I’m so excited to share today’s first line with you! It’s by one of my favorite new authors – Sondra Kraak! Today I’m featuring her latest title, Such A Hope, which is Book 1 in the Paths of Grace series.
I don’t want to give too much away since I will be fully reviewing this novel next week, and interviewing Sondra the week after (eeek!), but I must point out that this novel boldly explores an unusual topic. Here’s the first line:
Seattle, Washington Territory, September 1871
Anna Warren breathed the crisp air that hinted of salt.
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Hi there! I just came across this post of yours and your blog in general and I couldn’t help but comment and tell you how much I love this! Keep up the great work, I am going to follow you so I can keep up with all your new posts!
Thank you.
You are so welcome, you have such a great blog! Do you have Twiiter or Instagram? I just made accounts and would love to follow you!
That’s very sweet of you to say. I’m so glad you are enjoying my blog. I do have Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest accounts. There are links at the top of the page under my blog title (just click on the little icons). Thank you for asking. 🙂
Great! I will go have a look now. I look forward to reading more from you (:
I’ll look forward to your review!
I’ve got the first line from Angela K. Couch’s “The Patriot and the Loyalist” on my blog this week. 🙂
Thanks! I’m excited about it, too. That’s great that you’re sharing the first line for “The Patriot and the Loyalist” today. Did you get an advance copy? I haven’t read it yet, but I will be featuring “The Patriot and the Loyalist” next Friday (release day) and I’ll be doing a review, interview, and giveaway with Angela toward the end of this month. I’m so excited to read the next installment in this series and see where it takes Daniel! 🙂
Yes, I got an advance copy. It’s absolutely riveting! Talk about a tangled web!
Good morning. My first line is from Chapter 2 because Chapter one was very lengthy! 🙂
“Matthew Cuthbert and the sorrel mare jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River.” ~Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Oh! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE Anne of Green Gables!!! In fact, for the longest time I planned to give my daughter the middle name of “Anne” after the character, but alas I never gave birth to a girl. LOL Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I haven’t bought Such a Hope yet, but I do look forward to reading it sometime.
My first line is from For the Love of Grace by Kimberly Rae Jordan
“Grace Anderson stared straight ahead at the white wall of a small hospital room.”
Well, be sure to let me know what you think when you do read it! Have you read “For the Love of Grace”? How did you like it? Thanks for sharing!
I LOVED Kimberly’s book, as I have all of her books. I think Bennett is an amazing character and good Christian man. I’m behind on writing reviews, but hope to write one for it today.
I was fortunate to win a copy of Such a Hope.
Prologue
Dublin, Ireland, 1916
She heard it before she felt it. Harsh air sucking through clenched teeth, the grunt of an arm raised, the soft swish of a hand slicing the air. – A HEART REVEALED by Julie Lessman
Happy Friday and Happy Reading!
Oooo that is awesome! Have you read “Such a Hope” yet? Wow that is a killer first line. Hopefully the main character isn’t about to get knocked out! Thanks for sharing!
That is such a neat cover. I like the look of it. 🙂
My first line…
Far-off screams filled the air and rattled six-year-old Jimmy Colton’s bones.
Mama?
(from Beyond the Silence by Tracie Peterson and Kimberly Woodhouse)
It is very pretty, isn’t it? Feels serene, to me. Very unlike your first line! LOL Thanks for sharing!
Yes, serene was the word I was trying to think of. 🙂
Haha! VERY true. 😉
This book is on my must read list! I’m starting The Memory of You by Catherine West today!
The wood-paneled walls of the boardroom were closing in.
I hope you get to read it soon. It handles a topic I’ve never seen in a novel before. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing your first line!
From My Heart Belongs in the Superstition Mountains: Carmela’s Quandary by Susan Page Davis
You get out there, and I mean now.
Uh-oh. Someone is bossy and it sounds like someone else is in trouble. A great way to start a story! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Beautiful cover! Happy Friday!
I agree! Thanks for stopping by!
Looking forward to your review!
Thank you. 🙂
My first line is: “Lucy knew she was going to regret this.”
~Love, Lies & Typewriters: A Wartime Western Romance Novella
by Heather Blanton
And yet it sounds like she is going to do it anyway. Hmmmm. 😉 Thanks for sharing!
My first encounter with light as more than illumination from a flashlight was on our homestead in Alaska at age five.
Introduction to Who Told You That You Were Naked by William E Combs
That is an intriguing first line. It immediately makes me wonder why they have been living in such darkness until that point. Thanks for sharing!
Such a Hope is on my TBR list and I can’t wait to read it. My first line is “An angel of light stood before me, blonde, beautiful, one hand behind his back.” From Widow by Denise Weimer.
That first line makes me picture someone with a heavenly light glowing behind them. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
She is a fantastic author. Can’t wait to see the review!!
Thanks! I’m excited to share!
“Bernadette had been dead two weeks when her sisters showed up in Doyle’s living room asking for the statue back.” – Run by Ann Patchett.
Happy Reading!
Dinh@Arlene’s Book Club
Hmm must be an important statue. Thanks for sharing!