Teaser Tuesdays/First Chapter First Paragraph - September 8, 2015

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jenn at A Daily Rhythm. To play along, 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!

She took the mug from Doctor Luther and swallowed a drink. The hot liquid burned the roof of her mouth and scalded her throat. "There, Wolfgang." She returned the mug to Doctor Luther and finally allowed herself to take a step away. "Now Doctor Luther and I shall die together."
 ~Luther and Katharina: A Novel of Love and Rebellion by Jody Hedlund, page 37

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First Chapter/First Paragraph/Tuesday Intros is a weekly link-up hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea. To participate, share the first paragraph (or two) of a book you're reading, or thinking about reading soon.

Before dawn on Easter morning, 1523
   Time to jump.
   With trembling legs tangling in her scapular, Katharina crouched on the stone ledge of the window and peered down at the matted grass, still hard and untouched by spring. She blinked back a wave of dizziness and hoped the two-story drop wasn't as far as it looked.
   The blackness of the barren cloister yard spread before her -- the neatly trimmed hedges, the gardens, and the thick stone wall beyond. Nothing moved. No one was in sight . . . although anyone could be hidden in the thousands of shadows the April moonlight couldn't reach.
   "Jump, my lady." Greta nudged her. Her tight wimple framed delicate features showing the strain of anxiety. "We've waited long enough."
   "You must help lower me." Katharina clutched her maidservant's arm to steady herself. She took a last deep breath of the familiar mustiness of the abbey, then swung her feet over the edge.

Luther and Katharina: A Novel of Love and Rebellion by Jody Hedlund

(Find out more at the publisher's website.)

Here's the blurb:

She was a nun of noble birth. He, a heretic, a reformer... an outlaw of the Holy Roman Empire.

In the 16th century, nun Katharina von Bora's fate fell no further than the Abbey. Until she read the writings of Martin Luther.

His sweeping Catholic church reformation-- condemning a cloistered life and promoting the goodness of marriage -- awakened her desire for everything she'd been forbidden. Including Martin Luther himself.

Despite the fact that the attraction and tension between them is undeniable, Luther holds fast to his convictions and remains isolated, refusing to risk anyone's life but his own. And Katharina longs for love, but is strong-willed. She clings proudly to her class distinction, pining for nobility over the heart of a reformer. They couldn't be more different.

But as the world comes tumbling down around them, and with Luther's threatened life a constant strain, these unlikely allies forge an unexpected bond of understanding, support and love.

Together they will alter the religious landscape forever.

What do you think? Would you continue reading?

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