Teaser Tuesday - Ten Tiny Breaths

Today's Teaser Tuesday is from the prologue of 

TEN TINY BREATHS 

by K.A. Tucker

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"What the hell does a tiny breath do? Why not a deep breath? Why ten?"

Amazon Link
Goodreads Link
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: 
Contemporary Women's Fiction (maybe Young Adult)

Partial Synopsis (from Goodreads):
     Kacey Cleary’s whole life imploded four years ago in a drunk-driving accident. Now she’s working hard to bury the pieces left behind—all but one. Her little sister, Livie. Kacey can swallow the constant disapproval from her born-again aunt Darla over her self-destructive lifestyle; she can stop herself from going kick-boxer crazy on Uncle Raymond when he loses the girls’ college funds at a blackjack table. She just needs to keep it together until Livie is no longer a minor, and then they can get the hell out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.     
     But when Uncle Raymond slides into bed next to Livie one night, Kacey decides it’s time to run. Armed with two bus tickets and dreams of living near the coast, Kacey and Livie start their new lives in a Miami apartment complex, complete with a grumpy landlord, a pervert upstairs, and a neighbor with a stage name perfectly matched to her chosen “profession.” But Kacey’s not worried. She can handle all of them. What she can’t handle is Trent Emerson in apartment 1D. 

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of 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 and author too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers
• Leave a comment on MizB's Teaser Tuesday post (HERE) and include your link so everyone can find your post.

Modern Day Lumberjacks

Doorbell rings and young man says to me, "My name is Jake. I'll be your climber today." Doesn't that sound like a good start for a book? 

We're having a couple of trees removed behind our house today, and this is the guy who's going to be climbing up them and lopping off branches - a modern-day lumberjack.

This photo is from our last tree removal about five years ago.

I hate to have trees taken down, but when they're threatening to fall on the house, there's no choice.

Quote: Lucille Ball

"I would rather regret the things that I have done than the

 things that I have not."

 - Lucille Ball

Book Beginnings and Friday 56 - Dakota Blues

Indie author Lynne M. Spreen says (on Goodreads):  
"Dakota Blues is about coming alive at midlife. Here's what I want to know: At middle age and in the second half, are we too old to start over? Is it foolish to try? Should we be winding down or giving it our all, burning bridges and blowing things up in a last attempt to realize our dreams? How best to travel this later-in-life pathway? These are the questions that fascinate me, and about which I crave to write."

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAY:

         Karen's fingers hovered over the keyboard while she tried to remember the killer argument she'd been about to make, but the idea had faded. Not for the first time that day, she wished the hall outside her door hadn't become the official gathering place for coworkers in search of gossip and idle chit chat.
        It wasn't like her to lose focus so easily.

THE FRIDAY 56 (from 56% on my Kindle):

        Karen agreed. "The van runs beautifully, and I'm planning to take it around the Divide, through Albuquerque so I can avoid the higher elevations. It's a bit farther, but safer."

       "Always play it safe, that's our Karen," said Frieda.

Author: Lynne M. Spreen
Genre: Women's Fiction
Number of Pages: 306
Amazon Link: DAKOTA BLUES 

MY THOUGHTS:
         This is such a good book! Fifty year old, high-powered executive Karen Grace faces three life-changing crises, all within a matter of days. When her mother dies, she must leave California for her rural hometown in North Dakota to attend the funeral; her husband threatens divorce because his young girlfriend is pregnant; and her career is in serious jeopardy. But when she meets 90-year-old Frieda, she's offered an opportunity to break away and make some changes. Her journey makes for a fascinating story that I highly recommend.

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Teaser Tuesday - Scarlet Nights

  

Where do you get your books? Some of mine come from big bookstores (usually Barnes and  Noble). Others I buy online, either as paperbacks or eBooks, and some I check out of the library or borrow from friends. But I also like to buy used books at Comstock's Bookshop in downtown Auburn, Washington. That's where I got Jude Deveraux's Scarlet Nights, written in 2010. Unfortunately, I just discovered that this is the third book in the nine-book Edilean series! Guess I'd better track down #1 and #2. In the meantime, here's today's Teaser Tuesday excerpt from Page 17 of my hardback edition of Scarlet Nights.

TEASER:
After days of heavy rain that nearly flooded the town, he'd discovered an old tunnel. It had been shored up with heavy timbers, and the floors had been laid with handmade brick--and it opened into the floor of Tess's apartment.

Author: Jude Deveraux
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Length: 376 Pages
Amazon Link: Scarlet Nights

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of 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 and author too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers
• Leave a comment on MizB's Teaser Tuesday post (HERE) and include your link so everyone can find your post.