First Line Fridays -- 02.17.17 -- The Lost Girl of Astor Street

2/17/2017

Grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line!

Today I am going to post a line from

The Lost Girl of Astor Street
by Stephanie Morrill

This is a Veronica Mars meets Downton Abbey type of books, so if you like Veronica Mars and Downton Abbey, you will definitely enjoy this delightful young adult novel!

Lydia has vanished.

Lydia, who’s never broken any rules, except falling in love with the wrong boy. Lydia, who’s been Piper’s best friend since they were children. Lydia, who never even said good-bye.

Convinced the police are looking in all the wrong places, eighteen-year-old Piper Sail begins her own investigation in an attempt to solve the mystery of Lydia’s disappearance. With the reluctant help of a handsome young detective, Piper goes searching for answers in the dark underbelly of 1924 Chicago, determined to find Lydia at any cost.

When Piper discovers those answers might stem from the corruption strangling the city—and quite possibly lead back to the doors of her affluent neighborhood—she must decide how deep she’s willing to dig, how much she should reveal, and if she’s willing to risk her life of privilege for the sake of the truth.

From the glitzy homes of the elite to the mob-run streets of 1920s Chicago, Stephanie Morrill’s jazz-age mystery shows just how far a girl will go to save her friend.

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My first line:

Chicago, Illinois
May 12, 1924

If he doesn't know it already, Jeremiah Crane is about to learn that I'm not the type of girl to be pushed around.

What are you reading? What is your first line?
Open the book nearest you and post the first line in the comments below...

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Katie Donovan link

2/17/2017 04:18:24 am

I'm looking forward to reading this one soon!

My first line today comes from the first book in Tamara Leigh's medieval 'Age of Faith' series, The Unveiling:

~~Lincolnshire, England, October 1149~~
A nightmare seized him from sleep, turned around his throat, and filled his mouth so full he could not cry out. Desperate for air, he opened his eyes onto a moonless night that denied him the face of his attacker.

Heather link

2/17/2017 09:15:35 am

The Elusive Miss Ellison
Carolyn Miller

And the first line is...

St. Hampton Heather
Gloucestershire, England
June 1813

"'Why, Livvie! Whatever are you doing?' Lavina Ellison placed down her gardening trowel, swiped perspiration from her brow, and smiled up at her friend. 'Good Morning, Sophy.'"

Happy reading and happy Friday!

Heather link

2/17/2017 09:24:50 am

P.S. I forgot to mention...I love Downton Abbey! So I will definitely have to check this book out. :)

Beth Erin link

2/17/2017 11:47:03 am

That cover is gorgeous!

Sam wouldn’t lose another kid on his watch.
Rescue Me by Susan May Warren
It's so good!

Andi link

2/17/2017 12:01:17 pm

Hi Sydney, and Happy Friday!

My first line comes from Just The Way You Are by Pepper Basham set to release this April.

One step into the massive, glass-walled waiting area was all it took. In a cataclysmic chain of events, someone bumped into Eisley Barrett, sending her purse and all of its contents skittering across the glossy floor of Heathrow International Airport.

Becky Smith

2/17/2017 01:50:12 pm

Your book sounds good! My first line is from an old book that, although I don't have it's publication date, it was a present in 1908 to someone. "It appears to me, looking back over a past experience, that certain days in one's life stand out prominently as landmarks, when we arrive at some finger-post pointing out the road that we should follow." But my very favorite line is: "The heart knoweth its own bitterness, Phoebe, and it may be that in your place I should fail utterly in patience; but if we will not lie still under His hand, & learn the lesson He would fain teach us, it may be that fresh trials may be sent to humble us." from Uncle Max by Rosa Carey

Cara

2/17/2017 02:13:29 pm

October, 1809
Trittonstone Park, Somerset, England

Lady Alethea Sutherton sank onto a thin-cushioned chair in the dark, dreary drawing room opposite her cousin and his wife.

-Prelude for a Lord by Camille Elliot

Janet Ferguson

2/17/2017 03:16:54 pm

"You don't want to do this." I just received a copy my critique partner LeAnne Bristow's debut with Love Inspired called Her Texas Rebel. So excited for her!"You don't want to do this." I just received a copy my critique partner LeAnne Bristow's debut with Love Inspired called Her Texas Rebel. So excited for her!

Caryl Kane

2/17/2017 04:17:09 pm

My first line comes from The Divine Romance by Gene Edwards.

He was alone.

Sarah link

2/24/2017 10:15:50 am

Happy Friday!

My line is from "Women of the Twelfth Century" by Georges Duby. I cheated a little this week and included my first paragraph this time around.

"Beneath the dome of the church at Fontevraud - in the twelfth century, one of the largest and most prestigious abbeys for women in France - one sees today four recumbent statues, the remains of old funerary monuments, Three of them are carved from soft limestone: that of Henry Plantagenet, count of Anjou and Maine through his father, duke of Normandy and king of England through his mother; that of his son and successor, Richard Coeur de Lion; and that of Isabella of Angouleme, second wife of John Lackland, Richard's brother, who became king in his turn in 1199. The fourth effigy, of painted wood, represents Eleanor, heiress to the duchy of Aquitaine, wife of Henry and mother of Richard and John; she died at Fontevraud, where she had finally taken the veil, on 31 March 1204."

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