Happy Tuesday!
Today I am linking up with Vicki @ I’d Rather Be At The Beach who hosts a meme every Tuesday to share the First Chapter/First Paragraph or two of the book you are currently reading.
I’m also once again joining The Purple Booker with Teaser Tuesday. It’s easy to join – just grab your current read, open it to a random page, and share two teaser sentences being careful not to include any spoilers.
*I finished this book over the weekend and I enjoyed it so much I decided to highlight it in my Tuesday post.
First Chapter/First Paragraph
Prologue – Today
I open my eyes and the first thing I see are the cuffs. Flexing my wrists, I test their weight and try to ignore the dull ache in my right hand where the gash across my skin has dried crusty brown. The bruising on my forearms has turned a deep purple. From the way my ribs feel, I figure they must look the same. I keep my breathing shallow; seems it hurts a little less that way. I look up.
He’s sitting opposite me, arms folded, legs stretched out beneath the table. Waiting. In this windowless box it’s impossible to tell how much time has passed. Still, I can’t look at him, not yet, so I focus just below his eyes, where the dark shadows lie. My heart’s racing, a voice in my head screams, run, just run. I want to, I surely do, but I can’t. For all that’s gone down, someone has to pay. It’s time for me to pony up.
Teaser Tuesday
“Son-of-a-bitch.” I dropped the picture like it was the business end of a branding iron. It landed face up on the desk.
I stared at the photo. Heart racing, mouth dry.
It was him.
The man I’d seen in my nightmares for near on the past decade. The only other living person who knew the truth of what happened all those years ago.
Deep Down Dead by Steph Broadribb
Goodreads Synopsis
Lori Anderson is as tough as they come, managing to keep her career as a fearless Florida bounty hunter separate from her role as single mother to nine-year-old Dakota, who suffers from leukemia. But when the hospital bills start to rack up, she has no choice but to take her daughter along on a job that will make her a fast buck. And that’s when things start to go wrong. The fugitive she’s assigned to haul back to court is none other than JT, Lori’s former mentor – the man who taught her everything she knows … the man who also knows the secrets of her murky past.
Not only is JT fighting a child exploitation racket operating out of one of Florida’s biggest theme parks, Winter Wonderland, a place where ‘bad things never happen’, but he’s also mixed up with the powerful Miami Mob. With two fearsome foes on their tails, just three days to get JT back to Florida, and her daughter to protect, Lori has her work cut out for her. When they’re ambushed at a gas station, the stakes go from high to stratospheric, and things become personal.
Publisher: Orenda Books
Publication Date: 10/15/2016
Isn’t it fab Tina??
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Brilliant teasers I’d definitely read on!
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Ooh, great excerpts! Now I am eager to learn more. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE”
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I’d probably keep reading. Especially since you said you enjoyed it.
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This is on my wishlist and it really needs to be promoted to actually being read – love the opening and the teaser you chose – such an authentic sounding voice.
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It is so good! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when you get to it.
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Love the first paragraph! I’d definitely keep reading!
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That sounds really good. I’d keep reading.
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