First Line Fridays -- 09.08.16

9/9/2016

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
The Thorn Bearer
&
The Thorn Keeper
by Pepper D. Basham

in celebration of her cover reveal (see that HERE) of

The Thorn Healer.

The Thorn Healer is book three in the Penned in Time Series and is releasing in November of this year!!!
I just LOVE Pepper's books! They are great historical romances and you absolutely do NOT want to miss reading them! So add these books to your GOODREADS TBR pile.

The Thorn Bearer -- AMAZON--KINDLE & PRINT
The Thorn Keeper -- AMAZON--KINDLE & PRINT

April 1914

Death hovered in the shadows of teh room, a shapeless presence as familiar to Ashleigh Dougall as the sent of morphine.
~The Thorn Bearer

Edensbury, Derbyshire England
September 1915

There is a distinct difference between a heroine with a promised happy ending and a prodigal who must design her own.
~The Thorn Keeper

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

22 Comments

Becky Smith

9/9/2016 10:43:01 am

"Becky Martin had escaped one bad situation only to find herself in the middle of another." From A Home of Her Own by Keli Gwyn. This is the 2nd historical fiction of hers that I have read & I am really enjoying it! And I LOVED both of Pepper's books in the Penned in Time Series! I especially love that first line of The Thorn Keeper! Before the next one comes out, I plan to reread these.

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 12:07:56 pm

Oooo. Fun! I haven't read any of Keli's books beforel, but they are on my TBR pile.

Hope you get your hands on Pepper's books soon! They are fabulous!!

Pepper

9/9/2016 10:48:16 am

Yay!!!! Thanks, Sydney!!! And I'm so tickled to hear you love my books, Becky

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 12:08:46 pm

You are welcome, Pepper! Just LOVE this series!!! Cannot wait for book 3! Thanks for stopping by! :D <3

Melony Teague

9/9/2016 10:58:36 am

The new cover is gorgeous!!! Thanks for posting all three together! I love sets, and I think I love the last one the most! ;-)

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 12:09:36 pm

Hi Melony! I know! These covers are fantastic! And oh that green! Sigh! Thanks for stopping by! :D

Pepper

9/9/2016 12:45:59 pm

I am so in love with this cover!

Caryl Kane

9/9/2016 11:18:25 am

London 1807

Pepper, green is also my favorite color! Can't wait to add The Thorn Healer to my keeper shelf! *wink*

"You, sir, are a rogue!" Emily Payne scowled into the black marble gaze fixed on hers, determined to win the deadlock of stares. - Brentwood's Ward by Michelle Griep

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 12:11:16 pm

Ohhhh! That one is on my TBR pile too!! It may have just moved up a few books!! LOL!!

Pepper

9/9/2016 12:46:57 pm

Green!!!!!!!

Rachel link

9/9/2016 12:02:00 pm

I LOVE Pepper's books! I can't wait to read The Thorn Healer!

"Kacey didn't want to raise eyebrows and alert the entire town to her return." ~ Wild Montana Skies by Susan May Warren

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 12:13:36 pm

I know! Right!!!

Another book on my TBR pile! What fun! :D

Rachel Dixon

9/9/2016 12:19:50 pm

LOVE this cover!!! Can't wait for it to come out!

"Deirdre O'Leary strode down the wide corridor on the second floor of Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital, her stomach quivering with each step." - Love's Faithful Promise - Susan Anne Mason

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 12:35:41 pm

I know it! Me too! That green!! Sigh!

Another good one!! :D

Barbara link

9/9/2016 01:48:34 pm

"They who bear false-witness against the innocent and blameless are rightly condemned. What, though, of they who bear false-witness against those whose histories are not 'spotless'?"

Love & Friendship by Whit Stillman

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 04:46:02 pm

I will have to check this one out! :)

Beth Erin link

9/9/2016 02:48:22 pm

Oh, I LOVE Pepper's books!!!
Okay! I'm reading Candace Calvert's novella, The Recipe (AND btw she's having a contest, check out her facebook page)
"Lucas Marchal fully expected his grandmother to show no interest in her hospital dinner tray; her appetite had dwindled to almost nothing. But in his wildest dreams he wouldn't have imagined that her dour, no-nonsense nurse's aid would lift the dish cover, scream, then stumble backward and fall to the floor."
(the first line was sad and lonely, I can't help myself)

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 04:46:43 pm

I will also have to go check this one out! :)

Carrie @ Reading Is My SuperPower link

9/9/2016 05:52:14 pm

I adore Pepper's first lines :-D

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/9/2016 08:22:21 pm

Me too!! :D

Anne Rightler

9/9/2016 09:50:33 pm

Well, I saw this post earlier today and the only book close was my copy of The One Year Bible and of course the first line is "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

It is still Friday (but not for long) and the nearest book now is The Domino Effect by Davis Bunn. "Esther Larsen hurried along the corridor, racing the clock."
Haven't read any of Pepper's books yet :( Certainly shall rectify that in the near future!
Hope your day was fantastic and the weekend simply mahvelous

Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books

9/13/2016 10:21:08 am

Thanks for stopping by, Anne! :) I will have to look that book up!

Hope you get your hands on Pepper's books soon!

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