Hey Everyone! It’s First Line Friday. So grab a book near you and share the first line in the comments below!
Today I’m sharing the first line from a book I am currently listening on Audible,The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen.
Here are the first lines:
May 27, 1820
Ivy Hill, Wiltshire, EnglandJane Fairmont Bell sat alone in the keeper’s lodge she had once shared with her husband.
The lifeblood of the Wiltshire village of Ivy Hill is its coaching inn, The Bell. But when the innkeeper dies suddenly, his genteel wife, Jane Bell, becomes the reluctant owner. Jane has no notion of how to run a business. However, with the town’s livelihood at stake and a large loan due, she must find a way to bring new life to the inn.
Despite their strained relationship, Jane turns to her resentful mother-in-law, Thora, for help. Formerly mistress of The Bell, Thora is struggling to find her place in the world. As she and Jane work together, they form a measure of trust, and Thora’s wounded heart begins to heal. When she encounters two men from her past, she sees them–and her future–in a different light.
With pressure mounting from the bank, Jane employs innovative methods to turn the inn around, and puzzles over the intentions of several men who seem to have a vested interest in the place. Will her efforts be enough to save The Bell? And will Thora embrace the possibility of a second chance at love?
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Happy Friday!
On my blog I am sharing the first couple of lines from Delicate Balance by Brooke St. James: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/04/04/first-line-friday-82/. It’s a really sweet book I highly recommend. Currently, I am reading A Silken Thread by Kim Vogel Sawyer, so I will share the first line from chapter 7.
“‘Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.’ Willie gave a little jolt. The preacher read on, but the second verse of Galatians 6 seemed to bounce off the wood-planked walls and echo in Willie’s mind.”
Hope you have a great weekend. Happy reading!
Ooh. I love that imagery. Thanks for sharing!
My first lines are friom The Artful Match by Jennifer Delamere:
Venezuala, August, 1881
Julia Bernay Stephenson watched as her father carefully stirred honey into his coffee. For years she had thought he was dead, and now, even though it had been a week since she’d found him alive, she still looked at him with wondering eyes.
Um. Yep. You’ve got my attention. Fantastic intro! Thanks for sharing!
Happy Friday! I’m sharing from Up from the Sea by Amanda Dykes on my blog today. This is the first line from my current read, In the Shadow of Croft Towers by Abigail Wilson:
“I often wonder what my life would have been like if I had never learned the truth.”
Well, now I want to know “the truth”!
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first lines from What If It’s True? by Charles Martin:
“He is stumbling now. A trail of blood marks His serpentine path on the narrow street out of the city.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/04/first-line-fridays-what-if-its-true-by.html
Uh-oh. Somebody call a medic. That man needs help!