Teaser Tuesday

Karen's:

I could see the way Mr. Martin's son looked at Emma when he came home from school, and the way Mr. Martin looked at his son looking at Emma, and the way our mother looked at Mr. Martin when he was looking at them.  And I could see that this was going to result in a bad future.

From Pg. 10 Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker.

You won't win more games if you keep making the same number of unforced errors.  And, you can wish all you want that the tooth-fairy will grant you better pickleball skills, but I regret to say, it probably isn't going to help you the next time you're out on the court.

From page 17 of Smart Pickleball:  The Pickleball Guru's Guide by Prem Carnot.

Gerard's:

She hears more footsteps, and then she hears hushed voices, and then the footsteps get faster.  She hears someone rattle metal or glass.

From page 53 of Fierce Kingdom by Alexandra Sirowy.

But then I realized that something else was bothering me--the calmness in Alice's expression, the resigned and nonchalant way she relayed all of this to me.  "You don't seem angry," I said.

From pate 115 of The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond.

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Teaser Tuesday

Karen's:

She glanced at the man who'd stolen her heart.  And some fat cow at his side.  Why had he brought her?

From Pg. 8 (Loc. 117 on Kindle) of Always Watching (book 1 of the Elite Guardians series) by Lynette Eason.

I don't know if it's what I've got and, more important, I don't want to know.  For now, ignorance is bliss.

From page 77 of The Breakdown by B. A. Paris.

"I've always believed that each of us was put on Earth to make it a better place.  We can't change the past, but if we make the present the best it can be, we can influence the future."

From page 24 of Waiting for Spring by Amanda Cabot.

Gerard's:

I knew even as a stupid little kid that no girl, not even one who cuts you, deserves to be hurt, dead, given wings.

From page 109 of First We Were IV by Alexandra Sirowy.

It was a matter of life or death.  A child's life was more important than a business relationship, especially when the child was Rachel.

From pate 31 of Exposed by Lisa Scottoline.


The friends' faces now in horror, watching as his eyes roll upwards and his body convulses in front of them all, back arched, limbs juddering.  A doctor skiing past stops to help, the Rescue Patrol is called, paramedics are removing the young man's jacket, T-shirt, cutting through his vest in the race to keep him alive, the air reverberating with the thump, thump of a helicopter's blades.

From pg. 9 of Beyond the High Blue Air  by Lu Spinney (a memoir).
 
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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's: 
I was so terrified that I barricaded myself into the sitting room.  You're going mad, says a singsong voice in my head.

From page 128 of The Break Down by B. A. Paris.

Karen's:

"There's nothing wrong with it."
"Indeed not . . ."  Isabelle pursed her lips in feigned indignation.  "If you want to look like a mouse.  A dead mouse, that is."

From pg. 119 of Tomorrow's Garden (Texas Dreams 3) by Amanda Cabot.
 
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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

"That's not good enough!  I'm in the dark here, Death, and I have no idea how I'm supposed to do this!

From page 134 of In 27 Days by Alison Gervais.

Karen's:

"Those kids you're going to have?"  Daddy said finally.

"What about them?"

"Be sure to hug them a lot," he said, "in case someday you can't."

 From page 273 of Pretending to Dance by Diane Chamberlain

Her worry was for her unborn child.  This was, Zach guessed, a new fear and, in all likelihood, one that troubled her far more than the prospect of being shunned.

From pg. 180 (location 2220 on Kindle) of Scattered Petals (Texas Dreams 2) by Amanda Cabot.
 
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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

A bus is coming.  I raise my arm and step on board, sliding down into a seat, below the windowsill.  I edge upwards and glimpse the police car still parked outside the hospital.

From page 101 of The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham.

Karen's:

The case was high-profile not only because King was Amish but because of the level of brutality--and the fact that the children were in the house at the time of the murder.  It brought to light the reality that domestic violence transcends culture and religion.

From page 18 of Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo.
 
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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

Alice thought about yelling, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING OUT OF MY MIND! but she didn't want to make the nurse feel uncomfortable.  Crazy behavior made people feel awkward.

From page 54 of What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty.

