Friday Fun - October 31, 2025

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 three books to share with you.

I'm reading the second story in the novella collection titled Every Captive Freed, featuring three novellas about human trafficking by B.D. Lawrence, Shannon McNear, and Angela Shelton. This collection releases on November 5th.

I'm starting Prowl by Colleen Coble. This book is the second book in her Sanctuary series and it releases November 4th.

I'm also starting Love on the Horizon by Penny Zeller. This book is the fourth book in the Horizon series and it released this week. 

        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:

 Streams of the Heart by Shannon McNear, the second story in Every Captive Freed:

"Where does a story begin?"

Intriguing question.

Prowl by Colleen Coble:

"The sun peeked over the eastern horizon in a perfect Alabama sunrise as Ivy Cook lugged the pails of raw meat out of the Gator utility vehicle and walked toward the hyena enclosure."

.I knew, according to the blurb, that something was going to happen to an employee. I wondered if Ivy was in danger by going into the hyena enclosure.

Love on the Horizon by Penny Zeller:

"The best dreams were the ones that came true.

I guess that's true. I hoped that meant there would be dreams coming true. I was curious to find out what they might be.

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:

Prowl by Colleen Coble:

"'I had strict orders to bring you home with me tonight.' He scooped up the fluggy black kitten rolling around on his shoes. 'You have a box for these little furballs?'

'I have a crate.' She went to get it, and the kittens leaped after her. She corralled them into the crate and fastened the door. 'How about you grab the food while I go to the gun shop and fill out the paperwork? It will get us home faster if we divide and conquer.'"

Love on the Horizon by Penny Zeller:

"'That was quite brave of you,' said Mae, a delicate and soft-spoken woman wearing a lovely dress with leg-o-mutton sleeves, pearl buttons on the high-necked bodice, and a bell-shaped skirt extending from her slim waistline.

'Thank you. I'm just thankful it was successful.'

'And here they thought their beards were brilliant disguises.' said the man to Ruby's right, who if Mags remembered correctly, was named Jake."

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday Fun post. I'm still reading the novella collection, but here is the link to my review of the other book:

Coffee We Spill by Chelsea Michelle

Two weeks ago I shared two book in my Friday Fun post. I shared the link to the one review last week. Here is the link to the review for the other:

Their Burden to Bear by Heather Tabers