Category: First-Line Fridays

Love in Any Language Love and Honor #0.5 by Hallee Bridgeman About the Book International Waters, Gulf of Aden The modified Boston Whaler with sound suppressed but astonishingly powerful twin outboard engines cut through the water, slicing its way smoothly toward the fully laden third generation Suezmax container ship that loomed on the darkening horizon… Continue reading First-Line Friday #251

His Delightful Lady Delia American Royalty #3 by Grace Hitchcock About the Book New York City, October 1883 Madre had lost her voice at last. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! GRAB THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING, OPEN TO CHAPTER ONE, AND POST A SENTENCE OR TWO IN THE COMMENTS BELOW. THEN HEAD ON OVER TO READING… Continue reading First-Line Friday #250

Tomorrow's Steadfast Prayer Texas Promise #4 by Naomi Rawlings About the Book Twin Rivers, Texas; November 1885 What do you mean you couldn't get inside the camp? NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! GRAB THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING, OPEN TO CHAPTER ONE, AND POST A SENTENCE OR TWO IN THE COMMENTS BELOW. THEN HEAD ON… Continue reading First-Line Friday #249

How to Kiss Your Best Friend Hawthorne Brothers #1 by Jenny Proctor About the Book Brody I stare at my phone like it's about to sprout legs out of the speaker port and dance across the coffee table. Kate Fletcher sent me a text. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! GRAB THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING,… Continue reading First-Line Friday #248

The Lost Melody by Joanna Davidson Politano About the Book I was playing a piece by Berlioz the night my father died, the second movement of Symphonie Fantastique with arpeggios smooth as a horse's gallop. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! GRAB THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING, OPEN TO CHAPTER ONE, AND POST A SENTENCE OR… Continue reading First-Line Friday #247

Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby About the Book At half past six, in the bleak, icy evening of 21 January in the year 1804, Anne Sharp arrived on the threshold of Godmersham Park. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! GRAB THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING, OPEN TO CHAPTER ONE, AND POST A SENTENCE OR TWO IN… Continue reading First-Line Friday #246

The Belle of Belgrave Square Belles of London #2 by Mimi Matthews About the Book London, England, June 1862 Julia Wychwood was alone in Rotten Row, and that was exactly the way she liked it. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! GRAB THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING, OPEN TO CHAPTER ONE, AND POST A SENTENCE OR… Continue reading First-Line Friday #245

Authentically, Izzy by Pepper Basham About the Book Dear Reader, This is a cautionary tale. A tale of family, literary classics, podiatry, matchmaking, Shakespeare, and distance. Not exactly the sort of word grouping you may expect in a typical story, but some things aren't meant to be...typical. For example, shark hats. Or maybe heartbreak-induced introversion.… Continue reading First Line Friday #244

The Last Eligible Bachelor Seasons of Change #3 by Ashtyn Newbold About the Book The duty of a lady's maid was, first and foremost, to offer a listening ear to her mistress. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! GRAB THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING, OPEN TO CHAPTER ONE, AND POST A SENTENCE OR TWO IN THE… Continue reading First-Line Friday #243

The Even Odder Couple Apple Valley Love Stories #4 by Julie Christianson About the Book Tess The last thing I expected to discover at the car wash is that Spencer Crane is hot. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN! GRAB THE BOOK YOU ARE CURRENTLY READING, OPEN TO CHAPTER ONE, AND POST A SENTENCE OR TWO IN… Continue reading First-Line Friday #242