Happy Friday!
The Book I’m featuring this week is:
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When life was busy, three months had a way of flurrying by.
Forgive me, there’s a prologue but I shared the first line from chapter 1 simply because the prologue was a letter and I wanted to share from the story. I am currently reading this book and I was very quickly sucked into it. It’s an interesting premise and the characters feel very real. I’ll be sharing my review in a few weeks as part of a tour but for now I’ll just say that I’m loving it so far! It’s releasing later this month on the 26th 🙂
About the Book:
Lindsay Harrel presents a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and finding the courage to write your own story.
A year after the death of her abusive fiancé, domestic violence counselor Sophia Barrett finds returning to work too painful. She escapes to Cornwall, England–a place she’s learned to love through the words of her favorite author–and finds a place to stay with the requirement that she help out in the bookstore underneath the room she’s renting. Given her love of all things literary, it seems like the perfect place to find peace.
Ginny Rose is an American living in Cornwall, sure that if she saves the bookstore she co-owns with her husband then she can save her marriage as well. Fighting to keep the first place she feels like she belongs, she brainstorms with her brother-in-law, William, and Sophia to try to keep the charming bookstore afloat.
Two hundred years before, governess Emily Fairfax knew two things for certain: she wanted to be a published author, and she was in love with her childhood best friend. But he was a wealthy heir and well out of her league. Sophia discovers Emily’s journals, and she and William embark on a mission to find out more about this mysterious and determined woman, all the while getting closer to each other as they get closer to the truth.
The lives of the three women intertwine as each learns the power she has over the story of her life.
About the Author:
Lindsay Harrel is a lifelong book nerd with a B.A. in journalism and M.A. in English. She lives in Arizona with her young family and two golden retrievers in serious need of training. Lindsay has held a variety of jobs, including curriculum editor for two universities, medical and business writer, and copywriter for a digital marketing agency. Now she juggles stay-at-home mommyhood with working freelance jobs, teaching college English courses online, and—of course—writing novels.
When she actually has time to do other things, she loves to sing, read, and sip passion iced teas from Starbucks. She loves to watch God work in ordinary lives to create something extraordinary, and she writes to bring hope to those who may have lost it along the way. Connect with her at www.LindsayHarrel.com and any other place she hangs out online, including Facebook and Twitter.
Now it’s your turn!
Grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. To see what First Lines others are sharing this week head over to Hoarding Books.
Can’t wait to read this book! Here’s the first line from American Omens by Travis Thrasher — The spiderweb cracks in the windshield of the old Chevy SUV made it easy to spot in the parking lot.
Hope you have a great weekend!
I just finished reading that one hope you enjoy it!
I’m currently reading Sarah Sundin’s latest book “The Sky Above Us” I’ll share here the first line from Chapter 30 (because that’s where I am at this moment).
“At 250 yards, Adler squeezed the trigger. Texas Eagle’s bullets erupted the length of the Messerschmitt 110’s right wing, and smoke plumed out of the right engine. Flames.”
I hope you have a wonderful weekend and get to enjoy some time reading!
Wow sounds suspenseful!!
Val Deniston waved good night to her last customer, relieved that they’d ignored the elephant in the Cool Down Café. No one had rehashed Monique’s rant about her husband’s affair with Nadia.
BY COOK OR BY CROOK by Maya Corrigan
2clowns at arkansas dot net
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Ooo, I can’t wait to hear what you think of this book when you finish!!!! Currently I’m reading the thriller Once A Liar by A.F. Brady!
I’ll be sharing it on March 2 as part of a review tour. It’s really good from what I’ve read so far!
I’m gonna be reading this book soon!!! I can’t wait 🙂
I’ll share the first line from a book I’m starting this weekend, Courting Mr. Emerson by Melody Carlson.
“George Emerson didn’t need anybody.”
Have a lovely weekend!
I think you’ll like it! Thanks for stopping by and sharing!
My first line is from A Desperate Hope by Elizabeth Camden
Summer 1896
Alex Duval’s first hint of trouble was when Eloise failed to appear at their hideaway.
I have that one on my TBR 🙂
I loved The Secrets of Paper and Ink!!! I’m sharing a new release on Faithfully Bookish but here’s the first line from chapter 2 of my current read, Once Bitten by Betsy St. Amant of the Finding Ever After novella collection: “He was going to stand her up.”
Uh oh that’s not very nice!
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog, I am also sharing the first line from Brunch at Bittersweet Cafe by Carla Laureano. Great minds, Katie!!! I am loving this book so much. I’m currently just starting chapter 19, so I will share the first line from that chapter here.
“‘A bookstore?’ Justin didn’t mean for his dismay to show in his voice when he pulled up in front of the address Melody had given him, but it escaped all the same.”
Hope you have a really excellent weekend filled with relaxing reading time. 🙂💜📚
I think your comment was meant for another page lol 😉 But thanks for stopping and sharing your first line!
Yeah, I was “multitasking.” I had several 1st line blogs open and thought I was posting this to another gal’s blog. I felt dumb immediately. 😊🙄
No worries it’s all good! It was just funny 😆
Happy Friday! I’m sharing from my current read today, American Omens by Travis Thrasher (Uncorrected Proof). Her is the first line from Chapter 17 “The Same Page”:
“The moment her father stepped foot in the barn that morning, Cheyenne couldn’t help but let loose with an uproarious laugh.”
I just finished reading that one hope you enjoy it!
I just finished it, too! 😁
Happy Weekend! My first line is from “If Only It Were Yesterday” by A. M. Heath:
“Oomph. Something solid bashed into my shoulder, knocking me off balance.”
Uh oh wonder what it was!
That one sounds so good to me! Happy Reading!!!
Today I’m sharing the first lines from A Flight of Arrows by Lori Benton:
“Satahuhsiyost — Listen! Open your ears to a story I will tell you.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/02/first-line-fridays-flight-of-arrows.html
Try saying that first word 10 times fast 😂