Happy Friday! And welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books!!! Since it’s Friday, it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today, I’m featuring the first line of A Murderous Misconception by Lorraine Bartlett & Gayle Leeson, currently on tour with Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours!
and the first line is…
Katie Bonner had no idea of the wretched turn her life was about to take.
SERIES: Victoria Square Mystery #7
RELEASE DATE: May 8, 2020
PUBLISHER: Polaris Press
PAGES: 294
Katie Bonner loses her lunch—literally—when her social media account serves up a shocking announcement. Her boyfriend Andy’s assistant manager, Erikka, is pregnant, and apparently with his child. And when Erikka turns up dead, the Sheriff turns up the heat on Katie and Andy, certain that one of them is to blame. But Erikka wasn’t pregnant after all. Was Erikka’s misconception the only way she could conceive of stealing Andy from Katie?
When Katie finds planted evidence, it’s her friend and former detective, Ray, who insists on concealing it. Is it his growing affection for her that causes him to act against his training and code of ethics, or could he be responsible for Erikka’s death? Katie is afraid to find out.
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The immensely popular Booktown Mystery
series is what put Lorraine Bartlett
‘s pen name Lorna Barrett
on the New York Times Bestseller list, but it’s her talent — whether writing as Lorna, or L.L. Bartlett
, or Lorraine Bartlett — that keeps her there. This multi-published, Agatha-nominated author pens the exciting Jeff Resnick Mysteries
as well as the acclaimed Victoria Square Mystery series and has many short stories and novellas to her name(s). Check out the links to all her works here: http://www.lorrainebartlett.com
Gayle Leeson is a pseudonym for Gayle Trent. Gayle has also written as Amanda Lee
. She is currently writing the Kinsey Falls chick-lit/women’s fiction series
, the Down South Cafe cozy mystery series
, and the Ghostly Fashionista cozy mystery series. Her book KILLER WEDDING CAKE
won the Bronze Medal in the 20th Anniversary IPPY Awards. Gayle lives in Southwest Virginia with her family and enjoys hearing from readers. Find her books on Amazon here.
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“Before she even opened her eyes Mia Emerson knew it was going to be the worst day of her life.”
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that has such a cute cover, doesn’t it?
Happy Friday! 🙂
Today on my blog I’m sharing from Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey by Abigail Wilson. It’s an excellent novel! Currently I’m reading Unveiling the Past by Kim Vogel Sawyer. I’m on chapter 19, so I’ll post a line from there.
“It shouldn’t surprise us that someone else lives at the address from 1998.”
Hope you have a great weekend!
looking forward to reading both of those soon! (hopefully lol)
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“The hallway floor jolts downward beneath my feet, throwing me off balance.”
can’t wait to read that one!
Happy Friday!
This week on my blog I shared the first line from This Wandering Heart by Janine Rosche but I’m currently reading Of Literature and Lattes by Katherine Reay so I’ll share the first line from my current chapter (17) here: “Alyssa was sitting at her dad’s old desk sorting through her notes on Jeremy’s data when her mom walked through the back door and into the kitchen.” Hope you have a great reading weekend!
My first line is from Storing Up Trouble by Jen Turano:
September 1886
The truth of the matter was this—she, Miss Beatrix Waterbury, had been banished from New York, and all because she’d had the great misfortune of landing herself in jail…twice.
Just before Maddie unlocked the door to her office, she straightened the name plaque on the wall: Madison Grayson, Marriage and Family Therapist.