Woohoo!! It’s the FIRST First Line Friday of 2019!! So grab a book near you and share your first line in the comments below!
Today I’m sharing the first lines from Ladies of Intrigue by Michelle Griep, a book I’ve recently finished reading. Currently available for pre-order, this book is set to release January 15th. My full review of this novel will be up on February 25th!
Here are the first lines (I couldn’t stop with just one!):
1815 Port village of Treporth, Cornwall, England
Pretend I am courageous.
Pretend my heart still beats.
Pretend all manner of blissful things … and that I shall find him alive.Recreasing a worn scrap of foolscap, Helen Fletcher tucked the paper into her valise, then snapped shut the clasp, wishing most of all she’d never received such horrid news. No one had ever warned her about the dangers of parchment.
3 Page-Turners Under One Cover from Reader Favorite Michelle Griep!
Can truth and love prevail when no one is as they appear?
The Gentleman Smuggler’s Lady
Cornish Coast, 1815
When a prim and proper governess returns to England from abroad, she expects to comfort her dying father—not fall in love with a smuggler. Will Helen Fletcher keep Isaac Seaton’s unusual secret?
The Doctor’s Woman (A Carol Award Winner!)
Dakota Territory, 1862
Emmy Nelson, daughter of a missionary doctor, and Dr. James Clark, city doctor aspiring to teach, find themselves working side by side at Fort Snelling during the Dakota Uprising. That is when the real clash of ideals begins.
A House of Secrets
St. Paul, Minnesota, 1890
Ladies Aide Chairman, Amanda Carston resolves to clean up St. Paul’s ramshackle housing, starting with the worst of the worst: a “haunted” house that’s secretly owned by her beau—a home that’s his only means of helping brothel girls escape from the hands of the city’s most infamous madam.
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Now it’s your turn to grab the book nearest you and leave a comment with the first (or your favorite) line!
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Happy New Year!
My first lines come from a book I’m reading now, The Marriage Bargain by Stephanie Dees….
Cameron Quinn looked around the tiny town of Red Hill Springs. Big pots of pansies, twinkle lights in the trees lining the streets……apparently the basketball team at the local high school was doing well this year–the storefronts were full of team spirit. It had charm, he guessed, if you were a person who liked that down-home kind of stuff.
He wasn’t.
Have an awesome weekend and happy reading!😊💕
Thank you! Happy weekend! 🙂
Happy Friday! Today on my blog I’m featuring My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge by Pepper Basham but it’s also my next read so I don’t have an extra line to share yet. Hope you have a great weekend!
Oh! You picked a fabulous book to feature! I just finished writing my review for Laurel’s Dream which will go live on my blog January 14th. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by! Happy weekend!
This book looks so great! Have a wonderful weekend!
It is a very fun read. I’m looking forward to writing my review for it (to be shared in February). Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great weekend.
Happy Friday! This is on my tbr and now I’m even more excited to read it.
I’m sharing the first line of the ‘First January’ diary entry from D.E. Stevenson’s Mrs. Tim of the Regiment on my blog today. So here I’ll share the beginning of the ‘Tenth January’ entry:
“Meet Nora Watt on my way home from church. She has been lying in wait for me. We agree that the sermon was slightly dull, but that the singing has improved. I see Grace hovering about but there is no escape from Nora.”
Ha ha. There is so much personality in such a short bit of writing. Sounds like a very entertaining read. Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend.
Oh, I definitely want to read Michelle’s book!
Happy Friday! My first line is from “Until I Met You: Brides of Seattle Prequel” by Kimberly Rose Johnson:
“Early Saturday morning, Brandi Prescott held her latte in one hand and opened the door to leave her favorite coffee shop in the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle.”
Happy Friday!
This book looks interesting. You picked a good one to feature for First Line Friday. I do love a good historical suspense. Which one of the three stories did you like the most? I will have to add “Ladies of Intrigue” to my growing TBR pile.
On my blog this week, I’m featuring Laura Frantz’s “The Frontiersman’s Daughter” as my FLF. I’m also reading Mary Connealy’s “Out of Control.” This FLF is:
Colorado Territory
June 23, 1866
“Last time. This is it. Never again.”
Happy Friday!
Today, on my blog, I’m sharing the first line from Chasing Someday by Crystal Walton. I’m currently on chapter 24, so I will leave the first line from there.
“Chase sat back in one of the wicker chairs Mom insisted he own, cradled his guitar in his lap, and watched the fireflies hail the end of a long day.”
It’s such a good book. I’m loving it. 😀
Hope you have a great weekend filled with relaxing reading time. 😀❤📚
This looks like a great collection!
I’m featuring a non-fiction book on my blog this week–A Light So Lovely (about Madeleine L’Engle)–but I’m also about to dive into Stratagem by Robin Caroll, so here’s the first line:
“According to your estimation, she has eight minutes to figure out she can’t open the door unless her employee uses the key he got in the last room.”
Have a great weekend!