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First Page: Victorian era historical

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Trumbull left his brothers house without a backward glance. The past month had sent his life into a spiral(…)

First Page: Urban Fantasy Paranormal Suspense

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Stakkholtsgja, Iceland 1705 Alarr gazed down the precipice. He, an assassin's assassin, hunted among the sharp shadows cast by(…)

First Page: Paranormal Romance — Guarding the Waters

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** This felt like the end of the earth, but Duncan Sinclair had stopped being surprised by how many ends(…)

First Page Saturday: Untitled Contemporary Romance

"I've crunched the numbers. Double, triple crunched and without a major influx of capital, you're going to lose the company." Douglas Hamilton exhaled deeply. It wasn't a surprise, but until he had heard his accountant, Adam Richards, articulate his company's verdict, there had still been hope. "I'm sorry Douglas," Adam offered. "The recession has hit(…)

FIRST PAGE SATURDAY: Untitled Women’s Fiction

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page to be read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "I bet they made love in here. They'd finish dessert and he'd lift her up on the(…)

First Page: JESSICA’S GAME

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Jessica Marie Havemeyer knew when to let the curtain fall. And at two in the morning, thirty-five minutes after(…)

First Page: Coming of Age/Romance

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** I'd been a salesman for Live Well for close to a year when I started hearing rumors. After collecting(…)

First Page: Unnamed Contemporary Romance

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "Don't move your lips when you talk," her sister said from under the blanket in the back seat. "They(…)

First Page: Untitled Women’s Fiction

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** David watched  his wife and daughter laughing and squabbling affectionately in the cockpit and suddenly it all came back to(…)

First Page: Unnamed YA

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "I'm quitting." Mr. Thompson gaped at me, his crooked glasses sliding down his beaked nose ever so slightly.   He(…)

First Page: Unnamed Paranormal

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. **** It was summer in D.C., and even though it was close to midnight, the air was heavy with heat(…)

First Page: COLD FISH

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Note: the is the first page of a crime drama Floating peacefully while staring into space, her long limbs(…)

First Page Saturday: Fantasy Romance

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** No one would ever know. It was a mistake after all. There was no reason that a mistake, honestly(…)

First Page: Paranormal Romance

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** The guy's aura betrayed him. Whatever he was up to was bad. Like tearing wings off butterflies bad. And(…)

First Page: Gemini: The Twins (Historical/Regency)

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Lady Selina Hamilton woke in a meadow, grass tickling her nose. The first rays of the sun reached her,(…)