You Have My Attention: Gladiator Shifters's First Lines
When the world is quite literally on fire and everything sucks, sometimes a girl wants nothing more than a bunch of very buff descendents of gladiators who can shift into predators to waltz in and get romantic. Murphy Lawless's Gladiator Shifters series absolutely scratched that itch, and were an absolute delight along the way. But how does each book catch a reader? That's what we're here to find out!
"Dr. Anna Liffey had been up unexplored rivers and down dormant volcanoes, but she'd honestly never been anywhere like the gala hall where the people who funded her work got together."
-- Gladiator Bear
"Shannon Kavanaugh's hip hurt, and probably always would. That's what the doctors had told her, anyway, along with the news that she'd never be able to compete at international levels again."
-- Gladiator Cheetah
"Susan Connolly had known about shapeshifters forever. Practically, forever, anyway. Since before her son was born, anyway."
-- Gladiator Hawk
"The smell of sweat and beer mingled with the roar of laughter and cheers from the stadium seating. There were thousands--tens of thousands--of people crowded into the seats."
-- Gladiator Wolf
"Elissa's phone rang with a number she didn't know, and like an idiot, she answered it."