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First Line Friday #317 | The Rival Kiss by Jessica Kate

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

Two hundred pounds of Tongan-Australian ex-rugby player stands between me and the chance to undo the biggest mistake of my career.

What’s the book nearest you, and what’s the first line?

 

About The Rival Kiss

Cover Image - The Rival Kiss by Jessica KateMaisie Hastings has an endless list of reasons to be annoyed with high-school-rival-turned-teaching-colleague Harry Latu. The latest: after surprising each other at school late one Saturday night, she discovers his plans to build a rival school. It could threaten the viability of the small private school they’ve spent their careers in, and shoots to Reason #1 on her Why Harry Is Horrible list. But there’s more to Harry’s secret plan than she’s given him credit for. and when their principal shows up, they both have reasons for not wanting to be discovered.

There’s only one good excuse Maisie can improvise of why she’d be here late with Harry – and they’d better make it convincing.

The Rival Kiss is a short romantic prequel to Jessica Kate’s full-length 2024 romance Drive You Crazy.

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First Line Friday #316 | Trust the Stars by Tricia Goyer

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’m sharing from Trust the Stars by Tricia Goyer, a dual timeline romance which released this week. Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

Alessandra Appiani walked with a quickened pace toward the front door of the Vatican, her footsteps echoing on the marble floor and the fateful words echoing through her mind.

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About Trust the Stars

Olivia Garza, a woman committed to making a difference in the world, thrives in her unconventional, service-oriented life. By day, she helps troubled teens in inner-city Little Rock. By night, she creates a viral docu-series in an attempt to better understand her mother’s desperate decisions by retracing her steps with a camera. So far, Olivia has always been the anonymous narrator, but she’s promised to reveal herself in the last stop on her documentary: Kenya.

Prince Louis, heir to the throne of the small European kingdom of Alloria, is in Kenya to run away from a broken heart—and the media circus that comes with it. When he meets Olivia, he recognizes her voice right away from the docu-series that has stirred his heart. Though they share a magical day on safari, any dreams of happily ever after come crashing down with the flash of the paparazzi cameras when Olivia realizes that he represents everything she most despises in the world.

In World War II Rome, another royal, however, has her own life-changing choices to make. Princess Alessandra Appiani could have chosen quiet safety within the walls of the Vatican, but instead she risks her life—and her family—to save the Jewish children so in need of someone to show them the love of God.

When Olivia is hired to help create a documentary about Alessandra, learning about the sacrifice of a royal who goes from palace to prison forces her to face the hardest questions of all: Should she continue on the path she’s carved for herself or trust God to give her the future she never thought she wanted?

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First Line Friday #315 | Bidding on a Second Chance by Emily Conrad

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

What’s the book nearest you, and what’s the first line?

 

About Bidding on a Second Chance

His bid for a second chance this Christmas might lead to her most disastrous fall yet.

Police officer Graham Lockhart’s life is dangerous enough without accident-prone Piper Wells tripping around in it—at least that’s what she claimed when she declined his marriage proposal two years ago. But he can’t help but wonder if there is more to her refusal.

Piper always cared for Graham, but she is incapable of giving him the one thing he wants more than anything—family. All her orphaned self knows about that is how much it hurts to lose. She’s better off focusing on caring for her nephew and running her business. Secondhand furniture doesn’t break hearts.

When an injury sidelines Piper leading into the holidays, Graham steps up to help her keep her commitment to a Christmastime auction benefiting a local family. Can they overcome the hurdles between them, or will the past and their warring hopes and fears trip them up for good?

Visit Redemption Ridge, Colorado and enjoy the faith, friendships, and forever-afters of the Christmas in Redemption Ridge series of Christian romance.

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First Line Friday #314 | Trust My Heart by Carol J Post

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

How many times in a life could a boy say he was risking his neck, doing the very last thing he'd expected ... for a girl?

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About Trust My Heart

A jaded New York City lawyer… a quirky small-town reporter… and a zany old matchmaker who won’t give up.

