From Nicholas Sparks' The Lucky One
“Deputy Keith Clayton hadn’t heard them approach, and up close, he didn’t like the looks of them anymore than he had the first time he’d seen them.”
“’Wow!’ I can remember saying as soon as Vivian stepped out of the bathroom and showed me the positive result of the pregnancy test.”
From Nicholas Spark's Two by Two
“As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair.”
From Nicholas Sparks' Safe Haven
First Sentence of a New World 