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First Line Fridays --09.02.16

9/2/2016
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It is Friday and I am joining Carrie from Reading is My SuperPower, Rachel from Bookworm Mama, and Beth from Faithfully Bookish in First Line Fridays (click the links and check out their first lines too).
If you would like to join us, send Carrie a meassage and let her know!

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

Today I am going to post a line from Tamera Alexander's Belle Meade Plantation Novels:
To Whisper Her Name
To Win Her Favor
&
To Mend A Dream
(Among the Fair Magnolias Novella)
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I had the fun and unique experience of attending CFRR16.  Here I met many wonderful blogger  and reader friends and authors.  Among these fantastic authors was Tamera Alexander.  What a pleasure to meet her!!  Although I did not get a picture with her, I did get some signatures to put in my Belle Meade Plantation books.  Yay!  The day after the conference, I went on an adventure with Rachel from Bookworm Mama and our friend Abi to visit Belle Meade Plantation.  Wow!!  What an experience.  This helps brings Tamera's stories to life even more than before.  Below I have included some of the pictures from our adventure.

Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville, TN

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Now on to the first lines...
​August 17, 1863
In the hills surrounding the Union-occupied city of Nashville...


First Lieutenant Ridley Adam Cooper peered through the stand of bristled pines, his presence cloacked by dusk, his Winchester cocked and read.

​~To Whisper Her Name

​Nashville, Tennessee
May 4, 1869


"Steady girl," Maggie whispered, peering down from the bluff, leather reins held taut.

~To Win Her Favor

Nashville, Tennessee
June 13, 1870


What she wouldn't give for the chance to be back in that house again.  If only for a day...

~To Mend a Dream, a novella from the Among the Fair Magnolias Collection


What are you reading?  What is your first line?

​Open the book nearest you and post the first line...
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Becky Smith
9/2/2016 10:54:52 am

WOW! I will have to read these 3 that you posted! I just started a book from an author whom I have not yet read a book, and I could hardly wait to post her first line. "I understand your reservations about hiring a draftswoman, but I've seen Miss Sinclair's work, & it's exemplary." From Make-Believe Beau by Keli Gwyn And I loved this line when talking about her appearance: "The Lord deserved all the credit as her Creator, but she got to enjoy the admiration His handiwork brought about." LOVE it!!!

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
9/2/2016 01:47:24 pm

Becky, I hope you can get your hands on some copies of these. They are great!!! (Still need to read book 2 and the novella though. :) ).

I have not read any of Keli's books yet, but I will have to add this one to my TBR pile if I have not already. :)

Caryl Kane
9/2/2016 10:56:14 am

Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines, I complained to myself, because no one was there to listen. - Master Potter and the Mountain of Fire by Jill Austin

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
9/2/2016 01:48:00 pm

I will have to check this one out, Caryl. Thanks for stopping by!

Rachel Dixon link
9/2/2016 12:07:16 pm

I had such fun trapezing around Belle Meade with you!!! Memories to cherish! "When a bride finds The Dress, there is joy, laughter, and on some occasions, even spontaneous dancing." From Love, Lace, and Minor Alterations.

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
9/2/2016 01:48:57 pm

Indeed! Such fun and sweet memories!! :D

Ohhhhh! What fun! I keep hoping to get my hands on a copy of that book soon! :)

Rachel Dixon link
9/2/2016 06:14:15 pm

If we lived closer, I would let you borrow it haha! <3

Sydney @ Singing Librarain Books
9/5/2016 09:33:31 am

Haha. Thanks! You are super awesome!! :D

Winnie Thomas
9/2/2016 04:29:26 pm

Well, I got an awesome book in the mail yesterday and another today! But neither of them have been released yet, so I’ll pick the one that came three days ago (yes, it’s been an awesome week for the postal service and me). I actually won this one in a contest. It’s by the awesome Brandy Heineman! “Keep your friends close and your beneficiaries closer.” From Whispers in the Branches

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
9/5/2016 09:34:20 am

What fun! I don't know this one. Will have to go check it out! :)

Beth Erin link
9/2/2016 05:03:54 pm

It's Friday and we finally made it through our blog postings!!!
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of pastries is in need of a hungry man." Love Takes the Cake by Betsy St. Amant
"Get off the sidelines, Amelia." The Perfect Arrangement by Katie Ganshert
"The moment Holly had imagined, dreaded, and obsessed over had arrived." Love in the Details by Becky Wade
All part of To Have and To Hold and now I'm dying to sit here and read it straight through!!!

Sydney @ Singing Librarian books
9/5/2016 09:36:18 am

Ooooo. I need to read that one. I actually met Betsy when I was hanging in the lobby at AFCW and had her sign a label for me. I actually don't have print copies of her book, but when I first started my blog one of her books was one that I read! LOVED it!! And just won a copy of this book so super excited to read these novellas!! :)

Carrie @ Reading Is My SuperPower link
9/2/2016 06:20:02 pm

oooo!! pretty pretty! I love the visual aids :-D

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
9/5/2016 09:36:50 am

Thanks, Carrie! It was lots of fun! :)


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