Book Beginnings on Friday and The Friday 56 : Night Lost by Lynn Viehl

From goodreads:

Abandoned by his fellow Darkyn, Gabriel Seran is in continual torment as a prisoner of the religious zealots known as the Brethren. His only hope for rescue lies in Nicola Jefferson, a thief seeking a holy relic-and connected to Gabriel in more ways than she can possibly imagine...

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Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted at Page Turners.

Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading. If you like, share with everyone why you do, or do not, like the sentence.

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Pass through. Curled up on the inn's narrow, lumpy bed, Nicola Jefferson slept, her closed eyelids moving slightly.

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The Friday 56 is hosted at Storytime With Tonya and Friends.

Share the fifth sentence (plus one or two others) from page 56 of the book nearest to you.

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There was only one problem, and it was not the namecalling or the chain dragging. Anyone who had read Dickens enough times would attribute the same sounds to any unhappy spirit.