For Readers and Authors and Anyone in Between

For readers:

Way back in this blog, I said I’d occasionally update readers on my work-in-progress. I haven’t a title for it yet so it just gets called the wip. Just to prove that something is happening(!) here are the first lines of the first four chapters:-

Chapter One
The hairs on the nape of Liberty’s neck stood, like Jack’s beanstalk, upright; she had never been in the presence of approaching death before.

Chapter Two
Insofar as he did not come to the office, Gregor accepted his expulsion.

Chapter Three
Dear Libby, if you are reading this, I will be in Heaven if God is forgiving, or Hell if He is not, or maybe simply rotting in my grave.

Chapter Four
Sparkles or rain?

Would any of you like to tell me which of these sentences you like best?

For authors:
In the comments section, would you like to write just one opening line from the first chapter in any one of your books? Tell us the name of the book but please don’t leave links.

For readers:
What is your favourite opening sentence to any chapter in any book you have read? Please tell us in the comments section.

For readers (again):
is reduced to 0.99 in the US and UK until 6th April and, of course, it is FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

Here’s what BookBub wrote about it: “English Lieutenant Karl Thorsen won’t rest until he hangs smuggler Daniel Tynton for his crimes. Caught between them is Lucy Yorton, a young woman torn away from her life of privilege and thrown into a whirlpool of temptation and betrayal. Can she decide where her heart truly lies?”