Dog Tags by Heidi Glick is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line. “The Knight’s mind clouded over, like fog settling over the local San Diego metro area.”
But first the photo and Scripture verse. I knew when my water aerobics class changed from 8 a.m. to 7 a.m. there had to be a reason…besides the instructor needing to start earlier so she could add another class at noon. When I saw this sunrise, I knew that was my present for not complaining about the earlier hour. 🙂 Otherwise, I would not have seen this. Isaiah 50:4 has long been a favorite verse of mine since I usually rise early–It’s like God is speaking directly to me.
Now for Dog Tags by Heidi Glick. Here’s the cover and back copy:
When disabled ex-Marine Mark Graham reconnects with his best friend’s sister, he finds himself falling in love. But Beth Martindale’s presence is a constant reminder of events he’d rather forget. Mark wants to move forward, but the secrets surrounding her brother’s death, as well as his own confinement to a wheelchair, threaten to tear them apart.
When a psychopath who calls himself The Knight fixates on Beth, Mark is determined to give her the protection he failed to give her brother on the battlefield, yet he discovers that a wheelchair isn’t the only impediment he has to keeping Beth safe. Will terror win, or can Mark find the strength of mind and body to rescue Beth and find his own redemption?
My take:
I love this story about redemption. Heidi Glick has created great characters and laid the groundwork for why they do what they do. This is one that I didn’t guess who the bad guy was until the very end, but looking back, the clues were there.
I really liked Mark and Beth and was rooting for them to overcome their problems so they could be together. Her secondary characters are great and I hope she writes more in this series with them as lead characters. There are plenty of twists and turns and the suspense is gripping. A great read for romantic suspense readers!
Leave a comment with the first line of whatever book you’re reading and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library.
Quick note in case you didn’t read the Mystery Question this week: I’ll be in Florida next week spending time with my daughter and grands, and possibly fending off the latest hurricane to form… see you on October 7th!!
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Dog Tags sounds good. I enjoyed your review, Patricia! The first line from Death by Tart Attack by Tamar Myers is “I’m a hoarder.” Heh-heh, Magdalena is an older protagonist who hoards memories, not stuff.
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Thanks, Vera! Love that first line!
What a wonderful verse to welcome the morning that your photo captured! I often find my tongue could learn better from God’s instruction.
I like the first line to “Dog Tags”. That it’s set in San Diego is a plus for me since I lived there for 10 years. It’s fun reading a book set in an area you know well.
“The sad, ripe odor of death seeped from the entrance to the abandoned mine.” is the first line of “Knight” by Steven James. Hmm. Looks like we both have knights in our books this week. In my case, the author has written a series with the names of chess pieces in his book titles.
I just finished “Sealed with a Christmas Promise” by Laura Scott as she finished up her Called to Protect series about retired Navy SEALS, all with K-9s, as they protect the women who come into their lives and fall in love. It’s a great series.
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Oh, my goodness, Tim. I’ve read most of Steven James’ books. I’ve been to a couple of his classes and he’s a great writing teaher. And we were on a panel together once.
Tim, I have read all of Steven James’s Bowers Files series. It’s interesting to me that I worked in Charlotte, NC for almost a year and never realized that gold was discovered there before the California Gold Rush and mines till exist under the city. I read another book recently that involved someone hiding in the mines below the city.
That spectacular photo and verse is a great way to start the day! I always look forward to my scrolling up to see what the next treasure you’ll gift us.
Heidi Glick is a new to me author and Dog Tags looks like another book to be added to the pile. Your reviews have helped me select so many new authors and new books! Ahh reading bliss!
“Savannah, call for you on line one. Says he’s a reporter. Never heard of him.” This is the first line in Cara Putman’s legal thriller, Flight Risk.
Enjoy your trip to FL with your daughter and the grands…and praying no hurricanes!
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That first line sounds intriguing, Barbara! I’m so glad you enjoy my memes. 🙂
You’re right, that photo was worth waking up early for. So was the one I enjoyed in MN this morning (before needed rain moved in).
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Wish you’d caught your sunrise with your phone, Delores! 😉
“It was not the sort of day when bad things happened.” The first line of Harvest Moon by Denise Hunter. I love the picture.
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Thanks, Linda! And I like that first line!
