I’m sorry to announce that Reader Friday is going on hiatus until some time in November. I have the third book in the Pearl River Series due November 1…and I only have 1/3 of it written…I will continue the Mystery Question post on Tuesdays and I will try to send out a Scripture meme each Friday… Thank you so much …
Amish Country Ransom ~ Reader Friday
Amish Country Ransom by Mary Alford is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: A shrilling phone filled his troubled dreams of Afghanistan…until Ethan Connors forced his eyes open. But first the photo and verse. I came out of my Pilates class Tuesday at six and saw this…of course I whipped my phone out and snapped a shot of …
Deadly Vendetta ~ Reader Friday
Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Where’s Mommy?” The three-year-old stared up at him, her lower lip trembling, a faded cloth doll clutched against her thin chest. But first the photo and verse. The beautiful photo is from my friend Cheryl Meints, taken at Waterton National Park, Canada. (Waterton NP is the Canadian …
Cold Case Revenge ~ Reader Friday
Cold Case Revenge by Jessica R. Patch is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Nick Rossi glanced up at the pewter sky and snatched his Stetson before it blew off his head into the gust of wind that rolled off Lake Chelan. But first the photo and verse. My friend, Robert Foster, snapped this photo from his …
A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel ~ Reader Friday
A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel by Delores Topliff is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: During his lifetime, humorist Mark Twain was best known as a travel writer. This is a departure from my usual fiction, but I enjoyed the book so much I wanted to share it with my readers. But first the photo and Scripture …
The Visitor Catches A Bouquet ~ Reader Friday
The Visitor Catches A Bouquet by Marji Laine is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Miz Hawkins, have you seen my aunt?” MacKenzie Chastain peered into the kitchen as the woman stirred the glaze for the ham.” But first the photo and verse. When I stepped outside to roll the garbage to the street Monday night, this moon …
Letters From My Sister ~ Reader Friday
Letters From My Sister by Valerie Fraser Luesse is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Callie Bullock traced an imaginary circle on the windowpane, framing a cluster of women in their picnic dresses–swirls of fine cotton in shades of spring. But first the photo and verse. The monarchs are back!!! I love it each summer when the monarchs …
Countdown by Lynette Eason ~ Reader Friday
A Countdown by Lynette Eason is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Sunday Morning, Mid January, Bull Mountain East of Ashville NC. Flight paramedic Raina Price looked out the window of the chopper and pointed. “There. Two of them, as reported.” But first the photo and meme. I took the photo in Israel near the Sea of Galilee. …
The Offer ~ Reader Friday
The Offer by D. L. Wood is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Aaa-deee-laide?” The haunting, sing-song voice pierced Addie’s hiding place, sending chills like spiders across her skin. But first the photo and verse. I’m pretty sure you can tell I’ve been scrolling through my photos again. This was taken on a cruise a few years ago. …
A Mountain Too Steep ~ Reader Friday
A Mountain Too Steep by Robin Patchen is this week’s Reader Friday book. Here’s the first line: “Camilla Wright was acquainted with late-night phone calls. But first, a word about why this post is late…at 6:59 I emailed my edits due at 7 a.m. this morning (after a two-day extension by my wonderful editor)! Talk about cutting it close! But they are …