Teaser Tuesdays - April 15, 2014

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. It says anyone can play along, so I am! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• Be careful not to include spoilers!
• Share the title and author, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

Without untying her he offered her a drink from the cup to show that he was in control. Matilda took a mouthful, rinsed it round her cut, swollen gums, and then, drawing in a breath that tore through her chest like a knife, spat the wine full into his face. "I would rather die first!" she gasped.
~Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick, page 99

Juliana skimmed the bill of lading as familiar fear began shredding her nerves. Should that happen, should anyone discover a woman was running Dutton Shipping, all her customers would flee like bats before the sun. She'd eventually lose everything: their three ships, their income, the house, her father's medical care, and probably even his life.
~The Ransom by MaryLu Tyndall, page 18

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