Friday Fifty-Six (56) - A Cornish Maid

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme  hosted by Freda's Voice.  Here are the rules:

• Grab the book nearest you, right now
• Turn to page 56
• Find the fifth (5th) sentence
• Post that sentence, plus one or two others if you like, along with these instructions on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, post it below in the comments section of this blog.  
• Post a link with your post on this blog and at Freda's Voice, so that others may follow too.
• Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, or the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST!

My Friday 56 :
A Cornish Maid by Fenella J. Miller



Keeping her eyes firmly averted, she did as he bid.
He enveloped the wet limb in the cloth and without
touching her burning skin with his fingers. With
professional calmness, he dried her foot and then, as he had done more than once before, carried her into her sitting room.

                 

From the publisher:

Demelza Tregorran is desperate to keep her brothers and sister in their ancestral home and to keep the roof above their heads. On the beach early one morning, she inadvertently pushes an autocratic stranger into the sea. She is not impressed by his manners but can't help but admire his appearance.

Dr. Lucas Fairfield is immediately attracted to Demelza and decides to use some of his unwanted inheritance to help her out of her financial difficulties. Demelza agrees to take Lucas in as a paying guest .With her friend Martha as chaperone, who can possibly object to the arrangement?

Lucas is a respectable gentleman and wealthy enough to pay her far more than necessary for his board. Demelza is a simple Cornish maid. What possible interest could such a sophisticated man have in her?



So what's your Friday 56?

WAITING ON WEDNESDAY - ALPHA INSTINCT

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine which highlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Alpha Instinct 

by Katie Reus 

Release Date: February 7, 2012  

From the Publisher:  

After all the males in her pack are murdered, lupine shifter Analena Cordona is doing the best she can to keep her remaining family safe. She doesn’t want to depend on anyone, but someone is targeting her pack and the threats are getting worse every day. When violent attacks also start escalating in town against humans, she knows that sooner or later, people are going to start pointing fingers at her kind regardless of proof. Unless she can figure out who wants to hurt her pack and why, a few cattle mutilations and property damage will be the least of her worries.

Connor Armstrong has waited fifty years to claim what’s rightfully his: Ana. And with the pack vulnerable, he knows the time is right to return to his hometown and the woman he once called his best friend. In exchange for his pack’s protection, he demands that she be his. But things don’t go quite as planned. Ana is as stubborn as she is sexy and if Connor doesn’t gain her trust, he’ll never get the chance to claim the one woman who’s never left his thoughts. And if he can’t, the evil hunting her will destroy everything they both cherish.           

What is your "Waiting on" pick this week?  

Want to participate?  Grab the logo, post your own WoW on your blog (or if you don't have a blog post it below in the comments) and leave your link below!

                              

          

TEASER TUESDAY (JANUARY 24, 2012)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers. 
  

My Teaser Tuesday is from The Wedding Beat: 

A Novel by Devan Sipher (This is from the ARC- it might change for final publishing).                                              

I’m scribbling in my pad and trying to forget I’m a thirty-seven- year- old single guy alone on New Year’s. No, not alone. Surrounded by married couples. The only single woman is the bride’s grandmother, who is eighty- five and a humpback. And even she has a date.

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

ENJOY THE DAY OFF!

It's time to relax and read a book.  Have a nice Sunday!

Friday Fifty-Six (56)

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted 
by Freda's Voice.  Here are the rules:

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you don't have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.  
5. Post a link to your post on Freda's Voice.
6. Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual.  USE THE CLOSEST!

My Friday 56: Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas

"No," he responded.  "He'll know more what Beverly   

would want than I would.  Tell him to just do it and 

send me the bill."  

Teaser Tuesday (Jan 17, 2012)

     
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish Meme, hosted by Mz. B of Should Be Reading.  Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current book
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page 
• Be Careful not to to include spoilers (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others)
• Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers: 


         "No, for there's nothing shameful about it.  My mother  
          and I lived in poverty so that my brother could train      
          for a profession and support us."  She didn't share 
          Aaron's failings here.  "When I sank to my lowest,  
          Hetty befriended me, even fed me. I'm not ashamed 
          to call her friend, and I hope she and her family will
          stay nearby."      


             ~p. 385 An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverly 


Please leave a comment with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share 
your "teasers" in the comments below in the comments here.  Thank you!

Happy Sunday!

While we didn't get that much snow on the ground, we still have some left over and I'll be taking a lazy Sunday.  Enjoy yourselves today and stay warm!

Maria 

WINNERS OF LISA KLEYPAS CONTEST

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The last thing Mark Nolan needs is a six-year old girl in his life.  But he soon realizes he will do everything he can to make her life whole again.  His sister's will gives him the instructions: There's no other choice but you.  Just start by loving her.  The rest will follow.

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