Welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books, and an even bigger welcome if this is your first time visiting my new site! My old site is still out there, but I won’t be posting any new content there, so make sure you sign up here to keep getting all my bookish posts. 🙂 And if you want to have a look around and see what’s here, my homepage is a great place to start.
My first line this week comes from a book I just finished reading—a wonderfully Gothic-feeling Regency romance/mystery from debut author Abigail Wilson: In the Shadow of Croft Towers.
About the Book
Croft Towers holds more than its share of secrets . . . and Sybil is determined to uncover them all.
When Sybil Delafield’s coach to Croft Towers was robbed by highwaymen, she should have realized that her new position as companion to old Mrs. Chalcroft would be no ordinary job. Upon Sybil’s arrival, Mrs. Chalcroft sneaks into her room in the dark of night, imploring her to relay messages to town that are to stay hidden from the rest of the family. Who exactly is she working for and what do the messages contain?
When fellow passengers of the robbed coach are later murdered, Sybil’s hunt for the truth takes on a new urgency. The only person she can rely on is Mr. Sinclair, Mrs. Chalcroft’s godson, but under all his charms he too leads a double life. Sybil must decide if he is the one honest voice she can trust, or if he is simply using her for his own advances.
With murderers, smugglers, and spies on the loose, nothing—and no one—in Regency England is what they claim. Can Sybil even trust what she knows about herself?
First Line
I’d love it if you’d share the first line of whatever you’re currently reading in the comments. And don’t forget, you can find out what other bloggers are sharing for First Line Friday by going over to Hoarding Books blog and finding all the links. If you’ve got your own blog, why not join in and add your link over there. 🙂
I haven’t read In the Shadow of Croft Towers yet, but it’s on my tbr stack! I’m sharing the first line from The Sky Above Us by Sarah Sundin:
“Wars weren’t won with caution, and aces weren’t made in straight and level flight.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/01/first-line-friday-sky-above-us.html
Powerful first line! I shared from How The Light Gets in by Jolina Petersheim on my blog. I’ll start it later today. I have just a bit more to go in Hidden Peril by Irene Hannon.
Happy Friday! My first line is from “Liza’s Second Chance” by Molly Jebber:
“Liza Schrock clenched her teeth and dug her fingers in the fresh dough in her Amish bakery.”
This looks amazing! Enjoy 🙂 I hope you can stop by:
https://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2019/01/first-lines-friday-and-56-11819.html
Colletta
Congratulations on your new blog Katie! And I just put this book on my Amazon wish list. 🙂 Happy reading!
Great first line! I love the graphic, and your new site.
I just have to say it again, but I LOVE your new site design!1 <3
On my blog today I shared the first line from The Curse of Misty Wayfair by Jaime Jo Wright but I'm currently reading Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte so I'll share the first line of my current chapter (11) here: "A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play; and when I draw up the curtain this time reader–you must fancy you see a room in the George Inn at Millcote, with such a large-figured papering on the walls as in rooms have; such a carpet, such furniture, such ornaments on the mantlepiece, such prints–including a portrait of George the Third and another of the Prince of Wales, and a representation of the death of Wolfe." I honestly don't know how I made it this far into my life without reading it! Hope you have a wonderful weekend with plenty of quality reading time! 🙂
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I’m sharing the first line from Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green. It’s so amazing!!! I’m currently on chapter 22, so I’ll leave the first line from there.
“The river had grown narrow and felt even smaller since Bright Star and Joseph had arrived with Gaspard Fontaine.”
Hope you have a great weekend. Happy reading! 😀❤📚
“Rosalyn crouched as low as her sturdy walking gown would allow, hiding behind the hedgerow.” Currently reading The Captain’s Daughter by Jennifer Delamere, a new to me author. Looking forward to reading In The Shadows of Croft Towers, currently in the waiting list for my local library.
I’m sharing from Excellent Women by Barbara Pym on my blog today, but I haven’t started reading it yet, so here is a not-so-randomly chosen line from the first page:
“I suppose an unmarried woman just over third, who lives alone and has no apparent ties, must expect to find herself involved or interested in other people’s business, and if she is also a clergyman’s daughter then one might really say that there is no hope for her.”
Have a great weekend!