Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you’re reading. The Friday 56 – As many of you know Freda over at Freda’s Voice hosted The Friday56 for many years. Since Freda is going to be gone from hosting The Friday 56 for a while, Anne over at My Head Is Full of Books will be hosting this link-up. So grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader, and share a non-spoiler sentence or two. First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is My Superpower that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you’re reading. Book Blogger Hop asks a question of general interest or discussion hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer
My book for today is: Our Secret Circle by Tecia McLaughlin
Publication Date: December 18, 2023
Chandler Grey arrived at the office at 7:45 and went straight to the break room. He lingered as long as possible, waiting for Braydee, but she never came. The words she had spoken to him yesterday sent a shiver down his spine. The pain in her eyes was something he recognized immediately. He had seen that same look in the eyes of his late wife in the months before she committed suicide.
“Help me!”
He went to his computer and began to search the employee data list. There was no one working at the company by the name of Braydee Quinn.
He did a Google search hoping to find a shred of anything that would tell him who she was, and up popped a multitude of news articles that sent shockwaves to his core. This would explain the terror he’d seen in her eyes. Braydee Quinn was a missing person, and people everywhere were looking for her.
When the fingerprints of a local police officer are found in the missing woman’s abandoned car, the small town of Orange Beach, Alabama, explodes with rumors. The officer is forced into hiding for his own protection, and shocking accusations begin to tear a family apart. As the investigation begins to narrow in on a local judge, a horror is revealed that no one saw coming.
First Sentence:
Sometimes events in our lives are mapped out, and we know exactly which direction we’re headed. Other times, we go left when we should’ve gone right.
Page 56
“Yeah, I’m going now.” “Okay. Down that main hall. Take a left and it’s the sixth room on your right.” I wanted to tell Tate about the gorgeous man behind the fifth door, but I didn’t want whoever was listening to hear me discussing him. That would be a conversation I would have with the girls when I got back to them.
Today’s Question Is: – How long have you gone without reading? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)
A: A week, and that was because I was sick with the flu.
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