Grant McAllister arrives in Murphy, North Carolina, with one aim: to sell his inherited property and leave as quickly as possible. The big-city lawyer has no interest in his late, estranged grandparents or the dilapidated mansion he just acquired. After his high-profile divorce, he should be avoiding perky reporters, too. But Jami Carlisle is honest, funny, and undeniably appealing.

After breaking up with her safe-but-smothering boyfriend, Jami is determined to ace her first big assignment. A story about the McAllister estate is too intriguing to ignore―much like its handsome, commitment-phobic heir. Thanks to her digging, the pieces of Grant’s fraught family history are gradually fitting into place, but also upending all his old beliefs.

The two draw closer as they share their dreams, until misread signals and misunderstandings begin to test their trust. But in the unspoiled beauty of the Smoky Mountains, there’s healing and forgiveness to be found. And for Grant, this unplanned detour may be just what’s needed to finally guide him home.

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First Line Friday #313 | Whole Latte Love by Kari Trumbo

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

Addi Merrick had spent her life waiting for him to show up, or so it seemed.

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About Whole Latte Love

Addi Merrick is a matchmaker with no match.

Her past is riddled with friends who married and left her behind.

She’s stuck at a job she doesn’t love with a boss who can’t stand her to put herself through college, but there’s a reason God wants her at the right place, at the right time.

Drew Tanner was left at the altar and doesn’t believe in love.

It’s been a year since the woman of his dreams vanished into thin air on his wedding day. Since then, he’s avoided women like her, certain all quiet women were hiding something. Seeing Addi is like watching his past, and he wants no part of it.

When a dating site matches them, not only as a possible match but a perfect match, they must choose to either risk the pain of rejection or the beauty of a love match.

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First Line Friday #312 | Tackling the Fields by Janet W Ferguson

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’m currently re-reading Janet W Ferguson’s brilliant Southern Hearts series, and I’m up to the third book, Tackling the Fields. Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

Huge hands ripped at Cole Sanders’ shirt and yanked him away from Audrey Vaughn’s embrace.

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About Tackling the Fields

Can Cole overcome his bad boy image and start a new life? His reputation and Audrey’s past are only the first obstacles blocking their chances at love.

Cole Sanders is a changed man. The university quarterback questions his direction in life after serving on a mission trip in Honduras. Things that used to fill Cole’s ego seem empty after witnessing the developing country’s extreme poverty and the death of a precious child.

The one glimmer of hope through his confusion is the fresh perspective he now has about his tutor, Audrey. She possesses something beautiful inside and out—something that might help him become the person he wants to be.

University senior Audrey Vaughn tutored Cole Sanders for an entire year and never imagined the popular quarterback would see her as anything more than a friend. After partnering with him on the mission trip, they are drawn together. And he appears to have changed for the better.

To let Cole into her life, Audrey will have to overcome not only her brother’s distrust, but also the paralyzing fear still lingering from a past she’s tried to leave behind.

Cole can’t walk away from Audrey now that they’re back in Oxford. He’ll have to figure out how to keep her giant of a brother, a lineman on his football team, from killing him when the coach has his back turned.

But can Audrey trust her heart to a player so similar to the one who stole so much from her in the past?

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First Line Friday #311 | Second Chance Sweethearts by Liwen Y Ho

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’m currently reading the Small Town Love anthology, and I’m up to Second Chance Sweethearts by Liwen Y Ho. Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

One line ... one line. Please, let it be one line.

 

What’s the book nearest you, and what’s the first line?

 

About Second Chance Sweethearts

Two former high school sweethearts get a surprising second chance at love.

Missy Clark left small town life and her first love when she went away to college. Five years later, she returns to Sun Valley with a secret that’s sure to tarnish her reputation.

Nate Dawson never stopped loving Missy when she left home. Answered prayers have brought her back into his life, but the consequences she bears may destroy their second chance at love.

Can these sweethearts regain the innocence of the past and find hope and healing in the Lord for their future?

