Teaser Tuesday!!!

It’s that time of week for the Tuesday Teaser!! We are asked to:
Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share two teaser sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
Share the title of the book that the “teaser” comes from, so people can find the book if they like the teaser.
And again remember – avoid spoilers.

She felt she had come to the end of something. It was as if she and XXX had been fixed in time by their childlessness, and XXX and his vile damage were binding them too.

This teaser is from The Outcast by Sadie Jones. What is YOUR teaser today??

Swimsuit by James Patterson and WIN the book!!

“THE BEACH…A breathtakingly beautiful supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at the most glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Only hours after she goes missing, Kim McDaniels’s parents receive a terrifying phone call. Fearing the worst, they board the first flight to Maui and begin the hunt for their daughter….

WILL NEVER BE…Ex-cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter for the L.A. Times, gets the McDaniels assignment. The ineptitude of the local police force defies belief–Ben has to start his own investigation for Kim McDaniels to have a prayer. And for Ben to have the story of his life….

THE SAME FOR YOU AGAIN.All the while, the killer sets the stage for his next production. His audience expects the best–and they won’t be disappointed. Swimsuit is a heart-pounding story of fear and desire, transporting you to a place where beauty and murder collide and unspeakable horrors are hidden within paradise.”

Thank you to Lori at Lori’s Reading Corner. I won an ARC of Swimsuit with a blog contest she sponsored!! Woohoo!! I got the book this past week and dug right into it yesterday! I have one word for the latest book from the prolific Patterson – WOWZA!! While I LOVED this book, I was a bit perplexed by the ending and it left me wanting more! One of the best Patterson books I’ve read, though!! Great plotline and characters. It will truly keep you on the edge of your seat, rapidly turning the pages!! Highly recommended!!!

And, as a thank you to my blog readers and to pass along the love of Patterson, I am going to give away my ARC copy of this book as well!! So, leave a comment and enter my very first contest!!!

Here’s how to enter ~
U.S. addresses only please
Leave a comment here with your email address or PaperbackSwap ID (I need to have a way to get in touch with you!)
Follow my blog (on right sidebar) ~ get an extra entry
Blog about it ~ get an extra entry (leave a note in your comment so I can come check out your blog!!)


Contest ends on July 5th and the winner will be posted on July 6th!!

Earthly Pleasures by Karen Neches

“When Skye Sebring, a hospitality greeter inside the pearly gates of Heaven, meets lawyer Ryan Blaine during his brush with death after a motorcycle accident, she falls so deeply in love that she follows him back to Earth, a world with strange customs she knows nothing about — until she discovers that all of life’s lessons can be learned from the lyrics of five Beatles songs.”

I really enjoyed this book! It reads like chick lit and is such a page-turner! I highly recommend it!

Love You to Death by Melissa Senate

“When did Abby Foote’s life becomes an episode of Law & Order?

First, a former boyfriend (who dumped Abby in the most humiliating way imaginable) is found murdered the day his engagement is announced. Then two other ex-boyfriends report attempts made on their lives right after breaking up with her. Coincidence? Detective Benjamin Orr, of the Portland Police Department (and Very Probing Questions and Incredibly Delicious Face), doesn’t think so. Neither do Abby’s friends, family, coworkers and other exes — who are suddenly shaking in their shoes. Soon everyone is sucking up to her as though the Abby they know and supposedly love to death is capable of poisoning their drinks . . .

Is someone trying to frame her? Who? And why? She has to find out fast. Because by-the-book Ben is bound to break her heart. Which makes him next on someone’s list . . .”

I am a huge chick lit fan and Melissa Senate is a new favorite author of mine! I LOVED this book! It was a very quick read and I kept frantically turning the pages to see what was going to happen next!! I really hope to see more Abby Foote books in the future!! I enjoy Melissa Senate so much, that she was my Waiting On Wednesday pick this week for her new novel coming out in November!! I highly recommend this book, especially to chick lit fans!
–Jennifer

"Waiting On" Wednesday: The Secret of Joy

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, started at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

This week’s pre-publication “can’t-wait-to-read” Crazy-for-Books selection is:

The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate
Publication Date: November, 2009

“Rebecca Strand, a 28-year-old New York City paralegal, is shocked when her dying father confesses his long-ago affair–and the baby he’d turned his back on. This fragile connection to 26-year-old half-sister Joy Joyhawk is all Rebecca has left of family. And so with her lawyer boyfriend’s protests ringing in her ears (“She’s just going to want her share of his million-dollar estate!”), Rebecca drives to Wiscasset, Maine, with the 26 letters her father wrote to Joy (but never sent) every year on her birthday. Having no idea what to expect, Rebecca knocks on Joy Jayhawk’s door.

Turns out Joy, the separated mother of a little boy (Rebecca has a nephew!), isn’t very interested in the “father” who turned his back on her existence from day one–or her “sister.” But Rebecca is so determined to establish family bonds with Joy that she doesn’t go home . . . and finds herself being welcomed into small life by some very loveable, quirky characters, including the Divorced Ladies Club of Wiscasset and a sexy carpenter named Theo . . . “