Tuesday Intro/Teaser

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea every Tuesday. To participate share the opening paragraph or two of a book you've decided to read based on that paragraph. Please feel free to join in, First Chapter~First Paragraph~Tuesday Intros.

Everything about this felt wrong, and Tessa couldn't believe she was here as they bumped along the gravel road, their headlights cutting through the tunnel of trees. When they reached the clearing, James rolled to a stop and shoved the car in park. Tessa gazed straight ahead at the moonlight shimmering off the inky lake. "This okay?" he asked. "Fine" He turned off the music, and she listened to the drone of the cicadas and the guttural croak of bullfrogs outside. An electronic chirp from her purse. Crickets, her sister's ringtone. Tessa silenced the phone and dropped it in her purse.


At Close Range by Laura Griffin

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Ambrosia of The Purple Booker


She shoved open the door and lunged from the car, landing hard on her hands and knees. Pop! The sound reverberated through her brain, her universe. She clawed at the grass and stumbled to her feet.