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!
The journey into my TBR pile continues this week with a story from Jody Hedlund. Isn’t this is a beautiful cover!?
Here is the first line:
May, 1786
New York City
“I still can’t believe that in less than six weeks I’ll become Mrs. Nathaniel Winthrop III.”
Race Point, Massachusetts, 1876
Will she ever be able to stop running, even when she believes she’s finally safe?
Heiress to a vast fortune, Victoria Cole has everything she wants, including the perfect fiancé. Having left two other men at the altar, Victoria is sure that now she’s found her true love and will finally live happily ever after. As her wedding draws near, however, Victoria’s life is threatened. To keep her safe, Victoria’s father hires a bodyguard.
Tom Cushman’s number one priority is protecting his clients, which means no personal entanglements. But he’s never guarded someone as beautiful and winsome as Victoria. After a near-kidnapping, the wedding is cancelled, and Tom hides Victoria at Cape Cod’s Race Point Lighthouse until her attacker can be found. Appointed as assistant light keeper with Victoria posing as his wife, Tom believes the isolation of the lighthouse will keep her safe.
As Victoria struggles to live without familiar luxuries, her heart betrays her with growing feelings for her protector. Determined to help Tom stop fleeing from his haunted past, can the runaway bride learn to face her own fears? With the attacker closing in, will both of them ever be able to stop running and find the safety they long for?
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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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My first line comes from Deadly Deceit by Natalie Walters:
In the face of small-town news, all creativity left Vivian DeMarco.
Ha ha! That’s a great line.
Such a pretty cover! Is it bad that I totally want her dress? xD I love vintage dresses. Modern style just isn’t the same. Sounds like this is an interesting read. Hope you enjoy!
Here’s my First Line Friday post.
I agree. It is very pretty.
Sounds like an enjoyable book.
My Friday post: https://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2019/11/friday-focus-friday-56-book-beginnings_14.html
Over on my blog, I am sharing 4-fabulous first lines from the just-released-today new book, The Highlanders (A Smitten Historical Romance Collection). Do stop by and check it out! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I’m sharing the first line from Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano:https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/11/14/first-line-friday-110/. It’s SO good. I’m currently on chapter 17, so I’ll share the first line from there.
“Can’t thank you enough, Reginald, for insisting on accompanying Poppy and me as we search for that peddler,” Murray said from the far side of the sleigh, staunchly ignoring the frown Poppy, who was squished in between Reginald and Murray, was sending him.
Hope you have a great weekend filled with awesome reading time. 🙂❤📖
First line Friday//
The Bible Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”.
I’ve never seen this one by Jody Hedlund. On my blog, I’m sharing Riona by Linda Windsor. Here, I will share the first line in Chapter 26 of my current read, A Defense of Honor by Kristi Ann Hunter. “Kit was anxious as she waited for Jess to return from London, jumping every time the wind blew a bit too loudly around the corner of the house or whenever a child closed a door with a bit too much force.” Have a wonderful weekend!
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first line from the prologue of One More River to Cross by Jane Kirkpatrick: “Mary Sullivan stood outside the circle of men, watched through the triangle of elbows as they nodded and commented about the markings the Paiute drew in the dirt.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/11/first-line-fridays-one-more-river-to.html
Happy Friday! My first line is from “Because of You” by Becky Wade:
“Maddie Winslow met the man of her dreams the same day that her friend Olivia introduced Maddie to her new boyfriend. Which would have been splendid, except that the man of Maddie’s dreams was Olivia’s new boyfriend.”
This week on my blog I shared the first line from Heart of a Royal by Hannah Currie. It’s also my current read so I’ll share the first line from chapter 22 here: “The reception had been going on for hours–and no one seemed in any rush to end it.” Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I LOVED Heart of a Royal! 😀 Thanks for sharing!