Welcome to First Line Fridays! The day we grab the book closest to us and share the first line. Join the fun and discover your next read!
Today I’m featuring, the first line of the book I am currently reading: Searching For You by Jody Hedlund. This one has been sitting on my TBR for far too long and I am super excited to finally be reading it! Searching For You is the third full-length novel in Hedlund’s Orphan Train series. (You can see my full review of the second book in this series HERE.)
Here is the first line:
New York City
September 1859Sophie Neumann nuzzled her nose against Danny’s chest.
Despite years on the run, Sophie Neumann is determined to care for two young children. She won’t abandon them the way she thinks her older sisters abandoned her. But times are growing desperate, and when she falls in with the wrong crowd and witnesses a crime, she realizes fleeing 1850s New York is her only option.
Disappearing with her two young charges into a group of orphans heading west by train, Sophie hopes to find safety and a happy life. When the train stops in Illinois for the first placement of orphans, Sophie faces the most difficult choice of her life.
Reinhold Weiss has finally purchased his own small farm. With mounting debts, a harvest to bring in, and past scars that haunt him, he’s in no position to give his heart away . . . but can he say no when his long-lost friend shows up on a nearby train pleading for his help?
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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 Friday! I haven’t started this yet, but my first line (well – 2 lines) is from “Margin of Error” by Christy Barritt:
“Hunger and anger battled inside him like two storm fronts colliding. A violent friction clashed in his very soul.”
Great first line. Thanks for visiting!
Loved that book!
Today on my blog I shared the first line from A Lady’s Maid by Jen Geigle Johnson but it’s also the book I’m about to dig into so no extra line yet. Hope you have a great weekend!
Happy Friday!
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I’m sharing the first line from Cross My Heart by Robin Lee Hatcher: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/07/25/first-line-friday-95/. I’m currently reading Ever Faithful by Karen Barnett, so I’ll share the first line from there.
“Elsie closed her eyes for a moment and breathed in the steamy air, imagining she stood beside Grand Prismatic Spring instead of the massive laundry boiler in the back of the Mammoth Hot Springs Lodge.”
Hope you have an excellent weekend! 🙂❤📚
Thank you for sharing!
I loved Searching for You! Today I’m sharing the first lines from No Ocean Too Wide by Carrie Turansky: “Katie McAlister’s heart pounded out a frantic beat as she gripped the rickety railing and rushed down the back stairs.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/07/first-line-fridays-no-ocean-too-wide-by.html
That one is on my TBR. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Friday! I’m sharing from The Yellow Lantern by Angie Dicken today. Here is the first line from Chapter 2:
“The factory rose above with row upon row of sharp-edged bricks.”
I am reading that one right now, also. LOL Couldn’t resist reading two books at the same time.
I must try and find some time to fit this series in!
Have a great weekend. 🙂
Ooo, getting cozy?? Have a wonderful weekend!
A great opening line! I’m sharing on my blog the first line from Underestimating Miss Cecilia by Carolyn Miller.
It was, perhaps, the greatest torment to love someone who barely seemed to notice one’s existence.