Friday Fun - March 13, 2026

Welcome to my Friday Fun post. This is where I share with three different book parties that post on Fridays: Book Beginnings on Fridays, the Friday 56, and First Line Friday.

This week I have two books to share with you.

I read an eARC of Reign Breaker by J.J. Fischer. This is the second book in her Painted Wind series and it releases next week, on March 16th.

I just started the eARC of Unexpected Target by Penny Zeller. This third book in her Mountain Justice series also releases next week, on March 17th.

        Book Beginnings on Friday    

 

(Please join Gilion Dumas for Book Beginnings every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author's name.)

and

First Line Friday

(Please join Carrie for First Line Friday.)

Here are my Book Beginnings/First Line Friday selections:

 Reign Breaker by J.J. Fischer:

"You can come out now, my dear."

Okay, so it sounds like someone is hiding. Possibly. But who? And why? And who is telling said person they can now come out. 

Unexpected Target by Penny Zeller:

"Someone had been in her house."

The fact that this is a romantic suspense book immediately made me suspicious that said person was not someone who was supposed to be in her house.

Now for:

The Friday 56 

The Friday 56 is normally hosted over at Freda's Voice. But Anne from My Head is Full of Books is taking over for a while. 

Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
(If you have to improvise, that's ok.)
 *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post below in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.

Here are my Friday 56 selections:

Reign Breaker by J.J. Fischer:

"Sometimes, the Divine Will granted visions, to see things that could not be perceived with normal human vision. Clearly, this dream was one of them. His father would want to hear of it, especially given it involved his enemy, Morlath. Soren was reluctant to share the details, for his conversation with the girl had felt private. Intimate, even. But he was the crown prince, and this was important."

Unexpected Target by Penny Zeller:

"Someone in a dark shirt stood beneath the streetlight just to the right side of her house and situated between hers and the next duplex. Someone familiar.

And he was staring in her direction.

He lit up a cigarette, but never once withdrew his attention from her house. The streetlight illuminated his man bun. 

Why was he staring in her direction? Was he truly gawking at her house? Could he see her?"

Reviews:

Last week I shared three books in my Friday fun post. Here are the links to my reviews:

The Puzzle Within by Gina Holder

Special Target  by Jerusha Agen

The Heart of the King by J.J. Fischer

Two weeks ago I had shared two books. I had already shared the link to the review of the one book. But somehow I forgot to link to my review of the second. So, here it is:

Last to Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn