It’s time for a new edition of First Line Fridays hosted by the Hoarding Books blog!
It’s a special edition of First Line Fridays, featuring a book from an author you haven’t read yet! It was actually a bit of a challenge to pick a TBR book from a new-to-me-author because there are SO MANY books out there I want to read from authors I love or have recently discovered! (I’m seeing this as a really good thing.)
I picked When Fall Fades by Amy Leigh Simpson. It sounds like my cup of tea: romantic suspense. And, the reviews and praise I’ve been hearing from author and reader friends convinced me I need to read the whole series!
First Lines:
Chapter 1
This can’t be good. Pulling up to the scene and slipping behind his FBI agent mask, or rather an expression as impenetrable as Kevlar, Archer Hayes removed himself from his Suburban and set to the task at hand.
Your turn! Find the book closest to you and share your first line in the comments! Then, head over to Hoarding Books for the linky and visit other FLF posts!
The Green Mockingbird 
Oh yay! So happy to see one of Amy’s books featured for First Line Friday. I love this series!
I’m glad to hear it! I have heard wonderful things about this series.
Happy Friday! My first line (actually first 2 and the little poem before) is from “A Little Ray of Sunshine” by Kimberly Rae Jordan.
“(Shadows around me, shadows above me
Never conceal my Savior and Guide:
He is the light, in Him is no darkness,
Ever I’m walking close to His side.)
Ryan McFadden looked at each of the men gathered around the large boardroom table. He searched the familiar faces for any sign of the unease that sat so heavy in his gut.”
Happy weekend! I like the poem!
Happy Friday! 😎
My first lines come from a book I will be reading soon, Through the Autumn Air by Kelly Irvin…….
At what point did a person realize that the special moments in life streak by in a flash, distilled into memories before they could be truly lived? Mary Katherine Ropp stood motionless in the middle of her kitchen, a platter holding a two-layer German chocolate cake covered in whipped cream cheese frosting nestled in her hands.
Have an awesome weekend and happy reading!😊📚💖
1. That statement about special moments is so true! 2. Now I want chocolate cake!
Happy reading, Susan!
Happy Friday! I’m featuring lines from Julia Wolf’s Cut Free on my blog today.
Here, I’m sharing lines from Susan Stoker’s Defending Allye.
“So I’ll see you back at the rendezvous point, right?” Black asked.
“Absolutely,” Gray told his friend and partner as he readied himself to slip over the side of the fiberglass boat into the Pacific Ocean.
Oooh, that sounds intriguing! Happy weekend!
I wasn’t aware of the theme, but my choice fits! I’m sharing from True Grit by Charles Portis today, here is a line from the ebook at 7%:
“If Papa had a failing it was his kindly disposition. People would use him. I did not get my mean streak from him.”
Happy Friday!
Yay! Happy weekend!
I agree with you! There are so many wonderful authors to discover and so many books I want to read. 🙂 Happy reading!
Happy weekend!
On my blog, I’ve shared the first line from Kim Vogel Sawyer’s upcoming novel Ours For a Season. Right now, I’m just finishing up As the Tide Comes In by Cindy and Erin Woodsmall. I’m going to share the first line from chapter 36 here:
“Luella drove toward church as Tara fidgeted with notes to her speech.”
Hope you have a great weekend filled with relaxing reading time! 😃📚
Thank you! Happy reading! It has been a busy weekend, but I managed to read some!
That was quite the first line!
YES, it is! I kinda skipped over the prologue because it’s from the villain’s POV (at least I think so). This line from chapter 1 is way more interesting!
I read this a couple of years ago, and have recently been reminded that there are now new books in the series I need to read …
I’m sharing from Know You More by Jan Thompson on my blog – it’s the latest addition to my never-ending to-read pile. And it’s currently free on Kindle (for around another 24 hours).
Yay, I’m glad to know you were a fan! Happy weekend!
I haven’t heard of this book before. Thanks for sharing!
It originally had a different cover, so you might have seen it around. Author Pepper Basham and Beth Erin (at Faithfully Bookish) have gushed about this series so much I really want to read it!
I can’t wait to hear what you think!!!! 😍
Oh I’m sure I will tell you! 🙂
Eeeep! Yay! 😁