Monday, 3 June 2013

Teaser Tuesday #60




Welcome to Teaser Tuesdays.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too muchaway! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


My current read is Born of Illusion by Teri Brown and my four lines are from location 2025 of 4541:

My lungs are burning for air. She's screaming my name. I can't breathe. I'm so sorry.


Born of Illusion by Teri Brown 

Anna Van Housen is thirteen the first time she breaks her mother out of jail. By sixteen she’s street smart and savvy, assisting her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, and easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums and mentalists in 1920’s New York City. Handcuffs and sleight of hand illusions have never been much of a challenge for Anna. The real trick is keeping her true gifts secret from her opportunistic mother, who will stop at nothing to gain her ambition of becoming the most famous medium who ever lived. But when a strange, serious young man moves into the flat downstairs, introducing her to a secret society that studies people with gifts like hers, he threatens to reveal the secrets Anna has fought so hard to keep, forcing her to face the truth about her past. Could the stories her mother has told her really be true? Could she really be the illegitimate daughter of the greatest magician of all?
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11 comments:

  1. This book sounds fascinating. I am glad you included the back cover blurb.


    Sonia Lal @ Story Treasury

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  2. Interesting teaser! Here is my teaser for this week.

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  3. Sounds like a great book!

    My TT (Scarlet):
    http://evelinesbooks.blogspot.nl/2013/06/top-ten-tuesday-teaser-tuesday-2.html

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  4. Oooh! And I like the synopsis!

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  5. Wow, that's intense!

    Here's ours: http://www.ourstack.blogspot.com/2013/06/4-varied-tuesday-teasers-funny-scary.html

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  6. is this is a series? It looks really interesting for book :) Here's mine:

    http://teenreadersdiary.blogspot.com/2013/06/teaser-tuesday-this-is-what-happy-looks.html

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  7. Oh, I've got this book somewhere on my TBR, it sounded so intriguing! Thanks for sharing!
    Here's my teaser for this week!

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  8. i imagine lungs burning for air seems really unpleasant
    great teaser..

    my teaser tuesday
    http://bookskeepmesane.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/teaser-tuesday-june-4-2013/

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  9. You picked a great teaser! Now I'm curious about what's going on. With the 1920s time frame, New York underground setting, and paranormal elements, this sounds like a terrific book.
    My Teaser is from THE COMEBACK KISS.

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  10. Great teaser, it makes me wonder what is going on! Check out my teaser @ This Is How It's Supposed To Be

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  11. That sounds like something I would like :)
    Here's my Teaser Tuesday Zenn Scarlett

    Mei @ Diary of a Fair Weather Diver

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