Category: First Line Friday

1 December 2023

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

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’m about to read the new edition of Trust My Heart by Carol J Post, which was first published in 2016 and has just been re-released. I loved it the first time around (click here to read my review), and I’m looking forward to reading it again.

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

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

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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24 November 2023

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

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 Story collection which released a while back, and I’m up to Whole Latte Love by Kari Trumbo. Isn’t that a great title?

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

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

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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17 November 2023

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:

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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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10 November 2023

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:

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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3 November 2023

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

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’ve been working my way through Carolyn Miller’s Original Six series (not necessarily in order!), and next on my Kindle is #4, Hearts and Goals.

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

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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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27 October 2023

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

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’ve read a couple of Beth Moran in the distant past, and just found she has switched from writing Christian fiction to clean and wholesome romance. This looks like a fun read.

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

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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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20 October 2023

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:

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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13 October 2023

First Line Friday #307 | Not Quite Mr Darcy by Kim Griffin

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’m a long-time Pride and Prejudice fan, so I’m always up for a Christian romance with a P&P link, so I was thrilled to join the launch team for Not Quite Mr Darcy by Kim Griffin. Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

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About Not Quite Mr Darcy

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Mr. Darcy does not exist.”

Many a young woman has spent years looking for her perfect Mr. Darcy, but Kate Thomas knows better. A 29-year-old recently widowed southerner, Kate sets off to find herself on the other side of the ocean in the very country where Mr. Darcy’s life was penned. Looking only to escape reminders of her heartache, Kate journeys to places she never thought she’d go—finding faith, love, and family along the way.

Not Quite Mr. Darcy is not a P&P retelling but the story of a woman’s journey to discover what real love is.

An ocean … it’s vast and powerful. The water that fills it can bring death, or offer life. Kate Thomas moves her life across an ocean to conquer the hold of her past and find new life for her future.

Not Quite Mr. Darcy is women’s fiction with clean romance (kisses only). It tackles forgiving the seemingly unforgivable and the disillusionment many a woman has faced upon realizing that the perfect husband they’ve been raised to look for doesn’t exist. Kate, a recent widow, leaves her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Seeking distance from her past she takes a job in Kingsdown, England, working with a dementia patient in a cottage overlooking the English Channel. What she finds there is much more than she anticipated. Kate learns to find joy even in the hardest circumstances.

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6 October 2023

First Line Friday #306 | Julia Monroe Begins Again by Rebekah Millet

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. I’m quoting from Julia Monroe Begins Again, the debut novel from Rebekah Millet.

Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

I hope that’s setting the tone for the rest of the book!

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

About Julia Monroe Begins Again

Samuel was back. It seemed unfair to be blindsided. And in church no less. Shouldn’t there be a commandment about that? Thou shalt not step foot inside thy ex’s place of worship.

Julia Monroe has just turned forty and has high hopes for a fresh start after the last decade of her life abruptly left her a young widow and a single mom. With both her boys off to college, she can finally focus on expanding her New Orleans-based cleaning business. Julia is ready for new beginnings–but God has other plans. Samuel Reed, the ruggedly handsome Green Beret who shattered her heart over twenty years ago, has returned to town and is the kind of distraction she never saw coming.

After their first interaction in years leaves her mind spinning and her emotions out of control, Julia knows she needs to avoid him if she wants any chance of preventing history from repeating itself, but her meddling best friend keeps throwing them together. And now it seems inevitable that the man who was hard to forget might just be impossible to resist.

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29 September 2023

First Line Friday #305 | In Spite of Ourselves by Jennifer Rodewald

It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line. The box set of the first three books in Jennifer Rodewald’s Murphy Brothers series was free last weekend.

I’ve already finished the first in the series (Always You), and I’m looking forward to reading the next book this weekend. Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:

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About In Spite of Ourselves

Who could build a life on such a monumental mistake?

Jackson Murphy: family prankster, class clown… and now, smack in the middle of a Vegas-sized mess. All he’d wanted was to qualify for the Boston Marathon. After failing that goal, he slipped into a deep, sulking valley, only to emerge from it with a much bigger problem. He’s married. To a complete stranger! Forget making a world-class marathon so that his family will believe that (1) he’s capable of being grown up and serious on occasion and (2) he doesn’t need the ongoing pity about his brother and a certain ex-girlfriend. Now? Now he has no idea what to do.

Mackenzie Murphy: independent woman and excellent student—but not a med student. Because those pesky MCATs were H-A-R-D. She doesn’t particularly mind that much, seeing as she’s never really wanted to be a doctor, but her mother will be…uh, displeased. Exceptionally. That’s nothing, however, compared to how Mother will respond if she finds out what else happened in Vegas.

Mackenzie wants out. Jackson wants a chance. Neither of them is prepared for what’s coming. Caught in the middle of a disaster that keeps getting bigger, they hardly dare ask: Can God take their monumental mistake and turn it into a beautiful life?

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