Thursday, January 16, 2020

Book Beginning: The Ritornelo Game: A Marlonburg Story by Rhonda Chandler

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS
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MY BOOK BEGINNING



Professor Mark Newlin pushed the door of his classroom open on a late August morning, the first day of the semester, and realized three things.

-- The Ritornelo Game: A Marlonburg Story by Rhonda Chandler. This is the first book in a new series I stumbled across on Instagram. It sounds great!

Here's the publisher's description:

A family desperate for money. A child prodigy—the heir to the family fortune—missing. Riverview House holds many secrets.Mark Newlin is a history professor at Gold College in southwestern Illinois. When tragedy thrusts him into a life he doesn't want, well-meaning friends send him to a bed-and-breakfast on the river for rest and healing. But Riverview House is not the peaceful retreat described in the brochure.A nineteenth-century mansion built on the upper Mississippi River, for years it was the symbol of the Channon family's prestige and their right to a place in American aristocracy. After several generations, the family has lost most of its money, and none of its arrogance. And the future of everything depends on one man. The heir to the Channon fortune. Whom no one has heard of for years.Mark and his assistant Sean Merritt find themselves in the midst of an unusual family gathering. Against his will, Mark is drawn into the Channon family's struggles. And as his concern for the heir's welfare increases, he discovers the power to heal in the most unlikely place.



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YOUR BOOK BEGINNING





TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.


MY FRIDAY 56

Mark had a sudden impulse to hurl the tray at him. He took a bite of toast instead.




12 comments :

  1. I like the sound of this one. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. I need to know what those 3 things are! Sounds like a fantastic read. Enjoy! :)

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  3. The line "...has lost most of its money, and none of its arrogance" is golden. I'm always intrigued by an interesting setting, and that's an area I don't know much about. Hope you enjoy it!

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  4. I'm curious for more!! I added you to the linky. Happy weekend!

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  5. That sure is an interesting beginning! Now I want to know what the heck the three things are. xD Love the 56 snippet, too. Relatable emotion, for sure.

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  6. This one grabbed my interest right away. Great choice!

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  7. Well, I'd certainly read on because I want to know what the three things he realized were.

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  8. I'm interested to know what he realised! LOL.

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  9. I love that beginning, it sounds great!

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  10. I know that I can read the second and third sentences (and more) by going to Amazon, so I did. I liked this book enough that I went to my town's library's web page to put it on reserve. Since it's a 2019 book, it wasn't there. So I clicked on the county library system, and it wasn't in their system, either. Since I have a Kindle, yep, I bought it to have it NOW. This one grabbed my interested, Gilion, and wouldn't let go. I hope we BOTH enjoy it.

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  11. I want to know what those three things are! I hope you enjoy this one. Have a great week!

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