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!
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Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled, First Line Friday fun. 🙂
This week I’m sharing the first line from a book I just finished reading and will be reviewing soon. It’s Marisol – Spanish Rose by Elva Cobb Martin.
Here is the first line:
Cadiz, Spain
1740Marisol Valentin pressed her tearful face against the warm neck of her beloved mare, blocking out for a moment the sickening smell of human blood in the barn corridor.
Escaping to the New World is her only option…Rescuing her will wrap the chains of the Inquisition around his neck.
Marisol Valentin flees Spain after murdering the nobleman who molested her. She ends up for sale on the indentured servants’ block at Charles Town harbor—dirty, angry, and with child. Her hopes are shattered, but she must find a refuge for herself and the child she carries. Can this new land offer her the grace, love, and security she craves? Or must she escape again to her only living relative in Cartagena?
Captain Ethan Becket, once a Charles Town minister, now sails the seas as a privateer, grieving his deceased wife. But when he takes captive a ship full of indentured servants, he’s intrigued by the woman whose manners seem much more refined than the average Spanish serving girl. Perfect to become governess for his young son. But when he sets out on a quest to find his captured sister, said to be in Cartagena, little does he expect his new Spanish governess to stow away on his ship with her six-month-old son. Yet her offer of help to free his sister is too tempting to pass up. And her beauty, both inside and out, is too attractive for his heart to protect itself against—until he learns she is a wanted murderess.
As their paths intertwine on a journey filled with danger, intrigue, and romance, only love and the grace of God can overcome the past and ignite a new beginning for Marisol and Ethan.
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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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It was not the best hiding spot I had ever found, but it was, thankfully, proving quite effective.
SECRETS and SUITORS by Joanna Barker
Great line! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Intriguing line! Happy Friday!!
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Congrats on your debut! I also have your FLF selection for this week on my TBR.
Today on my blog I shared the first line from Deadly Deceit by Natalie Walters but I’m currently reading How the Light Gets In by Jolina Petersheim so I’ll share the first line from my current chapter (9) here: Elam Albrecht didn’t have many needs.” Hope you have a great weekend! Happy reading 🙂
Thank you! And thank you for sharing. 🙂
My first lines are from Hope’s Highest Mountain by Misty Beller:
My Darling Rachel,
You were everything to me. You still are. Don’t ever forget that.
Wow. What a great opening! I’m looking forward to reading that one. Thanks for sharing.
On my blog I’m sharing the first line from Because of You by Becky Wade, however I finished it last night and am now reading Stitched in Time by Suzanne Woods Fisher. I’ll share the first line of that book here. “It took a lot to shock Luke Schrock.”
Hmm I have a feeling it would be tricky to say that line 3 times fast. 😉 But I am curious what has him shocked.
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first line from One Final Breath by Lynn H. Blackburn: “It didn’t get much better than this.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/10/first-line-fridays-one-final-breath-by.html
Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Happy Friday! My first line is from Wyatt: The Montana Marshalls” by Susan May Warren:
“Usually Wyatt, goalie for the Minnesota Blue Ox NHL team, could shrug off his mistakes.”
Uh-oh. I wonder what he did.
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Kathleen, Ick! That opening line is vivid, lol. Happy Saturday & congrats on your upcoming book release! 🙂
I’m sharing on my blog the first line from Grace in the Shadows by Christine Dillon.
It was love at first sight.
Awww. I love that as a first line. Now. Is it a purse, a puppy, or a potential spouse that she/he fell in love with? 😉
Thanks for sharing! And thanks for the congrats. I’m so excited to be getting closer to sharing this story with the world!
Happy Saturday!
Yesterday on my blog I shared the first line from The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/10/17/first-line-friday-106/. I’m currently reading Always Look Twice by Elizabeth Goddard, so I’ll share a line from that book.
“For some reason he would never understand, Heath always ended up assisting someone in the direst of circumstances.”
Hope you’re having a good weekend! 🙂❤📖
Well that sounds like a fantastic hero to me! 😁 Thanks for sharing.