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 featuring, A Daring Venture by Elizabeth Camden.
Here’s the first line:
Connecticut, 1890
“You and your brother are to go to the music room, close the door, and don’t come out until I say you can.”
As a biochemist in early 1900s New York, Doctor Rosalind Werner has dedicated her life to the crusade against waterborne diseases. She is at the forefront of a groundbreaking technology that will change the way water is delivered to every household in the city–but only if she can get people to believe in her work.
Newly appointed Commissioner of Water for New York, Nicholas Drake is highly skeptical of Rosalind and her team’s techniques. When a brewing court case throws him into direct confrontation with her, he is surprised by his reaction to the lovely scientist.
While Rosalind and Nick wage a private war against their own attraction, they stand firmly on opposite sides of a battle that will impact far more than just their own lives. As the controversy grows more public and inflammatory and Rosalind becomes the target of an unknown enemy, the odds stacked against these two rivals swiftly grow more insurmountable with every passing day.
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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:
I love that cover! I shared from Of Fire And Lions by Mesu Andrews today on my blog, but here I will share from the last book I got in the mail.
“Elsie closed her eyes for a moment and breathed in the steamy air, imagining she stood beside Grand Pinnacle Spring instead of the massive laundry boiler in the back of the Mammoth Hot Springs Lodge.” — Ever Faithful by Karen Barnett
Have a wonderful Easter weekend!
Ooooh! I’m checking my mailbox for Karen’s book, too. I can’t wait to read it! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cover! This is one that I’ve been wanting to read! I hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend!
Thanks for stopping by!
I enjoy historical fiction and this one would definitely tempt me.
Let me know if you read it. Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Friday!
This week on my blog I am sharing the first few lines from All Made Up by Kara Isaac. It’s such a fantastic novel. I highly recommend it. You can go to my post by clicking the link: https://tinyurl.com/Friday83. Currently, I am reading Weddings, Willows, and Revised Expectations by V. Joy Palmer. It’s really good. I’m on chapter seven, so I will share a line from there.
“Don’t see me. Don’t see me. Don’t see me. ‘Courtney!’ Walk faster. Walk faster. Walk faster. ‘Courtney!’ Dallas yelled. ‘Please! We need to talk.'”
Hope you have a blessed Easter weekend. Happy reading! 🙂❤️📚
LOL Okay, now I’m hooked. I must read Weddings, Willows, and Revised Expectations just to see how that scenario turns out! See what what you’ve done to me? 😉
Made your TBR pile grow?! Lol!!!
Happy Friday! I’m sharing from my current read, Spring Magic by D.E. Stevenson. This is the first line from Chapter 18:
“This was the day upon which Frances had been invited to take tea at the Castle, and, as always, there were half a dozen people ready and willing to advise her how to attain her objective.”
Have a wonderful Easter weekend!
Hmmm I wonder what her objective is? Is it tea related? Thanks for sharing!
It is! Tea and, I think, curiosity.
Every time I see this cover, I wish I could style my hair like this. 🙂 Happy Easter Kathleen!
Right? But I would need way more hair and about 5 more arms to accomplish it. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! Happy Easter!
I liked that book! Today I’m sharing the first lines from The Edge of Mercy by Heidi Chiavaroli:
“I slipped the two rings off my finger to cradle them in my palm.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/04/first-line-fridays-edge-of-mercy-by.html
Aw. That sounds like a sad start. Hopefully things get better. Thanks for sharing!
Have a great weekend! My first line is from “All for the Cause” by Gail Kittleson:
“What do you say, Lilly?”