First Line Fridays: The Christmas Bride
Happy Friday, readers and friends! It doesn’t seem possible that a week should have passed since sharing my last First Line Fridays post, yet alas it has. So without further ado, here’s my contribution to First Line Fridays, hosted by Hoarding Books.
This week I’ve been reading The Christmas Bride by Grace Livingston Hill. The first line goes like this:
Gregory Sterling rode slowly out of town toward his little shack among the hills. He had just come from signing the papers which gave over to the Blue Star Production Company full right and title to the land for which he had grubbed and starved and fought and almost died. He was going back to pack up and leave!
So what’s the first line of your current read? Tell me about it in the comments!
-Miranda Atchley
Grace Livingston Hill...one of the first Christian fiction authors I read regularly.
ReplyDeleteThe first line from my current read is...
Brandi's head throbbed. The hateful words still sizzled in her ears as the front door brushed open. (Finding Evergreen by Jennifer Rodewald)
Have a wonderful weekend!
Isn't Grace Livingston Hill a lovely author?
DeleteFinding Evergreen is a neat title. Thanks for stopping by and sharing, Suzie! :-)
I love Christmas books! Thanks for sharing--I just downloaded this book my Kindle. :) Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy Christmas books, too! I hope you enjoy The Christmas Bride! :-)
DeleteHappy Friday! My first line is from At Home with Daffodils by Paula Moldenhauer:
ReplyDelete"Not again!"
What a pretty title. :-) Thank you for sharing, Becky!
DeleteHappy Friday!
ReplyDeleteToday at my blog, I am sharing the first lines from Jennifer Delamere's latest novel, The Heart's Appeal. It's such a great book!
Here I will share the first lines from my next-up book, Finding Evergreen by Jennifer Rodewald. This is my first read of this author's works, but I am very excited!!!
"July
Brandi's head throbbed. The hateful words still sizzled in her ears as the front door brushed open. Ethan stepped over the threshold."
I'll have to look into Finding Evergreen. :-) Thanks for stopping by and sharing, Nicole!
DeleteThis isn't my current read but it just arrived in the mail!
ReplyDeleteTy Remington blamed the homemade orange marmalade cake for why he found himself huddled under an overhang off some faraway path in Glacier National Park, shivering, praying he might live through the night.
Storm Front by Susan May Warren
That's an interesting first line! Thanks for sharing it on the blog, Beth! :-)
DeleteI think I might have missed reading this one back when she was one of about, oh, two Christian writers I was aware of.
ReplyDeleteI'm sharing a book with an Irish hero on my blog today, so here's the first line of an audiobook a friend recommended to me, The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan:
"The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things."
Happy Friday!
What an interesting first line, and I love the title of the book you shared. Thanks for stopping by the blog today, Yvette! :-)
DeleteHappy Friday! My first line is from Storm Front (Montana Rescue Book #5) by Susan May Warren:
ReplyDelete“Ty Remington blamed the homemade orange marmalade cake for why he found himself huddled under an overhang off some faraway path in Glacier National Park, shivering, praying he might live through the night.”
This sounds like something I need to read!
ReplyDeleteI’m featuring Pepper Basham’s, “A Twist of Faith” on my blog today. Since I have Lindsay Harrel’s, “The Heart Between Us” in front of me, I’ll share my first line from here.
“Amy says in order to move forward, I have to stop clinging to past.”
Have a great weekend and happy reading!
The book I'm sharing on my blog is The Road Home by Beverly Lewis but here I'll share the book I just finished today called A Higher Ransom by Aleigha C Israel: "Anna Haddington took a deep breath of the salty air."
ReplyDeleteI'm sharing from my current read, No Less Days by Amanda G. Stevens, on my blog today, so here is the first line from an upcoming read, Reclaiming Shilo Snow by Mary Weber:
ReplyDelete"The moment Earth's United World Council officially placed seventeen-year-old Sofi Snow at the top of their Imminent Terrorist Threat list, a siren went off in the circular downtown building, and she became the most wanted teenager alive."
Happy Friday!
It's been a long time since I've read a Grace Livingston Hill book. This sounds good.
ReplyDeleteToday I'm sharing the first line of That's Amore by Marion Ueckermann on my blog. It's the first book in the new multi-author Tuscan Legacy series. I'm now reading the third book, Rapsodia (Rhapsody) by Alexa Verde. Here's the first line:
Marco Carter would rather spend a day in a pit with snakes than an hour on a plane.
Personally, I love flying and hate snakes. What about you?
Have a great weekend!
I love Christmas books! Happy Saturday!
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