by Claire O’Sullivan is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening: Allie Espinoza Monday 7:00 p.m. When the idiots over at Granley Insurance offered to pay me a whopper of a sum to investigate Max Munson—a man who’d been on their fraud radar for some time—I hesitated only long enough to catch my breath. But first the photo and …
Dark Design ~ Reader Friday
Dark Design by Nancy Mehl is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: I was only nine years old when I knew I was destined to be a serial killer. Now that’s an opening line that will grab you! But first the photo and verse. I took it on a cold January morning here in the neighborhood. God really makes …










