Happy Friday and welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books. Next week is the release date for the next book in Jennifer Rodewald’s Murphy Brothers series: This Life. If you’ve read any of the other books in the series, you’ll already be familiar with Jacob and Kate—at least, as familiar as they’ve allowed readers to be so far. They haven’t exactly been giving off warm ‘n’ fuzzy vibes! I suspect we’re about to find out why…
About the Book
Jacob Murphy always felt like the invisible brother, until he fell in love with and married the woman who’d dated his younger brother. Then he became the despised brother. Driven to prove himself worthy of respect, he gambled everything on becoming the successful brother, but with his property speculation business falling apart, he’s ready to admit defeat. He’s lost nearly every worldly good, and after years of disappointments and heartache, it looks like his marriage is about to go the same way.
Kate Murphy lied her way out of life in a trailer park—a life she felt both trapped in and ashamed of. Only Jacob knows the truth about her background. But keeping up appearances has strangled her life and relationships, and even her marriage is troubled. In desperation, she makes a plan to escape from it all—ironically, in a skoolie. But there’s still a tender place in her heart for the man she married, and in a moment of compassion, she offers to take Jacob with her.
Stripped of pride and pretension and struggling to adjust to their new 160-square-foot mobile lifestyle, Jacob and Kate are forced to confront the deception, hurt, and loneliness that have plagued them both. Will their strained circumstances be the death knell for their marriage, or will they allow humility to usher in the healing they need to rebuild?
This Life is a tender love story of second chances in marriage, of romance, and of redemption.
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. 🙂
My first line us from Prince of Spies by Elizabeth Camden:
January 1902
Marianne ventured farther onto the frozen river despite the people warning her against it.
Happy Friday! My first line is from “Storing Up Trouble” by Jen Turano:
“The truth of the matter was this – she, Miss Beatrix Waterbury, had been banished from New York, and all because she’d had the great misfortune of landing herself in jail… twice.
Happy Friday!!
Over on my blog I am sharing the first line from Dreams Rekindled by Amanda Cabot
” You’re the luckiest person I know”
https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2021/03/first-line-friday-dreams-rekindled.html
Have a lovely weekend! 📚♥
Ooh! I love that first line. 😍
Happy Friday!
On my blog, I’m sharing the first line from Facing the Dawn by Cynthia Ruchti: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2021/03/05/first-line-friday-174/. It’s an AMAZING story. Highly recommend it. Currently I’m reading A Captain for Caroline Grey by Julie Wright so I’ll share from there.
“Caroline’s embarrassment turned to anger that brewed and simmered until she felt as though she quite loathed the captain.”
Hope you have a great weekend! 🙂❤📚
Happy Saturday! Today, I’m sharing the first lines from Beauty Among Ruins by J’nell Ciesielski. “Creeping through the back door, Lily Durham slipped across the black-and-white tiled kitchen and checked the hallway before scurrying up the stairs to the main floor.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2021/03/first-line-fridays-beauty-among-ruins.html