Karen's:

Had it been less than an hour since she'd assured Thea everything would be all right?  How wrong she'd been.

From Loc. 229-3 on Kindle from Paper Roses by Amanda Cabot (Texas Dreams Book #1)
 
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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

No matter how many times I struck him, he never died.  Instead, his eyes glowed with the fires of the demons whose power he'd wielded, as he laughed and laughed at me . . .

From page 13 of Ignite by Sara B. Larson (2nd book of Defy series).

"Do not thank me.  All I did was teach them to fear me."

From page 16 of And I Darken by Kiersten White.

Even with the door shut, the smell still lingered in my nose.  I looked down at his knife and tried to keep my expression neutral, despite the uneasiness in my gut.

From page 15 of Defy by Sara B. Larson.

Karen's:

Now someone new and different had entered the territory, and this made Dee look at the space anew and suddenly find it shabby, and herself an alien in it.  Like him.

From page 10 of Dew Boy by Tracy Chevalier.

"Hi--whoa there, look out for the mantelpiece!"  This was to Michael, who had suddenly risen from the floor and was swooping through the air, roaring with laughter, and just grazing the china ornaments on the mantelpiece as he passed.

From page 49 of Mary Poppins 80th Anniversary Collection by P. L. Travers.
 
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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

Almost unconsciously, Neil Gallagher squeezed Hallie's hand between his.  She'd never held hands with a boy before. 

From page 23 of The Orphans of Race Point by Patry Francis.

Karen's:

"You ran into him in the forest?  When he tried to rescue you?  From what?  Or who?"

From page 25 of Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B. Larson.
 
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Teaser Tuesdays

Gerard's:

Finding them, he yanked them on, cursing as he trod on something sharp, then he rushed into the living area where his parents were sleeping on a fold-down bed.  "Mum!  Dad!  Wake up!" he whispered frantically.  "There's something weird going on!" 

From page 27 of The Roar by Emma Clayton.

Karen's:

"I have missed that more than you will ever know.  But this is something I have to do on my own."

From page 68 of Roar by Cora Carmack.
 
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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

Evelayn dropped to her knees, tears spilling out onto her cheeks.  And then she crumpled forward, curling into a ball on the grass, the hot sunshine pouring over her as she shuddered with sobs.

From page 79 of Dark Breaks the Dawn by Sara B. Larson.

"Mista!  You hear me talkin' at you?"  The midwife turns mean now. 

From page 17 of Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate.

Karen's:

"I mean, you're the one who'll be missing out.  Who turns down twenty million dollars?"

From page 90 of Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith.

So she took a deep breath and let herself believe she was the fierce and powerful girl everyone thought she was.  And she stared right back.

From page 19 of Roar by Cora Carmack.
 
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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

A heavy door slams outside, making us both jump.  She's as nervous as I am, I realize. 

From page 6 of He Said, She Said by Erin Kelly.

My heart is a yo-yo, whizzing up and down, and he's the one pulling the string.  Only I didn't ever know it could go this high.

From page 51 of Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith.
 
Karen's:



Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.   Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

The dog had two red lights for eyes, and although Sarah Schoefel knew they were nothing but colored lenses over laser targeting systems, she swore that those eyes glared at her.  With menace, with what she felt was a kind of bloody, wicked pride.

From page 48 of Dogs of War by Jonathan Maberry.

My heart is a yo-yo, whizzing up and down, and he's the one pulling the string.  Only I didn't ever know it could go this high.

From page 51 of Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith.
 

By the time we finished with the introductions, I realized that I wasn't the only one who had been separated from a sister or brother or parents.  We lay there, listening to the constant thunder of bombs in the distance, each of us wrapped in our own personal pain.

From page 30 of Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk.

Karen's:

The unrelenting weight of these stone walls would no longer be kept tolerable by his sister's presence, by the motivation that he was working toward her future as well as his own.  The whole world keeps on turning while you just try to hold your own life together.

From page 9 of Girl on the Leeside by Kathleen Anne Kenney.


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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

'I killed my wife, they say.  I suppose anyone might kill their wife, but her sister?  Why would I?  Who would?  And my daughter?'

From page 43 of The Long Drop by Denise Mina.

