Book Beginnings on Fridays/The Friday 56

This is a fun meme to do hosted by Freda's Voice. If you'd like to join on the fun go to The Friday 56.

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

It's that simple.

I'm also joining in Book Beginnings on Friday. It's hosted by Rose City Reader.


This week's choice is a book I've been wanting to read for years. I haven't started it yet, but I'm hoping to. It sounds so good...

Beginnings...

Prologue

Late Thursday night, Sea Harbor, Massachusetts

North of the Harbor Road shops, a mile or two up the coast - past the Canary Cove artist colony and the oceanview vacation homes, some of which had been turned into enviable residences with wide seashell drives and two-story carriage houses - the land curved sharply like a sea serpent's tail.

When the moon was full, the sky a whitewash of stars, and the breeze a warm embrace, the beach on the tail and the stalwart breakwater were perfect places to walk on a summer's night. But tonight the weatherman had predicted rain, and the winds were gusty, discouraging evening strolls and lovers' trysts.


Friday 56...

From page 56 on my Kindle...

"That's fair. And you're right - Pete is about as confrontational as a butterfly. Sometimes I think he'd be better off if he were a little less trusting."