#MadLibMonday - Magnolia Secrets by Beth Hale

When I was growing up, I loved Mad Libs. The excitement of sort of writing your own story really appealed to me. So I thought it would be fun to mesh that love with my love of books by turning blurbs into mad libs and letting you guys write your own book blurbs. 

For anyone that doesn't know how Mad Libs work, I will ask you for certain parts of speech or other specific things (i.e.: date, age, color, etc.) which you will write down. After you have completed your list, scroll down below the cover image to find the redacted blurb. Then read through it substituting your words where applicable. Try not to laugh. (Laughing is actually strongly encouraged, because this is supposed to be funny.)

Some brief definitions of the parts of speech.
Noun: Person, place, or thing.
Verb: Describes or indicates action.
Adverb: Modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb expressing manner, place, time, or degree (gently, here, now, very).
Adjective: Names an attribute of a noun (pretty, blue, large)
Pronoun: A word that can function as a noun (I, we, they)
Preposition: a word that combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that usually acts as an adverb, adjective, or noun (on, after, for)

And with that, here we go.

1: Adjective
2: Noun
3: Verb ending in s
4: Noun
5: Adjective
6: Plural noun
7: Verb
8: Plural noun
9: Verb
10: Adjective

Genre: Mystery

Published: August 4, 2015

Pages: 167

Goodreads // Amazon

Walker and Lainey share one (   1: Adjective   ) night together, and he awakens to find her gone. Shrugging it off as just a glorious one-night stand, he accepts a new (   2: Noun   ) in a new town, New Hope, Mississippi. That’s where he (   3: Verb ending in s   ) Lainey again. She just happens to be married to the Chief of Police—and Walker’s new boss. 

Lainey is terrified that Walker will divulge their (   4: Noun   ). If he does, Lainey is a dead woman. But despite the danger, she can't forget the one (   5: Adjective   ) night she spent in Walker's arms. 

Walker demands (   6: Plural noun   ) from Lainey: What secret is she hiding? Why is she so afraid? And when people begin dying, he wants to get to the bottom of it. Why is the police chief trying to brush off the deaths? Why doesn’t he want Walker to (   7: Verb   ) the cases? What kind of secrets is he hiding? 

Drawn together, unable to deny their passion, they risk their (   8: Plural noun   ). Lainey is trapped. Walker is determined to save her and (   9: Verb   ) the truth. Can they expose the secrets before a ruthless man destroys any hope for a (   10: Adjective   ) future?

Now that your fun is through, here is the real blurb for Magnolia Secrets by Beth Hale. 

Walker and Lainey share one explosive night together, and he awakens to find her gone. Shrugging it off as just a glorious one-night stand, he accepts a new job in a new town, New Hope, Mississippi. That’s where he finds Lainey again. She just happens to be married to the Chief of Police—and Walker’s new boss. 

Lainey is terrified that Walker will divulge their secret. If he does, Lainey is a dead woman. But despite the danger, she can't forget the one passionate night she spent in Walker's arms. 

Walker demands answers from Lainey: What secret is she hiding? Why is she so afraid? And when people begin dying, he wants to get to the bottom of it. Why is the police chief trying to brush off the deaths? Why doesn’t he want Walker to work the cases? What kind of secrets is he hiding? 

Drawn together, unable to deny their passion, they risk their lives. Lainey is trapped. Walker is determined to save her and uncover the truth. Can they expose the secrets before a ruthless man destroys any hope for a brighter future?

If you enjoyed this mad lib, please comment below with your list (if you dare) so the rest of us can get a chuckle out of it as well. - Katie