First Line Fridays -- Longing for Home

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First Line Fridays -- Longing for Home

3/16/2018

via Hoarding Books

Today I am going to post a line from

book one in the Hope Springs Series,

Longing for Home
by Sarah M. Eden

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The books in the Hope Springs Series:

This series is about an Irish Family that have
immigrated to the United States.

My First Line:

Wyoming Territory, 1870

Eighteen years had passed since Katie Macauley killed her sister.

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

Then head on over to Hoarding Books and link up!
And then hop around the linky.

10 Comments

Suzie link

3/16/2018 10:26:07 am

I've only read a couple of Sara M. Eden's books but really enjoyed them. Maybe I'll get to these others someday (when my TBR isn't so out of control. A girl can dream, right?).

My current read happens to be in the vein of the St. Patrick's Day theme:

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 fantastic weekend!

Heather Snyder link

3/16/2018 11:16:05 am

I love the cover--I used to play the violin. :) Wow...what an opening statement! Happy Friday!

Becky Smith

3/16/2018 12:02:31 pm

Happy Friday! My first line is from At Home with Daffodils by Paula Moldenhauer:

"Not again!"

Yvette link

3/16/2018 02:05:15 pm

Though I’m sharing a book with an Irish hero, The Promise of Breeze Hill by Pam Hillman, on my blog today, here’s the first line of an audiobook I’ve borrowed from the library on a friend’s recommendation, The Bookshop on the Corner (or, in the UK, The Little Shop of Happily Ever After) by Jenny Colgan:

“The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things.”

Happy Friday!

Nicole Santana link

3/16/2018 02:10:46 pm

Love that cover!

Happy Friday!

Today 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."

Beth Erin link

3/16/2018 02:47:09 pm

Pretty covers!

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.
Storm Front by Susan May Warren

Linda Moffitt

3/16/2018 05:13:03 pm

That is a GREAT 1st Line
Here's the first Line from the book I'm reading Right Now
The Great Alone Kristin Hannah
That spring, rain fell in great sweeping gusts that rattled the rooftops.

Iola link

3/17/2018 12:52:47 am

I don't think I've read anything by Sara Eden, but I love those covers,and that's the kind of first line that makes me want to keep reading.

I'm sharing the first line from A Season to Dance by Patricia Beal on my blog today, but I'll share here from the book I'm currently reading: A Chance at Forever by Melissa Jagears:

"I wish you luck, George."
"It's Aaron now. Don't forget."

Have a great weekend!

Kay Garrett

3/17/2018 06:48:45 am

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jesse.” Justin Cade raised a beer to his reflection then gulped half of the microbrew.
“Bad Boy Rancher” by Karen Rock

Philippa link

3/18/2018 02:32:48 pm

Oh dear. This is the second first line post I have seen where sisters don't come out too well!

Here is the opening from my favourite story for you: "All children, except one, grow up." Have a great week.

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