Karen's:

From his seat between the knees of his handler, a SEAL named Brett, Chopper's chest rose and fell at a slightly agitated rate in response to the men's eagerness.  The men were about to rappel out of the plane into the pits-black night and into enemy territory, and Chopper was going with them.

From page 2 of Navy Seal Dogs--My Tale of Training Canines for Combat by Mike Ritland.

I  offered her emergency contraceptives and the phone number for a domestic abuse shelter.  She didn't cry once during the entire process.  But now the tears are falling freely, dampening the clean scrubs I gave her to change into.

 From page 10 of Not a Sound by Heather Gudenkauf.

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Tuesday Teaser

Gerard's:

The glimmer in Tella's eyes grew brighter; when she was happy, the world turned shimmery, making Scarlett want to beam along with her and say yes to whatever her sister desired.  But Scarlett had learned too well how treacherous it was to hope in something as illusive as a wish.

From page 17 of Caraval by Stephanie Garber.

Karen's:

If Mariko lingered, she would be burned alive.  If she moved from her hiding place, the masked men outside would undoubtedly finish their dark task.

From page 17 of Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh.

I put my nose to the air that puffs out as the doors close.  Yes, absolutely.  This is one unhappy girl.

 From page 39 of Two Good Dogs by Susan Wilson.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.   Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

"Come on.  We helped you steal it, and if that box caused what happened with Miss Peters, you can bet we're going to get grilled about it."

From page 36 of To Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough.

Karen's:

The headmaster lets out an anxious yelp and flies up from his chair, takes her by the arm, and leads her our into the corridor.  Perhaps grabbing someone's arm is the correct response.

From page 137 of Bear Town by Fredrik Backman.


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Teaser Tuesdays

Gerard's:

"Fine."  he'd find someone else to kill.  There were plenty of Lera hunters running around Ruina, attempting to get out now that they were the ones being hunted.

From page 20 of Avenged by Amy Tintera.

Karen's:

What would they, my coworkers, say if they knew what I was?  All the same things they said about him.  That I was quiet.  Kept to myself.  They would have a hard time reconciling the pale, silent, nondescript girl who worked beside them.

From page 27 of The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger.


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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

The fading light, the unfamiliar people, the confusing twists in the landscape made Barley feel like he was running up the road of a bad dream.  But he kept moving, pushing himself, racing uphill, sniffing, looking, listening, and hoping to catch the smell, sight, or sound of his beloved masters.

From page 66 of The Dog Who Was There by Ron Marasco.

This baby is proof that even out of the most horrific possible moment, in your darkest hour, something wonderful is possible, Claudia had countered.
     Martha, who was fifteen years older than Claudia, just shook her head, looked off into the middle distance as if she were the long-suffering knower of all things, just waiting for her little sister to catch up.

From page 20 of The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger.

Karen's:

That was my first step: make Tamlin believe, truly believe, that I loved him and this place, and everyone in it.

          So that he would not suspect when I turned them on each other.

From page 22 of A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas.

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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

My thoughts splintered as I stumbled up the slope, abject fear making an icy slush of my bloodstream, certainty and denial kicking in simultaneously.  I told myself, No, no it isn't, it can't be, no, but I knew.

From page 97 of Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig.


Karen's:

"You'll be more likely to make mistakes if you're nervous.  Just stay quiet, observe as much as you can...and trust no one."

From page 101 of The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.   Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

She has taken my words seriously and not treated me any differently.  A part of me imagined that learning about my past would either repel her or bring her closer to me, but she's acting as though she hasn't learned something horrific.

From page 161 of Bang by Barry Lyga.


Karen's:

(AL):  That's what made her case so interesting.  She had only one other alter, and that one was fairly normal, as far as alters go.

From page 55 of The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich.

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Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

"You promised not to run," he murmured.  "You did not promise not to try to kill me."

From page 164 of Hunted by Meagan Spooner.


Karen's:

"We will not mention having to pry you free from certain death, if you do not mention having seen us on this side of town . . . to anyone.  An easy arrangement, don't you think?"

From page 9 of Love, Lies and Spies by Cindy Anstey.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.   Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!