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. Friday 56 – As many of you know Freda over at Freda’s Voice hosted Friday56 for many years. Since Freda is going to be gone from hosting 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 Make Her Pay by Miranda Rijks
Publication Date: December 10, 2023
Leonie is living her best life. Still in her twenties, she’s beautiful, successful and has just met Markus, the man of her dreams.
But Leonie has a secret. Ten years ago, she was involved in an accident in which another driver died. Leonie shouldn’t have been behind the wheel that night – no license, no insurance – so she fled the scene. She’s spent the last ten years, trying to deal with the terrible guilt.
Now, as her wedding to Markus draws near, it seems someone is out to get her. It’s little things at first – botched work appointments, a cancelled bridal dress – but it soon escalates into a terrifying campaign which threatens her business, her family and even her life.
Leonie, caught up in a relentless nightmare, has no idea why anyone would set out to destroy her. Until she realises there is a link to the accident that happened all those years ago. Someone knows what she did.
Someone is determined to make her pay..
First Sentence:
From The Prologue
They say your life flashes in front of your eyes when you’re dying. Mine didn’t. There were bright, blinding lights that burned my retinas. A terrible choking fear that made my gut clench as I realised I’d lost control. A roar in my ears of screeching engines, crunching metal and splintering glass, along with the pounding of blood. And the smell. That terrible stench of burned rubber and diesel combined with blood. When did the silence come? Seconds or minutes later? Seconds probably because complete blackness descended quickly.
Page 56
Before I can formulate any words, Dad jumps in. ‘I think it’s a marvellous idea. It was such a blow when Sam decided not to join the family business. Such a blow. And I need another man about the place. I can see that working very well,’ Dad says before raising his glass of red wine.
Today’s Question Is: – Do you prefer to read old or new books? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)
A: I will read old or new. If it is a book I know I will enjoy, I will read it.
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