Monday, July 5, 2021

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros/Teaser Tuesdays - July 6th



It's Tuesday!  It's time to share your excerpts and teasers from books we are currently reading, have read or are planning to read.  So, feel free to join us by sharing the first paragraph or (a few) of a book you are reading or thinking about reading soon.  This meme is guaranteed to increase your TBR :)



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I, also, participate and link up to Teaser Tuesdays.  Here's info about that meme:

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, now being hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. 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!



I'm trying audiobooks again and I just started this one.  Looks like fun.


First Chapter... 

"A campground?" I gulped back a good hissy fit because one could never under estimate the power of a good hissy fit, something I've tried really hard not to do in years.  "As in, tiny little metal houses and porta potties?"

Teaser...

"I'm afraid that there's no money to give you.  The only thing free and clear are the camper and the campground."  


 
Synopsis from Goodreads:

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky~ where nothing is normal.

Mae West, a far cry from the Hollywood actress, has been thrown for a loop. Her plush lifestyle in the big city of New York comes to a screeching halt after the FBI raids her mansion and arrests her husband, Paul West, for a Ponzi scheme that rips people out of millions of dollars.

Mae finds herself homeless, friendless, and penniless. All hope isn't lost. . .the only thing Mae got to keep that the government didn't seize is a tourist camp ground, Happy Trails, in Normal, Kentucky and an RV to live in. One problem, Mae's idea of camping has room service.

By the look of the brochure, Happy Trails has plush Kentucky Bluegrass, a crystal clear lake, a beach chair with her name on it and thoughts of how much money it could bring her after she sells it. Mae figures she'll take a couple weeks vacation with her toes dipped in the lake. Things aren't always as they appear. The Kentucky Bluegrass is nothing but dirt and the crystal clue lake is murky with green slime on top.

Mae quickly find out that Happy Trails and the citizens of Normal were also victims of Paul's schemes, making her lower than tha lake scum in the residents' eyes. Mae doesn't think things could get much worse, but as luck would have it, Paul West has escaped from prison and is found dead, murdered, floating in the Happy Trails mucky green lake.

Mae is the number one suspect on Detective Hank Sharp's short list. After all, Mae has the perfect motive as a kept wife who has been scorned to ashes, embarrassed to death, and seeking revenge.

Time is running out for Mae to prove that she's innocent and nothing like her husband. If only she could get someone to believe her and talk Detective Sharp into looking at other residents who've lost all their savings to Paul's Ponzie scheme before the curtain is closed on this Hollywood namesake.

What do you think? Would you keep reading?




9 comments:

  1. This one looks like fun! Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Sounds like a fun, summer cozy. I only went camping once in the 1970s and that was enough for me LOL

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  3. This sounds like a hilarious read--or listening experience. Perfect for summer!

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  4. The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter

    As a photographer, Delta Dawn observes the seemingly perfect lives of New York’s elite: transforming images of tearstained faces into visions of pure joy.

    But when Delta is hired for Natalie Straub’s eleventh birthday, she finds herself wishing she wasn’t behind the lens but a part of the scene--in the Straub family’s gorgeous home and elegant life.

    That’s when Delta puts her plan in place, by babysitting for Natalie; befriending her mother, Amelia; finding chances to listen to her father, Fritz. Soon she’s bathing in the master bathtub, drinking their expensive wine, and eyeing the garden apartment in their townhouse. It seems she can never get close enough, until she discovers that photos aren’t all she can manipulate.

    Have a fabulous day. ♥

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    1. This sounds like a good one.

      Have a great Tuesday!

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  5. Looks fun, I love the cover!
    Mine will lead you to France: https://francebooktours.com/2021/07/06/monet-and-oscar-first-chapter-first-paragraph/

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  6. Great Teaser. This seems like a really fun read.

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  7. Beaches, Bungalows, and Burglaries sounds like a delightful read!

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  8. I would keep reading, but I don't do audiobooks. :)

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