Book Beginnings, First Line Friday, & Friday 56: Ned (The Minnesota Marshalls #3) by Susan May Warren

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading. Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice and asks you to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and share a non-spoilery sentence or two. I'm also linking up with Carrie at Reading is My Superpower for First Line Friday.

This week I'm featuring Ned (The Minnesota Marshalls #3) by  Susan May Warren. This has been such a great series and I'm excited to get back to it. I will say that the beginning was not how I expected things to start off, lol. 

About the Book

After four years of training to become a Navy SEAL, Ned Marshall is finally ready to marry the woman of his dreams, Shae Johnson . And Shae’s been uber patient, waiting, building a life as a free-lance graphic artist, moving around the globe to be with him. So, when she said yes to his proposal in Geneva, he fully expected to live happily-ever-after.

At the very least, he expected her to be waiting at the hotel for him three days after an emergency call-out. And maybe it was unreasonable to expect her to be sitting in the hotel, working on her watercolors—Shae, after all grew up in Montana, and she has adventure in her blood. So of course she’s going to go climb the beautiful Swiss mountains. Even make a friend.

But Ned isn’t thrilled with her new friend, and something about him doesn’t feel safe…

So she’s made some friends while waiting for Ned to return? Shae can’t believe that after years of sacrifice, Ned is actually angry at her—what did he expect, that she’d sit by the window? Dana and his friends are harmless, right?

Not so much. Because when Shae finds herself kidnapped, and brought to Russia, she fears the worst—she’s been swept up in a human trafficking ring. And when she’s sent to, of all places, Siberia how will Ned ever find her?

But Ned isn’t going to lose her—not after everything they’ve been through, and he’ll stop at nothing to rescue her. But when he discovers the real reason she’s been taken, he will have to become a traitor to his country if he wants her back.

Join the epic race to rescue Shae in the high-adrenaline book three in the Minnesota Marshalls series.

Book Beginnings / First Line Friday

How Ned hated walking into a country naked.

And sure, he had clothing on - a pair of 5.11 tactical pants, a job shirt over a long pullover, a pair of waterproof tactical boots, and tucked into his pack, a wool hat, and even gloves.

But he'd left his Navy-issued Glock-19 at home, along with his side holster, and his KA-BAR, and even his dive knife because, well, that just might get flagged, and if he carried permits it would most definitely slow him down with Helsinki customs.

Friday 56

Three days from the stupidest thing she'd ever done, and Iris still couldn't shake it from her brain.

What have you been reading lately?