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First Line Friday #310 | Hearts and Goals by Carolyn Miller

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

Oh, what were men to rocks and mountains - or at least to beautiful gardens?

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About Hearts and Goals

He’s a goalie with a big heart, while she’s afraid to trust again. Can he learn the language of love to win her heart?

After a series of tragedies, Maggie Joly’s dreams have been confined to her work at Montreal’s botanic gardens and caring for her little boy. Besides, wishing for more would simply be selfish, especially when she’s already loved well. But when a surprising workplace encounter sees her in the arms of a handsome sweet-talking stranger, she’s soon forced to reassess whether romance might still be in her future after all.

Working in this fairytale-like city is a dream come true for Beau Nash, Montreal’s new goalie. And while he’s excited to explore all his new city offers, he hadn’t counted on meeting a striking brunette with heart-melting eyes, or so quickly bonding with her and her son, even though Maggie’s faith is a little tenuous, and shadows from the past mean she might never really be ready to love again.

An incident at the Gardens forces Beau to choose between his dream job and the woman of his dreams, while an accident on the ice invites Maggie’s deepest fears. Perhaps a Pumpkin Ball might help convince them to believe in happily-ever-afters once again.

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First Line Friday #309 | Always On My Mind by Beth Moran

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

When Isaac and I left home exactly one month after our eighteenth birthday, I swore to myself I’d never live with him again.

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About Always On My Mind

Sometimes when you can’t see the way forwards, the best thing to do is to look back…

When Jessie left home at eighteen, she swore she’d never go back. But when life takes a turn for the complicated, she’s forced to move in with her twin, Isaac, and his two best friends. To her dismay, one of these is Elliot, the boy Jessie once loved, until his life was changed forever by a terrible accident that Jessie still blames herself for.

Cohabiting with three alarmingly unhouse-trained males was not in Jessie’s life plan so when Isaac, Elliot and Arthur offer her a generous rent discount if she’ll help them with their ‘Boys to Men Project’, designed to end years of disastrous dating, she reluctantly accepts the challenge.

As Jessie embraces the comfort of being home, revelling in her new job at her parents’ day centre full of people determined to grow old disgracefully, she realises her housemates aren’t the only ones needing to make some changes. And maybe, if she can finally forgive herself for Elliot’s accident, she can start to look forward to a future, with or without him by her side.

Reading Beth Moran’s fabulous novels makes every day better. Heart-warming, soul-nourishing, with smart characters and irresistible romances, it’s impossible not to fall in love with a Beth Moran story.

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First Line Friday #308 | Her Second Chance Billionaire Sweetheart by Bree Livingston

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’ve recently been bingeing on billionaire stories. Pure escapism, perhaps. But they’ve been so much fun! I’m currently working my way through Bree Livingstone’s romances, and enjoying them all. Here’s the first line from the Chapter One of my latest read:

Grayson Matthews groaned. He didn't want to go home to Kansas.

What’s the book nearest you, and what’s the first line?

 

About Her Second Chance Billionaire Sweetheart

Young love destroyed. Secrets hidden. Can a painful truth mend a broken heart?

Grayson Matthews thought his girlfriend’s father would be thrilled when he asked for his blessing to marry her. That wasn’t the case for the starry-eyed couple who had yet to graduate high school. Instead, following his heart landed Grayson with a crushing ultimatum. To shield himself and Emma from unnecessary anguish, he left. Ten years later, circumstance has dragged him back to his hometown. One glance at Emma and he knows he’s not over her. Yet with the secret he harbors still hanging between them, keeping his distance is the only way to shield her from the painful truth.

The love of Emma’s life left without a word. They talked about a future together… then he vanished like she meant nothing to him. For a decade, she’s tried to figure out why. Now, Grayson’s returned, and she is determined to get her answers.

Emma is willing to toe the thin line between love and hate to uncover the truth. But will what she discovers provide the closure she needs? Or tempt her with a second chance at a fresh start?

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