Welcome to First Line Friday! Each Friday I pick a book and share the first line with you. In return, I hope you’ll share with me a first line from whatever book you have at hand!
Today I’m sharing the first line from Michelle Griep‘s The Innkeeper’s Daughter.
Here is the first line:
Dover, England, 1808
Numbers would be the death of Johanna Langley.
A London officer goes undercover to expose a plot against the Crown
Dover, England, 1808: Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gambling gentleman to expose a high-stakes plot against the king—and he’s a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue . . . until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm.
All Johanna wants is to keep the family inn afloat, but when the rent and the hearth payment are due at the same time, where will she find the extra funds? If she doesn’t come up with the money, there will be nowhere to go other than the workhouse—where she’ll be separated from her ailing mother and ten-year-old brother.
Alex desperately wants to help Johanna, especially when she confides in him, but his mission—finding and bringing to justice a traitor to the crown—must come first, or they could all end up dead.
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Now it’s your turn to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first (or your favorite) line!
Then head over to Hoarding Books to see who else is participating:
I have heard so many good things about this novel. Thanks for sharing!
My blog is featuring Beneath The Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn, but here I will share from As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner. “Morning light shimmers on the apricot horizon as I stand at the place where my baby boy rests.”
Oh very visual and a touch sad. Thanks for sharing!
Finished this one this week. Another winner from Michelle Griep for sure!
I’m currently reading “My Heart Belongs in San Francisco, California: Abby’s Prospects” by Janice Thompson. The first line is: “Never underestimate the power of coffee, Neville.”
Enjoy your weekend!
Ha ha. That sounds like something a friend of mine would say. Thanks for sharing!
I can’t wait to read this book……will be next week hopefully 🙂
I’ll share a first line from the new release by Jessica Patch.
“Do you ever feel like sometimes the sunshine is deceiving because the day is going to be ominous regardless of how bright it is?”
Yes! I can totally relate to that opening line. Thanks for sharing!
Great minds think alike! I’m sharing this book on my blog today also 🙂
Have a wonderful weekend!
LOL I guess we do. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend!
I LOVE Michelle’s books!
Father Brian Flynn, the curate at St. Augustine’s, Rossmore, hated the Feast Day of St. Ann with a passion that was unusual for a Catholic priest. – Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
Happy Friday! 🙂
Hmm that does seem strange. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Friday!
My FLF comes from a book I will be starting later this weekend, Love’s Journey in SugarCreek by Sienna Miller.
The leather on Rachel Troyer’s gun holster creaked as she shifted her weight on the kitchen chair. Her three elderly Amish aunts shot wary glances toward the offending weapon.
Have a great weekend and Happy Reading!😁📚
Well, if that isn’t instant tension, I don’t know what is. Sounds like some interesting family dynamics. Thanks for sharing!
This book sounds interesting – I will perhaps check it out! 🙂
Over on my blog, I’m sharing the first line of a wonderful new book about the Maccabees, Judah’s Wife, but here I’ll share the first line of the nonfiction book I’m reading now, Our Unmet Needs by Charles Stanley: “Do you have a nagging, gnawing feeling that something isn’t quite right in your life? Do you feel overwhelmed by a need you can’t meet, a problem you can’t solve, or a question you can’t answer? Are you able to identify the real need that underlies your feelings of uneasiness, fear, worry, or restlessness?”
Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend!
Happy Friday! I always love seeing what everyone is reading when I get to stop by! My first line is from A Refuge Assured by Jocelyn Green:
“Propping open the door to her shop, Vivienne Rivard listened to a distant rumble that vibrated the windows and shivered in her chest.”
I agree. My favorite part of FLF is seeing all the different books people are reading.
Hmm. Sounds like a storm is coming. I wonder how that develops. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Friday! On my blog, I’m featuring The Healer by Beverly Joy Roberts. It’s an amazing fiction that moved me deeply. I hope you will take the time to check it out. Here, I will share the first line from a book by C.H. Spurgeon that I’m currently reading. “‘Thou has visited me in the night.’ –Psalm 18:3. ‘Tis a theme for wonder that the glorious God should visit sinful man.” Wishing you a blessed weekend.
Hmm. I think I’ve heard that first part somewhere before. 😉 I think you may be in for some deep thinking with that author. Thanks for sharing!
I loved that book so much!
Happy Friday!
Over on my blog today, I am sharing the first line from Kristi Ann Hunter’s new novella, A Search for Refuge. I’m just on chapter two, so I will share the first line from that chapter here:
“Nash slid the tin of peppermints into his coat pocket and reached beneath the counter to pull out Mrs. Lancaster’s log book.”
Well hopefully he used one of those mints and has nice, fresh breath. 😉 Thanks for sharing!
I can’t wait to read this one!! My current first line is from Robin E. Mason’s The Silent Song of Winter: “The sounds of the swamp in winter would scare another person but not me. I grew up here.”
I have heard so much about this book. I am currently reading Flood Waters by Christy Barritt, so I am going to share the first line of Chapter 22. Today’s Goal: Do whatever necessary to find Skye and nothing else.