I love reading military suspense books, I’ll have to try this one out! (side note, typo in your post, awesome is misspelled)
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Thank you, thank you, Mary. Going now to fix the type. Sometimes my fingers move quicker than my mind. lol
I’m just starting a new book by a new-to-me author. I’ve determined this year to read books already on my shelves (which is a LOT), so there are many “treasures” I’ve discovered I didn’t even know I had, LOL! This one is “Love You, Truly” by Susan L. Tuttle & I have since heard she is an awesome writer. I’m definitely excited to discover her 🙂
“If Harlow Tucker had an ounce of self-preservation in her, she’d move to a state that at least pretended to cooperate with its seasons. But that would mean leaving her parents and her sister , Mae, and that was about as unlikely to happen as Michigan being consistent with its weather.”
I hope you have a fabulous time in Florida with your family Patricia! And hopefully avoid a hurricane….yikes!
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Hi Trixi! I hope I miss the hurricane, too. But my family lives inland so we’ll only deal with wind and rain…I love that first line!
Pat, that possible hurricane was predicted to head straight to us in the Panhandle at first. Get your supplies. I just finished Erica Vetsch’s books, The Debutante’s Code and Millstone of Doubt and highly recommend if you like Regency romantic suspense. So good! Now I have started Within These Gilded Halls by Abigail Wilson.
Southern England, 1819
“Hunting the treasure without me?” I slammed the cellar door shut, sparing only a cursory glance at my friend and fellow artist as I pushed past him into the kitchens. “Please, Daniel, not all that again.”
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Thanks, Gloria. My daughter is already prepared for the hurricane if it comes close. Hopefully it will die a peaceful death…today. lol Erica’s books sounds really interesting.
Hi, Dog Tags sounds and looks very intriguing ! I love the sound of it. I love your photo and the verse, thank you for sharing them. Have a great little vacay and enjoy your family. I am reading The Night She Went Missing by Kirsten Bird and it is a great page turner, this is the first line of it: Catherine Rubisi patted the wilted feathers sprouting from her headress and frowned.
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Hi Alicia. Kirsten Bird’s book sounds really interesting. I’ll never get through all the books on my TBR list!
Beautiful sunrise! If I thought I could enjoy a sunrise like that every morning, I might make an extra effort to get to bed earlier so I could get up and enjoy the sunrise. LOL! As the years pass by and the trees behind our neighbor’s house get taller, it seems the sun rises later every year. I like that Scripture you shared with the picture.
Dog Tags sounds interesting. I don’t think I have read anything by Heidi Glick. I just finished reading Deception by Lisa Harris last night and plan to start reading An Amish Christmas Star today. It includes three novellas by Shelley Shepard Gray, Charlotte Hubbard, and Rosalind Lauer. Both books are on my iPad, which is upstairs on the charger. The book I just read by Lisa Harris is the fourth in her Fallout series. The setting is current day west Texas, however the grid has gone done across a large region so the characters are all knowledgeable of modern technology but just can’t use any of it because of the lack of electricity. As the story begins, Sam McQuaid is running through an abandoned mall trying to get away from bounty hunters who have been after him for days. I apologize that I don’t have the first line readily available.
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Edward, sunrises are awesome! I love it when I catch one with my camera. And I’ll have to check out Lisa’s series. I’m just so far behind on my reading…
creepy cover
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Fits the story, BN with someone trying to “protect” the heroine. 🙂
Thank you for featuring Dog Tags.
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I really enjoyed the story, Heidi!
Just finished Forged in Steele by Susan Sleeman! awesome book highly recommends it!
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I have it on my Kindle to read, Shelia!
I rarely see a sunrise because I’m mostly a night owl. But this scripture certainly gives me food for thought.
I’m reading His Brother’s Atonement by Amy Walsh
First line: “Mom? Why is that man over there staring at us?” Jayson whispered as he tugged at the bottom of Aubrey’s jacket.
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Intriguing first line, Gail. As for being a night owl…I can be a night owl, but my body is wired for early morning. lol. I love seeing he sun come over the horizon!
ERIN PEARSON BRUSHED a forelock of gray hair away from Grady’s dark soulful eyes and leaned forward, capturing his undivided attention.
I really like this story. Adding it to my Amazon list.
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Sonetta, I really like the way that book starts! Thanks for sharing!
Love the verse you shared. Ava gave a start and turned from placing Papa’s freshly starched and folded shirts in the bureau drawer. Still My Forever by Kim Vogel Sawyer
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Thanks, Lucy! I like that first line!
Beautiful photo for the scripture!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Dog Tags. Enjoy your family time!
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Thanks, Caryl! I hope you have a great week, too!
Dog tags sounds great.
My first line is from As Silent as the Night by Danielle Grandinetti:
Lucia Critelli lowered her head against the bitter wind that raced the cars down the city street.
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I love that first line, Paula! And I think you would enjoy Dog Tags!