Book Beginnings + Friday 56: Bound by Disaster (Beach Bound Books and Beans Mysteries #2) by Christy Barritt

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 Bound by Disaster (Beach Bound Books and Beans Mysteries #2) by Christy Barritt. I really enjoyed the first book, so I was excited that this sequel was released so quickly. I was eager to get back to these characters. 

About the Book

Talitha Robinson is knee-deep in renovations as she prepares to open her new bookstore when a body washes ashore on Lantern Beach. While news of the suspicious death surges across the island, a stranger comes knocking on Tali’s door, begging her to endorse his unfinished suspense novel.

Unable to dissuade the author, Tali is left holding his manuscript in her hands. But she has no idea of the peril written on its pages.

Mac MacArthur has kept his distance from Tali since they uncovered a shocking connection about their pasts. But when someone begins to act out the murderous scenes from the book, one victim at a time, Mac’s protective instincts override his decision to stay away.

As danger escalates, Mac and Tali must manage their conflicting feelings as they work together to stop this killer . . . before the last chapter is written.

Bound by Disaster is book 2 in a four-book series of cozy suspense novellas featuring Tali and Mac and set in Lantern Beach. Although the main mystery is resolved in each novel, some threads will continue throughout the entire Beach Bound Books and Beans mystery series.

Book Beginnings / First Line Friday

"I found the main character unlikable, and if I can't root for the main character, then what's the purpose of reading the rest of the story?"

Friday 56

Tali wished she had something else to keep herself occupied. But she didn't. She had way too many things on her mind - but mostly the new chapter she'd just read about the dead bookstore owner.

What have you been reading lately?