Teaser Tuesday: Midnight Beckoning and Halfway to the Grave

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Lauren offered a nervous smile, but he responded with a hardened furrow of his brow so unfriendly that she half expected the ominous looking man to growl. A heavy awkwardness filled the elevator, and as usual, Lauren couldn't help herself, she had to speak. "So, um, are you new to the building?"
~Midnight Beckoning by Robin Badillo, page 11 ePub edition

There was that sly curl to his lips again when he faced me. His feet were planted apart and his hips tilted slightly forward. Pale hair hugged his head in tight waves. Under the pinholes of light around him, his skin positively glowed. "My name is Bones." 
~Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost, page 32