Teaser Tuesdays

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 And oh, joy to the world-he was a book lover! Who had worn and well-read copies of War of the Worlds, Dracula, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

p.86 ~ Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden

Teaser Tuesdays

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  "I'm serious, Ashley!" You're messing with my brain, with my life, and you need to fix it! The urge to throttle her nearly overcomes me.
p.88 ~ The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch

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  His expression changed him into a man that I no longer recognized. "She's my daughter and she will be part of my life. Don't fight me, Lucas. You won't win."
  Without answering, I turned back around and headed inside, leaving him alone with his threat.

p.143~ Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes

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  "I don't kill, I am a shepherd."
  "Not you," he said, his voice losing its anger. "Of course, I don't mean you. I mean Palestinians. I mean terrorists."
p.159

Teaser Tuesdays

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At first I lay down, but I couldn't find relief, so I set to washing clothes. As I lifted one of McKale' undershirtts, I held it against my face. I could still smell her.
p.129~ The Walk by Richard Paul Evans

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"I have inherited Father's love of ideas and books but I also know how that love can separate you from the people who need you most. And yet, I can't imagine my life without books."
p30
~The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott

Teaser Tuesdays and It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I've been beaten and left for dead. To add insult to injury...I have no recollection of who I am. All that I have to go on is a card from the Crossroads Crisis Center and the name my attackers called me...."Susan."
~Forget Me Not- Vicki Hinze

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"Then I found that business card for Crossroads in my pants 
pocket and saw 'Susan' written on it. That's when I remembered the abductor calling me 'Susan.' I thought maybe someone here would know me."
(p. 59)

Teaser Tuesday....It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm the most precocious English eleven-year-old you've ever met. I have an infinity for chemistry and that hobby of mine always seems to get me tangled up in some sort of murder. A murder, in which, I find myself helping the local constable in solving!!
~The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

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  "Please- may I have your attention?" Inspector Hewitt had stepped out from behind the black curtains and was now standing center stage. "I'm sorry to have to tell you that there has been an unfortunate accident, and that Mr. Porson is dead."

p.159

Teaser Tuesday and It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm a poor orphan poet and divinity scholar who is just trying to make it through life day to day. I've been commissioned by nobility to turn a book into a play. This has brought the Prince of Denmark into my life and I find myself strongly attracted to him. If that isn't enough a rival poet, Master Will Shake-spear, has entered the picture and threatens my destiny and love.
~ The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet by Myrlin A. Hermes

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   She pushed back from the bench and stood facing me, my writing held open between us in her hands. "You are in love with a man."

  "Nay!" I lunged at her and grabbed her roughly by the wrist, tearing the book from her grasp.

p.83

Teaser Tuesday and It's Tuesday...Where are you?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm currently in France 1803,  looking for the Purple Gentian. I want to join him in his spy efforts against the French and Napoleon, but I keep getting sidetracked by Richard and his flirting!!
~ The Secret History of the Pink Carnation- Lauren Willig

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  "Amy," said Richard softly, "there is not, nor was there ever, anything between me and Pauline."

  "Other than her dress," muttered Amy.

p.193 The Secret History of the Pink Carnation 

Teaser Tuesdays and It's Tuesday...Where are you?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm teaching English in a remote city in Japan. 

My neighbors are nosy, my students are uninspired,

and I'm wondering if I made a mistake rooming with my girlfriend!!

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"In Japan we eat fish like this," Kobayashi-sensei says, popping a whole sardine into his mouth. I smile dutifully, trying to tune out the crunch of tiny bones being ground to a paste.

p.137

~If You Follow Me by Malena Watrous

Teaser Tuesdays and It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I've left America for a new start in post-World War II England. While touring Derbyshire, I've come across Montclair, the home that inspired Jane Austen's Pemberley. I've become totally enthralled with the letters and journals of the Lacey family, who used to own Montclair. I've just met a very handsome American pilot. I think love is in the air!
~Searching for Pemberley- Mary Lydon Simonsen

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  As soon as I heard the name, Elizabeth Bennett, my ears perked up. Was it possible that I was actually standing in the home of the real Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy?

~p. 7

Teaser Tuesdays and It's Tuesday..Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I live on the edge of Boundary Wood forest and have always had a fascination with the wolves that run wild. Once when I was little a group of wolves pulled me off of my tire swing. I really thought that I was going to die, but a wolf with eyes that pierced mine saved me. We have a connection and just recently it occurred to me that there may be a human trapped inside this wolf's body!
~ Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

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As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all of the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and warmed the paper and ink inside the covers so that the smell of unread words hung in the air.
This is what I loved, when I was human.

p.8

Teaser Tuesdays and It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm a high school senior living in Washington. I suffer from panic attacks that sometimes make me feel like I'm going to die. I tell myself that I'm being silly, but it doesn't stop them. Right now I'm obsessing over a boy in a red jacket that I saw on my web cam. He visits the elephants and the zoo and I just know that we are meant to be in each others lives.
~ The Nature of Jade

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I hurry home after school the day after I see the red-jacket boy. I want to see if he and the baby will reappear.
p. 18 ~ The Nature of Jade

Teaser Tuesdays and It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm trying to get my cousin, Bartleby,and the orphans away from Rock Jaw and back to the forest. We're having a really hard time. Every where we turn someone wants to eat us !!!









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Here's my teaser: A page from this fantastic graphic novel!

Teaser Tuesdays and It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm still in New York, still running The Inn with my gourmet chef sister, Meg. A big star breezes into town and turns our lives upside down. At first it seems like a good thing, but wouldn't you know it...people are dying left and right!!!
~ A Dash of Death by Claudia Bishop
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"I'm fine," said Quill. "It was just a scratch. Dina, what do you--"
"Just a scratch? you get half-killed by a maniac with a shotgun and you call it just a scratch? Did you see the wall! Gross!" She pointed at the speckles of blood on the cream paint.

p. 72 A Dash of Death

Teaser Tuesday and It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm running an Inn at Hemlock Falls in upstate New York. It's tough work but rewarding...that is until someone is murdered and my sister and I have to solve the crime!
~ A Plateful of Murder by Claudia Bishop
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"But these guys showed up at the prayer meeting this morning. They looked pretty....unsavory, I guess you'd say. They said Doreen had called that 1-800 number and they were here to..to.."
"To what?"
"Perform an exorcism," said Peter.
"A what?"
"To rid the Inn of succubi and other stuff. I thought we'd better sit in."

p.164 A Plateful of Murder

Teaser Tuesday and It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

It's Tuesday...Where Are You?

I'm back in England and Wally Carter has been murdered! I have no idea who did it but I can't wait to figure it out. Could it be the neglected widow? The neighbor who's in love with her? Or could it be her resentful daughter? Or is it the phony Russian prince????

No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer
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"Well, I've got to think up a convincing excuse for being practically on the scene of the crime, haven't I?"
'You little fool,' interrupted Hugh, 'are you seriously proposing to fake an alibi for yourself?'

p.157 ~ No Wind of Blame