From Camille Regholec's The Secret Way to the Heart
“Thank you, Lord, for letting me see a purpose for my life.”
“The Wayland Inn was behind the slums, on the west end of Knoxville.”
Kristen Simmons’ Article 5: Breaking Point
“Elsa Anders knew she would remember everything of this moment, even as an old and bent woman.”
From Lisa Tawn Bergren's The Northern Lights: The Captain's Bride
“I was eighteen years old, give or take a fairy-tale century, when I had my first kiss.”
From Melissa Albert's Hazel Wood: The Night Country
“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.”
From Nicholas Sparks' The Lucky One
“Beth and Ryan were holding hands.”
From Kristen Simmons' Article 5
“MacGyver caught the silver tab between his teeth and slid the zipper free.”
From Melinda Metz's The Secret Life of Mac
“‘Did you see her?’”
From Jerry Spinelli’s Stargirl
“Though it was the end of summer, the heat still waited outside front doors along with morning newspaper, both boding ill.”
From Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's The Liar
“My face is mashed sideways against the trunk of a police cruiser when Kate dies for the third time.”
From Justin A. Reynolds' Opposite of Always
“’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
“MacGyver opened his eyes.”
From Melinda Metz's Talk to the Paw
“Sometimes becoming who we’re supposed to be means building walls around ourselves.”
Erin and Ben Napier's Make Something Good Today
“As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair.”
From Nicholas Sparks' Safe Haven
“The first time I saw the Bionic Man I was covered in sparkles.”
From Susin Nielsen's Optimists Die First
First Sentence of a New World 