First Sentences

[Heather]

"It was said that he knew every pleasure a woman desired and exactly how to give it to her."

[Heather]

"Typical guy."

[Heather]

We need more of these so we'll be able to vote on something decent.




"Three things happened simultaneously: the soft, warm curve of a woman's bare ass tucked enticingly against Zakary Stark's good-morning-happy-to-feel-you erection, the familiar gut-wrenching realization that she was the wrong woman, and the cold hard metal of a gun barrel pressed to his temple."

That actually made me want to put aside the last Otherworld book to see what was going to happen.

[Darcy]

That does make me want to check out that book.

[Heather]

This is how bad I've gotten:
I see a naked dude in the jungle on the cover and I immediately assume it's a cat shifter of some kind. Should have read the excerpt. Not looking supernatural so far. =) Not that I mind, but it took me a minute when something happened and I'm thinking "Why didn't he just shift?" Poor humans.
It seems interesting so far. Hopefully it ends strong.

[Darcy]

I have had that happen to me before too Heather.

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Heather wrote: "

"It was said that he knew every pleasure a woman desired and exactly how to give it to her.""

Where has he been all my life??

[Heather]

He has a boyfriend.

[Heather]

"When a girl trudged through the rain at midnight to knock at the Devil's door, the Devil should at least have the depravity - if not the decency - to answer."

[Heather]

"If Singletree's only florist didn't deliver her posies half-drunk, I might still be married to that floor-licking, scum-sucking, receptionist-nailing hack-accountant, Mike Terwilliger."

[Heather]

"Sister, I have found the man for you..."

[Heather]

So, I already posted this in quotes, but it was meant to be here since it's a first sentence. Oops.



"I banged the bride."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

*giggles*

[Heather]

I haven't had a good first sentence in a while. It's sad.

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Hmmm . . . I should check out my first sentances, I've been so obsorbed just reading.

[Heather]

"A sobbing man huddles on a narrow ledge, clawing at his eyes to shield them from the horror far below."



"It was one thing to fall--it was quite another to be shoved from the ledge of a second-story window."


What is it about ledges? These two just happened to pop up at the same time.

[Heather]

"Everyone knew that cats got way more than their fair share of lives, but the poor guy spread-eagle on the alley floor would have called BS on that."

[Heather]

"Olivia MacKenzie was certain she would have been offered the job if she hadn't punched the boss during the interview."

[Darcy]

That would be an memorable interview!

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Ha-ha! That would be an interview I would love to see. (Lot of jerk bosses.)

[Heather]

"It would have been better if he'd screamed."



"Pirates..."

[Heather]

"I'm a stalker."


I like the first paragraph:
"I'm a stalker. The good kind."

[Heather]

"The first time she slit a man's throat she felt sick to her stomach."

Another one with a good first paragraph. It finishes, "The second time? Not so much."

[Heather]

"Lust and a virtuous woman-only a fool combined the two."

[Heather]

"Brady Miller's ideal Saturday was pretty simple - sleep in, be woken up by a hot, naked woman for sex, followed by a breakfast that he didn't have to cook."

[Tya]

"According to the druids, mistletoe was traditionally considered to be the semen of the gods."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Oh, wow!! That book just made it onto my list!!!

[Heather]

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[Heather]

"Sir Mark Turner did not look like any virgin that Jessica had ever seen before."

[Heather]

"The girl was a natural-born assassin."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

"Under the cafeteria table, my right knee bounced like a jackhammer possessed.

[Heather]

"Logan Quinn was trying to kill me."

[Heather]

"If you guys don't stop making out, I'm going to be sick."

[Heather]

"'Here in Porcupine, some folks have sex just to keep warm.'"

[Heather]

"Exactly two weeks, one day, and ten hours ago, my mother completely ruined my life."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Heather wrote: "

"'Here in Porcupine, some folks have sex just to keep warm.'""

Ha! That's a good reason to.

[Heather]

With a name like Porcupine you'd think they'd be careful. =)

[Heather]

"Terrible accidents can befall anyone who plunges into the unknown."

[Heather]

"We've a month before the season begins, and all the harpies are hunting in packs."



"Llyr opened his eyes to see a woman standing over him in slim and glorious nudity, her body gleaning in the moonlight."



"There are times when magic really sucks."

[Danielle]

"At well past midnight on an early summer Sunday, I had time on my hands and a dead man on my mind."

[Danielle]

Prologue: "“What is your preferred style, Miss Briars? Would you prefer your man to be fair-haired or dark? Average height or tall? English or foreign?” The madam was astonishingly businesslike, as if they were discussing a dish to be served at a supper-party rather than a man to be purchased for the
evening."

Chapter One: "Amanda knew exactly why the man on her doorstep was a prostitute."

[Heather]

"Corporal Thorne could make a woman quiver, from all the way across the room."

[Heather]

"It was hotter than hell inside the confessional.

[Heather]

"A polar bear did him in."

[Shera (Book Whispers)]

Heather wrote: "

"A polar bear did him in.""

Wow!

[Heather]

"But for the grace of God and an untied shoelace, she would have died with the others that day."

[Heather]

"The idiotic ways in which people deluded themselves, against all better reason and judgment, had long since ceased to surprise Nathaniel Stokes."

[Heather]

"I woke up naked, in a motel, with a man behind me."

[Tya]

A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses

"My week started with spectral portents of doom floating over my bed while I was trying to have anniversary sex with my boyfriend. It was all downhill from there."

I had to add the second sentence!

[Heather]

"You're an idiot."