Hi Everyone! It’s First Line Friday, so grab a book near you and share your first line in the comments below!
Today I’m sharing the first line from the next book on my TBR list: Charming the Troublemaker by Pepper D. Basham. I completely adored the first book in Pepper’s Mitchell’s Crossroads series, so I’ve been wanting to read this second book in the series for a long while now. I’m excited to finally get to do so.
Here is the first line:
Loser ex-husbands and freezing January afternoons left a nasty chill.
When Dr. Alex Murdock is demoted to a university in rural Virginia, the last thing he expects to find is a future. But country charm never looked as good as it did on Rainey Mitchell.
Rainey Mitchell does not need a high-class flirt in her wounded world, but trouble and temptation wafts off the new professor as strong as his sandalwood-scented cologne. When circumstances thrust them together to save her tutoring clinic, can the troublemaker find the hero inside and encourage the reticent Rainey to open her heart again?
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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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Haha great first line Kathleen!😀
Happy Friday! My FLF comes from a book I will be reading soon, Her Fear by Shelley Shepard Gray…….
Until that moment, Sadie Detweiler hadn’t thought mere words could hurt so badly. But as Harlan continued to speak, each word cutting her as deeply as if it were a shard of glass, Sadie felt her heart was bleeding.
Have an awesome weekend and Happy Reading!😎
Wow. That opening has emotional impact. Thanks for sharing!
Oh. I super loved this one. Seriously. And I can hardly wait for the next book to find out what fun Pepper Basham has up her sleeve for the rest of the family. 🙂 Happy Reading!
“I am not sure I will live long enough to finish this account.” – The Man with Two Names by Vincent B. Davis II
Ha ha. I have occasionally thought something similar when working through line edits. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Oh, this is a wonderful book! I loved it <3
Over on my blog I'm sharing the first line from The Weaver's Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd. Here I'll share the first line from chapter 30.
"Henry winced as he gripped the newel post and pivoted from the stair's landing to the next flight of stairs." — The Weaver's Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd (first line from chapter 30)
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
I am so excited to get to read it soon!
Henry seems to be in a hurry. Thanks for sharing!
Love that first line!
Today on my blog, I am sharing the first line from Chasing the Wind by Paula Scott. Here I will post the first line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet. It’s the book closest to me right now because I’m currently teaching it to my 9 Honors kiddos.
“Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood make civil hands unclean.”
Have an excellent Friday and a great weekend!
It’s interesting how I can see similarities to the Romeo and Juliet tale in many romance stories. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Friday!
My FLF is from one of my favorites by Terri Blackstock called Covenant Child.
“There’s a question that haunts me in the blackest hours of night, when wasted moments crowd my dreams and mock the life I know. The question is this: How could a child born of privilege and promise grow up with nothing?”
Hope you have a great weekend!
Hmm. Interesting question. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Elin Carlson walked into the barn and everything changed. – Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin
Happy Friday!
Well now. That must be some barn. 😉 Thanks for sharing!
i adore Pepper’s first lines! 😀
My current first line is from Kathy Herman’s Only By Death – “Liam Berne was about to commit murder – at least according to Arkansas law.”
Well, that is an intriguing clarification. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Friday! On my blog, I’m featuring Jen Turano’s book, A Match of Wits. Here I will share the first line on page 113 of a book I’m currently reading, The Heaven Answer Book by Billy Graham. “Marriage in Heaven will be on a much higher plane because the church will be united with Christ.” Wishing you a wonderful weekend.
Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Pepper is popular today! Well, and every day. She’s just so much fun!
I’m reading Julie by Catherine Marshall right now. The first line is: “Our 1928 Willys-Knight had been climbing for at least ten miles, one hairpin turn after another, under a threatening sky.”
Have a wonderful weekend!
I wonder if it is threatening rain or snow? Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I just downloaded this book onto my Kindle. 🙂 Happy Friday!
Yay! Happy Friday! 🙂
Great first line! I’m sharing from library books today, so here is the first line from Laura V. Hilton’s Love by the Numbers:
“He was gorgeous. Simply gorgeous.”
Libraries are the best! In fact, I have spent the majority of two days this week ensconced in them. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Great minds think alike 🙂 This is the book I featured this Friday as well.
The first line I will share is from the book I am currently reading, Lone Witness by Rachel Dylan and is short and to the point “Guilty.”
It’s impossible NOT to share about Pepper’s books, isn’t it?
Uh oh. Someone’s in trouble! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!