BOOKISH FRIDAY: “EVERY SMILE YOU FAKE”

Welcome to another Bookish Friday, in which we  share excerpts from books…and connect with other bloggers who do the same.

Let’s begin the celebration by sharing Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader; and let’s showcase The Friday 56 with My Head Is Full of Books.

To join in, just grab a book and share the opening lines…along with any thoughts you wish to give us; then turn to page 56 and excerpt anything on the page.

Today’s feature is Every Smile You Fake, by Dorothy Koomson.

Book Beginning:

Kez

16 May, Shoreham

“This isn’t so much a question as an observation,” he says.

We’re in Smithdowne Community Centre, a large community centre-cum-library space near Shoreham on the south coast, and this man stands among the 100-strong audience of book lovers, holding the microphone as he prepares to hold forth.

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Friday 56:

“I don’t want to call him and ask him if he’s seen her if he’s not the father.  Did he say what their relationship was like last time you saw him?”

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Synopsis:

Please take care of my baby. But don’t try to find me. You’ll put him in danger. x

Profiler and therapist Kez Lanyon is shocked when she finds a baby on the backseat of her car, with an unsigned note asking her to take care of him.

Kez has a pretty good idea who the mother is – Brandee, a popular social media star with a troubled background, who once lived in Kez’s house.

Brandee recently dropped out of the limelight and if the internet rumours are true, Kez knows Brandee’s life is in danger.

Kez is torn. Should she simply take care of the baby as she’s been asked, or should she risk her whole family by using contacts from her previous job to save this young woman?

Time is running out for Brandee. Can Kez find her before it’s too late?

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What do you think?  Keep reading?

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