Book Beginnings + Friday 56: Lost in Darkness (Of Monsters and Men) by Michelle Griep

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.

This week I'm featuring Lost in Darkness (Of Monsters and Men) by Michelle Griep. 

About the Book

Even if there be monsters, there is none so fierce as that which resides in man’s own heart.

Enchanting Regency-Era Gothic Romance Intertwined with Inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Travel writer Amelia Balfour’s dream of touring Egypt is halted when she receives news of a revolutionary new surgery for her grotesquely disfigured brother. This could change everything, and it does. . .in the worst possible way.

Surgeon Graham Lambert has suspicions about the doctor he’s gone into practice with, but he can’t stop him from operating on Amelia’s brother. Will he be too late to prevent the man’s death? Or to reveal his true feelings for Amelia before she sails to Cairo?

Book Beginnings

London 1815

There was something glorious about the first day of June. The time of year when the earth exhaled a warm breath, coaxing tender shoots and delicate emotion. And for one blessed moment, Amelia Balfour surrendered to the wonder of it, lifting her face to the sunshine beaming through her bedroom window. Surely this was how heaven would feel.

Friday 56

Two days. Just two. And then what? An entirely new life? Or death on the operating table? Colin grimaced, hand on the door latch. Both presented their own dangers, each as perilous as striding outside right now and baring his face in public. Lord, he was weary of living in a cage. But most of all, he was weary of playing it safe. Hiding. Ever hiding.

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed holiday!