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 sharing the first line from Georiga Ann ~ English Rose by Elva Cobb Martin which just released this week!
Here is the first line:
Charles Town 1755
“Will you kiss me if I win the race?”
The lure of the legendary Spice Trail beckons, but he may never find a spice more precious than the treasure he left in Charles Town.
Two Charles Town men love Georgia Ann Cooper—Samuel Vargas and his step-brother, Joshua Becket—but only one both attracts and infuriates her. Even though he’s a dangerous budding patriot and a privateer—or more likely pirate—Samuel fills her dreams and waking moments. When he leaves Charles Town for high sea adventure on the legendary Spice Trail, she determines to push him out of her thoughts and her graces. A task made easier when she sets out on her own journey to England on one of her father’s merchant ships.
Samuel Vargas is determined to make his own way in the world, not live in the glow of his parents’ escapades in Charles Town and the Spanish Main. There’s no better place to earn his fortune than the Spice Trail and along the Barbary Coast of the Mediterranean. But the adventure becomes more than he bargained for when, at Tripoli, he stumbles across a familiar face from Charles Town in a sultan’s dungeon. He’s forced to use all his abilities to save the life of the woman he’s been trying to forget.
As their paths intertwine on a journey filled with Barbary pirates, intrigue, and romance, only love and the grace of God can overcome the past and ignite a new beginning for Georgia Ann and Samuel.
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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!
Then head over to Hoarding Books to see who else is participating:
My first line today comes from The Red Canary by Rachel Scott McDaniel:
May 29, 1928. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“ From that day on, death was in my song.” Vera’s voice quivered as she ended her nightly number.
Here’s the first line from Grace by Contract by Rachel Rossano: “That fall the rains came early.”
Happy Friday!
Over on my blog I am sharing the first line of Watercolors by Lorna Seilstad.
“Spring should be filled with the scents of apple blossoms and fresh rain, not of sweaty men, wet canvas, and diseased flesh.”
https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2020/11/first-line-friday-watercolors.html
Have a lovely weekend!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Friday!
Today I’m sharing the first line from Jen Turano’s latest novel, To Steal a Heart: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2020/11/20/first-line-friday-162/. But I’m currently starting A Castaway in Cornwall by Julie Klassen so I’ll share a line from there.
“Flotsam or jetsam? According to the heavy volume of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary in my uncle’s study, flotsam is any goods floating on the sea where a ship has sunk or been cast away, while jetsam is anything purposely cast out of a ship when in danger, in hopes of saving it, or at least lightening the load.”
I hope you have a great weekend! 🙂❤📚
I love Jen Turano’s writing! I’m a fan of Julie Klassen’s work, too. Thanks for stopping by.
My first line comes from Brenda Novak’s Christmas In Silver Springs. Tobias Richardson couldn’t help noticing the petite blond sitting at the old-fashioned counter of the diner-and not just because she was pretty.
Happy Weekend! My first line is from “Once Upon a Silent Night” by Kimberly Rae Jordan:
“Alessia Talbot tipped her head back against the headrest of her seat, clutching her cell phone tightly in her hand.”
Thank you for sharing your first line!