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 …
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you all! Can you believe it’s already 2024? Where did 2023 go? I know where my 2023 went–writing two 95,000-word books — Fatal Witness and Deadly Revenge and launching the first book in the series, Counter Attack! Not planning on doing that again. 🙂 I also read through the Bible. There is a story behind that. Nineteen years …
Vengeance in the Mist ~ Reader Friday
Vengeance in the Mist by Robin Patchen is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Two breaking-and-entering cases, two assaults, one bribery, and a couple of narcotics possession charges. Misty Lake flipped through the last few files. But first the photo and verse. I took the picture when I put out food for the stray cats in the neighborhood. …
Susan Sleeman’s Cold Truth–What I’m Reading
Susan Sleeman’s Cold Truth is this week’s What I’m reading book. Here’s the first line: “Want to play a game?” the scrambled voice rasped through Kiera’s phone. But first the photo and verse. The photo is from my trip to Israel and the verse is one of my go-to verses when I’m troubled. If God has called me by name, …
Natalie Walters’ Lights Out–Reader Friday
Natalie Walters’ Lights Out is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: “Seif El-Deeb watched the trio of American boys cross the street away from Cairo American College.” Now for the photo and scripture. The photo is from Unsplash–Akhil Lincoln. I wanted a night photo and could imagine the night in Bethlehem when Christ was born was like the …
Sherri Johnson’s Desolate Escape–Reader Friday
Sherri Wilson Johnson’s Desolate Escape is this week’s Reader Friday selection. I really enjoyed this romantic suspense story set at Bon Secour Beach in Alabama. But first, the photo and scripture. I almost titled the photo taken by my friend Deb Smith a Winter’s Sunset, but winter isn’t here yet…that’s not for another eleven days. 🙂 I think she captured …
Cara Putman’s Lethal Intent–What I’m Reading
Cara Putman’s Lethal Intent is what I’m reading and it kept me up until midnight last night! I love legal thrillers and that’s exactly what Lethal Intent is. But first, the photo and scripture. I was looking through my photos and came across this one. It was taken one morning last winter as I walked across the street to pick …
Dangerous Amish Showdown–First Line Friday
Dangerous Amish Showdown by Mary Alford is unlike any Amish book I’ve ever read. It’s a Love Inspired Suspense, and was the suspense ever high! But first, the photo and scripture. The first time I read that verse, it answered a question for me–why did I wake up so early every morning? All my life I’ve been one of …
Written In Ink — What I’m Reading
Written in Ink (The Rose Tattoo Trilogy Book 2) by Sara Davison is what I’m reading this week, and what a story it was! But first the photo and scripture. Psalm 103:1 was in my Bible this week and it reminded me of Matt Redmond’s 10,000 Reasons (Bless My Soul) I hope you’ll take a minute to listen to it. …
Romeo’s Town-James Bell–What I’m Reading
Romeo’s Town-James Bell is what I’m reading this week…and here’s the first line: Two minutes before the knife attack I was sitting outside the Odysseus Bookstore in downtown L. A. But first the photo and scripture. When we left church Sunday night, I looked to my east and saw our church steeple set against the backdrop of the dark clouds. …