Introducing Marian Lanouette

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Gerri and Susan for inviting me to blog here on Fridays.  Once a month on the third Friday you’ll be invited to post your first paragraph from any chapter of your WIP or recently finished book.  On the fourth Friday, I’ll pick a page number and ask you to post maybe your first sentence or paragraph on that page. Sound like fun, doesn’t it? This is a great way to draw readers into your story. I got this idea from Kristina Knight’s blog. It was so much fun and all the entries were so good my TBR (To Be Read) pile grew.

I think a little introduction might be called for here. Hi, I’m Marian Lanouette author of the Jake Carrington Series. I am an author. I do love saying that. How about you? My first book If I Fail, A Jake Carrington Mystery will be released in September 2012 from MuseItUp Publishing; the second book in the series Burn in Hell, A Jake Carrington Mystery will be released in January 2013, also from MuseItUp Publishing.

This is an exciting time to be an author, with so many groups and blogs to provide encouragement and information.  I would not be on my way to being published if it weren’t for the generosity of other authors and groups I belong to.

My post today is from my current 1st draft of the third book in the series, Mated for Life, A Jake Carrington Mystery. Post your first paragraph below.

Chapter One

“Well, if I don’t say so myself. That was the best sex on or off this planet a girl could have asked for first thing in the morning.” Mia rolled off of Jake as his phone rang.

Jake looked at his cell, cursed, then answered his phone. There went his day off. Sitting up he grabbed the pen and notebook he kept on his nightstand and started writing as he listened intently to the caller.

I look forward to your posts and comments.

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