Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read
Open to a random page.
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
SILVER BORNE by Patricia Briggs
A Mercy Thompson Novel
I picked up this first edition hardcover at my local grocery store.
I can hardly believe it was marked down to $2.00. YAY!
It’s a Christmas miracle, because I don’t grocery shop. 😀
MY TEASE
Come, Snowball.”
He opened a single white eye and stared at me.
I swallowed. Arguing with dominant wolves could have unpleasant results.
“I will watch the puppy,” declared Maia. “We can play cowgirls and I will teach him to fetch. We shall have a tea party.” She wrinkled her nose. “And then he won’t get all dirty playing with the greasy cars. He doesn’t like being dirty.
SYNOPSIS
Being a mechanic is hard work. Mercy Thompson, for instance, just spent the last couple of months trying to evade the murderous queen of the local vampire seethe. And now the leader of the werewolf pack, who’s maybe-more-than-just-a-friend, has asked for her help. A book of fae secrets has come to light and they’re all about to find out how implacable – and dangerous – the fae can be.
OK, so maybe her troubles have nothing to do with the job. But she sure could use a holiday…
(page 69 of hardcover)
