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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia at
The Purple Booker. 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!
Elizabeth was on that ship. He'd expected her to return after her mother's death, but when the months passed without so much as a rumor of her return, he'd given up hope.
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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.
Prologue
October 11, 1846
The gale nearly knocked Elizabeth Benjamin flat. In all of her sixteen years, she'd never experienced such terrible winds, and Key West enjoyed its share of storms. She held fast to her brother's hand. At eleven, Charlie usually rebelled at her mothering. Not today.
"Maybe we shouldn't be here." His words could barely be heard above the howling wind.
Elizabeth was beginning to think the same, but time had nearly run out. Within days, she must sail for Charleston, where she was expected to secure a prominent match. That meant leaving her beloved Key West and the man who had captured her affections. Today might be her only opportunity to change the course her parents had set out for her.
When her mother dies, Elizabeth Benjamin heads home to Key West, determined to transform herself into the perfect Southern belle her parents always wished her to be. But nothing goes according to plan. Her crippled brother resents her, the servants do not obey her, and Rourke O'Malley, the dashing man she vowed to forget, refuses to relinquish his hold on her heart. Worst of all, it becomes painfully obvious that her father is not the upright man he appears to be.
As family secrets come to light, Elizabeth is faced with a difficult choice: to do her duty and abandon her dreams, or to leave her life of privilege behind to chase the man her father sees as little better than a pirate.
From the first emotional page, author Christine Johnson throws readers into a world of impossible choices, hidden desires, and heart-melting romance in the steamy south. Readers will cheer for Elizabeth and Rourke as they battle the odds and the elements to secure their future.
What do you think? Would you continue reading?
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by Judith Miller - The title character is a young woman who travels with her preacher father in a railroad chapel car, providing ministry to railroaders and to a tiny mining community in West Virginia. (My full review is coming soon!)
by Rush Limbaugh - Yes, the primary audience for this series is considerably younger than me, but I was still so excited to be able to review this set of books!
by Christine Johnson - A young woman returns to Key West after her mother's death hoping to care for her disabled younger brother. She is expected to make an advantageous marriage, and the man she loves is not considered suitable.
by Maureen Lang - This has been more or less on hold while I've been reading things for review, and I only read little snippets. Hope to finish it soon though!
by Connilyn Cossette
by Connilyn Cossette, page 115
