Happy Friday!!!
After a little break from blogging and reviewing, it is nice to be back in full swing this week. Today my first line comes from a book that I have been eagerly waiting to read. It releases a little later this month, so be sure to pre-order your copy today!
"August 22, 1899
Sunlight blinked off the rippling surface of Tumbledon Lake and into Margaret Lounsbury's eyes."
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Jace Rawlings, MD, sat in the damp Kenyan jail with his back against the stone wall. An Open Heart by Harry Kraus
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday Caryl!
DeleteAny story set in Edwardian England is going to be good--such as Downton Abbey--even though it is in the post-Edwardian era. :) I will have to check this book out.
ReplyDeleteMy first line for the week is:
The Newcomer
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Philadelphia
October 15, 1737
"Bairn was suffocating. Not literally, mayhap, but as close as a man could get."
Happy reading and happy Friday!
I agree! One of my favorite eras to read! Happy Friday!
DeleteNear Medicine Bow, Wyoming 1892
ReplyDeleteThe squeal of the train wheels jerked Essie Vanderfair's attention from the doodles and half-formed thoughts scribbled inside her notebook to the window beside her.
~The Outlaw's Secret by Stacy Henrie
Oooh this one sounds good!
DeleteMy first line is: " "...for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord." The words grabbed the man by the throat." (I had to include that 2nd line!) from Moving Target by Lynette Eason
ReplyDeleteOooooh!!! Happy Friday!
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ReplyDeleteYay, I just have to wait a couple more weeks to read that one!
Finished reading A Note Yet Unsung by Tamera Alexander
Nashville, Tennessee
January 12, 1871
Rebekah Carrington stood shivering across the street from her childhood home, satchel heavy in hand, cloak dusted with snow.
Ahhhh I want to read this one!
DeleteFrom "The Lost Heiress" by Roseanna M. White:
ReplyDeleteTempation sat before her, compelling as the sea.
My first line comes from Tosca Lee's new book The Firstborn.
ReplyDeleteSix weeks ago, I woke up in a cabin in the north woods of Maine with no memory of the last two years or any pertinent details of my life before.
“Shelby made her way slowly, carefully through complete darkness to the small guesthouse.”-Raging Storm, by Vannetta Chapman
ReplyDeleteHappy Reading!