It’s First Line Friday time again! And this week I have internet, so maybe I’ll actually be able to visit everyone. YAY! 🙂
This week I have the first line from an absolutely riveting historical romance by Angela K. Couch: The Patriot and the Loyalist. It releases on 7 April, and you can pre-order or find out more at the links below the description. Also keep an eye out for my review, coming soon!
~ About the Book ~
Lydia Reynolds has learned that love comes at a price, and she refuses to pay. Better to close her heart to everything and everyone. When her brother-in-law won’t grant her passage to England, where she hopes to hide from her pain, New Englander, Daniel Reid, becomes her only hope—if she can induce him to give her information about the notorious Swamp Fox and his troops. When the British grow impatient and Daniel evades her questions, Lydia must decide how far to take her charade. The poor man, already gutted by love, hasn’t grown as wise as she. Or so she supposes…
Until the truth is known, the muskets are loaded…and it is time to decide where true loyalties lie.
~ First Line ~
Daniel Reid slowed his horse and sucked air into his lungs as he reined to the road’s grassy edge.
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Good morning. My first line is from Chapter 2 because the first line from Chapter 1 was very lengthy! 🙂
“Matthew Cuthbert and the sorrel mare jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River.”
~Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
One of my favorite books of all time! <3 <3 <3
I’m rereading it in April and so looking forward to it! 🙂
Great choice! Although I wouldn’t have minded the really long one. It is Anne, after all 🙂
🙂
Happy Friday Katie! Hope you have plenty of time to read this weekend 🙂
Sadly, I have an editing job to finish. So definitely not as much time as I would like. Particularly considering my current characters are stranded on a ledge in the middle of a national park, in weather that’s about to turn to snow. Note to self: Don’t read Susan May Warren in the middle of an editing job!
Oh dear, that is quite the conundrum. Good luck!
My first line is from For the Love of Grace by Kimberly Rae Jordan
“Grace Anderson stared straight ahead at the white wall of a small hospital room.”
Ooh. Sounds somber!
Prologue
Dublin, Ireland, 1916
She heard it before she felt it. Harsh air sucking through clenched teeth, the grunt of an arm raised, the soft swish of a hand slicing the air. – A HEART REVEALED by Julie Lessman
Happy Friday and Happy Reading!
Okay. I’m hooked!
Thanks for featuring The Patriot and the Loyalist! My first line is from Her One and Only by Becky Wade:
Dru lifted her handgun, leveling it on Gray’s stalker as she rushed forward through the crowd.
You’re welcome. And I Ioved Her One and Only!
Now this is an intriguing era. 🙂 Sounds like a neat book!
It was riveting! I love it when loyalties are torn.
I really want to get my hands on that series!!! I’m starting The Memory of You by Catherine West today!
The wood-paneled walls of the boardroom were closing in.
It’s a good series. Be ready to #swoof with The Memory of You!
Love this book by Angela, and I was blessed to be a critique partner for her!
My first line from Charles Martin’s Long Way Gone:
I’d seen him before.
Ooh! I want to read that one! Along with how many thousands of others? *sigh*
Right 🙂
This sounds like an excellent book!
It is! Especially if you love historical fiction!
Wow! That is a great first line! Happy Friday!
Thanks! And same to you. 🙂
My first line is: “Lucy knew she was going to regret this.”
~Love, Lies & Typewriters: A Wartime Western Romance Novella
by Heather Blanton
Well, now I’m intrigued! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
My first encounter with light as more than illumination from a flashlight was on our homestead in Alaska at age five.
Introduction to Who Told You That You Were Naked by William E Combs
I’m not sure which catches my attention more: the first line or the title of the book! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
The Patriot and the Loyalist sounds very interesting and my type of read. Thanks for sharing. My first line is “An angel of light stood before me, blonde, beautiful, one hand behind his back.” From Widow by Denise Weimer.
It’s a great read! And what an intriguing first line you’ve shared. Thanks for visiting. 🙂
I read that book! It’s good!
My first line is from The Viscount’s Proposal by Melanie Dickerson
May 1813
Was this the night she would actually die of tedium, triviality, and hypocrisy?
Lol! That sounds like a painful way to die!
I would like to read about about Daniel!!!
Oh, it’s definitely worth it. Highly recommended!
“Bernadette had been dead two weeks when her sisters showed up in Doyle’s living room asking for the statue back.” – Run by Ann Patchett.
Dinh@Arlene’sBookClub.com
Okaaaaay… 😳 That’s definitely one to make you keep reading!
Lol! Just realised they weren’t asking Bernadette for the statue! Man, I need sleep… 😂😴
I am SO looking forward to reading this book. It’s in my reading schedule for a couple weeks from now. So many books, so little time! 🙂
I can definitely relate to that problem!
From Sunset in Old Savannah by Mary Ellis:
If ever there was a perfect time for Beth Kirby to get out of town, it was now.
Ooh! That’s a good one! I’m definitely intrigued 🙂