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Friday 56 #28 & BB #4 – Myths and Murder

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The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and find any sentence or a few ( no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence or so of the book you are reading along with you initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.

Please include the title of the book and the author’s name.

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BAD BLOOD by Lucienne Diver

Latter-Day Olympians, Book 1

The gods play…and mortals pay.

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(page 56 of paperback)

Jesus picked up on the second ring – always – said it gave the impression of to little to do to pick up on the first and too much to wait until the third.

“Good morning, Karacis Investigations,” he said pleasantly.

“You mean investigate.”

“I mean assist in an investigation, yes.”

(Book Beginnings)

“Stake out:  a mind numbering, bladder busting exercise distinguishable from stalking by the ID you’re able to flash when the police come tap-tap-tapping at your Camaro door.”

Gods, Gorgons, a circus, private investigators, cops and murder.

The tone of this book is light and humorous.

Just reading the synopsis made me want to pick this up.

And I have to know what is the Creature from the Black Lagoon looking monster?

SYNOPSIS

Tori Karacis’s family line may trace back to a drunken liaison between the god Pan and one of the immortal gorgons. Or…maybe it’s just coincidence that her glance can, literally, stop men in their tracks. While her fear of heights kept her out of the family aerobatic troupe, her extreme nosiness fits right in with her uncle’s P.I. business.

Except he’s disappeared on an Odyssean journey to find himself. Muddling through on her own, she’s reduced to hunting (not stalking, because that would just be weird) brass-bra’d Hollywood agent Circe Holland to deliver a message…only to witness her murder by what looks like the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Suddenly, all of her family’s tall tales seem believable, especially when Apollo—the Apollo, who’s now hiding out among humans as an adult film star—appears in her office, looking to hire her. She knows the drill: canoodling with gods never works out well for humans, but she’s irresistibly drawn to him. Maybe it’s her genes. Maybe not.

Given her conflicted feelings for one hot and hardened cop, it’s a toss-up which will kill her quickest. The danger at her door…or her love life.

Warning: Contains pot-boiling passion between a heroine who may—or may not—be a descendent of Medusa, and a hot god and a hunky cop with the…equipment…to handle her, even on her worst bad-hair day. Beware of killer kisses, trickster gods and bearded grandmothers Who Know Everything.

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Friday 56 #27 and BB #3 – Crawl by Edward Lorn

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The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.

The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find any sentence, or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

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In celebration of HORROR month, I give you:

CRAWL by Edward Lorn

I have read a couple of Edward Lorn’s horror works.

Crawl is a short story of the most horrid kind.

My reviews for Life After Dane & Dastardly Bastard:

Freakin Friday – Karma is a Bitch – Life After Dane by Edward Lorn

Dastardly Bastard by Edward Lorn

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 Book Beginnings

He loved her. She had no doubt. But he’d also betrayed her. And now they were on a road trip from Alabama to Georgia so she could spend sometime with her mother in Warner Robins. Mom would comfort her and lead her in the right direction. After Colton returned home, he would make-do by himself.

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(56% on Kindle)

“Why…” she blubbered, but her voice was barely audible, even to herself. The second time, she shrieked, “WHY?”

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“LET ME DOWN!” She sounded like a weak horror movie cliche, one of those useless bitches that tumble and fall on thin air with the killer right behind them. She hated the sound of that weakness. Hated herself for making it.

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AMAZON SYNOPSIS

A NEW NOVELETTE FROM THE AUTHOR OF LIFE AFTER DANE.

You’re out in the middle of nowhere.

You’ve been crippled and left for dead.

There’s something in the woods.

It’s coming.

There’s only one thing you can do…

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Friday 56 #26 &BB#2 – Crystal Fire by Kate Douglas

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The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.

The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find any sentence, or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name

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CRYSTAL FIRE by Kate Douglas

.Kate Douglas is a NYTBSA and a very prolific writer.
.Crystal Fire is a part of The Demonslayers series and I can only say, “give me more.”
.If this sounds good to you, there is a special bundle price for the series, $9.99.
.Check out the links below to see her amazing work.
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 Book Beginnings

The steady slap, slap, slap of Taron’s sandals echoed off the rough stone walls. He checked his sword, made sure his tunic and pants were properly fastened and wondered if he’d ever get used to this absurd style of clothing.

After a lifetime in scholarly robes, it was difficult to believe these new designs were more practical, though he had to admit that the pants didn’t tangle around his legs the way his robes often had. Of course, he’d rarely had to rush as he rushed now, hurrying down the dark and empty utility tunnel toward the training grounds.

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(page 56 in paperback)

“Okay,” Willow nodded, thinking of how they’d gone about this before. “In the past, we had to destroy the avatars before the Demon King could get the demonic life force. How can it hunt them on its own?”

.“I imagine because it has Ed. Once the Demon King gets complete control of Ed’s body, it can use it to destroy whatever avatars the lesser demons have taken over. If they’re in inanimate objects, he can take the demon’s soul, but if he has to kill a living avatar, he’ll get the soul of the innocent victim as well as the demonic soul. We can’t let that happen. It will give him too much power, make him too strong for us to fight him. We’ll have to be prepared tonight.”

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AMAZON SYNOPSIS

The Demon King still lives, stronger than ever, devouring souls in search of immortality. Against him stands the scholar Taron, a newly-minted warrior of Lemuria, and Willow, a woman of unearthly loveliness, born of mist…Taron must pass through the waterfall of molten gold that shields the secret portal to his beloved land. His brilliant mind and the speaking sword called CrystalFire are his weapons against evil. But nothing can protect him from the power of love. Willow, whom he once knew as a sprite who could dance in his hand, has been changed by a master stroke of magic into the form of a beautiful, highly sensual woman, desiring a thousand pleasures that she insists he alone can give her. Innocent and eager, Willow arouses his deepest needs and sexual hunger – and his love. He will risk all to save her, even if it means a battle to the death with the ultimate foe…

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