First Line Fridays: Between Two Shores

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Today I’m excited to be featuring Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green. Resplendent in historical details this fully immersible story swept me off my feet, it captured my heart and didn’t let go. The details were so smoothly written and each one melded seamlessly to the next which only added more depth and emotion to the story. CLICK HERE to read my full review.

Lachine, Island of Montreal, Quebec
Late August 1759

Catherine Duval was used to waiting.

 

Hmmm… I wonder what Cathering is waiting for?  You won’t want to miss out on this latest book from Jocelyn Gree!

 

 Between Two Shores

 

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First Line Fridays: The Alamo Bride

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Today I’m excited to be featuring The Alamo Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo. I’m starting this book this weekend, and I just know that it’s going to be a wonderful story to enjoy this weekend. What is next up on your #TBR?

New Orleans, Louisiana
October 12, 1835

          He was the nephew of a governor and statesman and the grandson of a pirate who sailed with the infamous Jean Lafitte, but tonight Claiborne William Andre Gentry was merely one of the many anonymous souls who walked among Magazine Street in the Vieux Carre. Back in Tennessee, his sisters had teased him about the dark hair that was so different from their blond braids and yet so similar to the pirate whose name was forbidden in their home. Here in New Orleans, Clay’s resemblance to the grandfather his family never spoke of had caused him to fit in rather than look out of place. And when a man was carrying a secret on behalf of the president of the United States, looking out of place was not the goal.

 

Okay, so I did give you more than just one line. I just couldn’t stop at the first line!  Makes me curious to find out what secret Clay is carrying!

Clicking on the link below will take you to the Amazon page for this book so you too can find out what secret Clay is carrying!

  The Alamo Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo

 

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First Line Fridays: The Songbird and the Spy

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Today I’m excited to be featuring The Songbird and the Spy by J’nell Ciesielski. This story has something for everyone! A tender romance, a suspenseful, page-turning adventure, drama, witty dialogue, and dynamic characters that will charm you from the beginning! CLICK HERE to read my full review.

May 1940, France

Claire Baudin jittered with excitement as she checked her stocking seams. One final tweak to her new red straw hat and she slid out of the cramped ladies’ water closet. Tottering her way along the swaying railcar’s aisle, she bumped three elbows before falling into her seat.

 

Okay, so I gave you a little more than one line. I just couldn’t help myself! Trust me when I tell you that you won’t want to miss out on this fantastic story! This new story from J’nell Ciesielski comes out early February, but you can pre-order your copy today!

  The Songbird and the Spy

 

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First Line Fridays: Ladies of Intrigue

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Today I’m excited to be featuring Ladies of Intrigue (3 tales of 19th-century romance with a dash of mystery) by Michelle Griep. Each story is a stand-alone, filled with page-turning adventure and vivid characters that you won’t soon forget. These stories are filled with sweet romance a dash of mystery and plenty of witty dialogue. CLICK HERE to read my full review.

I’ll share with you today the first few lines from the first novella in this wonderful collection.

The Gentleman Smuggler’s Lady
Cornish Coast, 1815
When a prim and proper governess returns to England from abroad, she expects to comfort her dying father—not fall in love with a smuggler. Will Helen Fletcher keep Isaac Seaton’s unusual secret?

Port village of Treporth, Cornwall, England

Pretend I am courageous.
Pretend my heart still beats.
Pretend all manner of blissful things…
and that I shall find him alive.

Reaching a worn scrap of foolscap, Helen Fletcher tucked the paper into her valise, then snapped shut the clasp, wishing most of all she’d never received such horrid news. No one had ever warned her about the dangers of parchment.

Ladies of Intrigue

 

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First Line Fridays: Flights of Fancy

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Today I’m excited to be featuring Flights of Fancy (American Heiresses #1) by Jen Turano. There is plenty to love about this latest story from Jen Turano. With witty dialogue, vivid characters and plenty of fun, this story is one for the keeper shelf! I encourage you to pick up a copy and dive right in, you won’t be sorry! CLICK HERE to read my full review!

July 1885
Newport

          “Wonderful news, darling, I have it on good authority from none other than Mr. Ward McAllister that the Duke of Montrose has taken a special interest in you.”

 

Flights of Fancy

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First Line Fridays: A Bound Heart

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Today I’m excited to be featuring A Bound Heart by Laura Frantz. With descriptive beauty and vivid detail, this epic story is one that you will want on your keeper shelf to pull out and enjoy again and again! CLICK HERE to read my full review!

Isle of Kerrera, Scotland, 1752

As the sun slid from the sky, Lark pressed her back into the pockmarked cliff on the island’s west shore.

Snag your copy today!

    A Bound Heart

Before you run off to check out the other first lines, do be sure to enter the Giveaway running this week for Amber Lynn Perry’s new book So Bright A Hope. CLICK HERE

 

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First Line Fridays: The Lieutenant’s Bargain

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Today I’m excited to be featuring The Lieutenant’s Bargain (Fort Reno #2) by Regina Jennings. While this book is the second in the Fort Reno series, you can easily pick it up and start reading and not feel lost. However, with that said, you don’t want to miss out on the other fun stories in this series! CLICK HERE to read my full review!

December 1885
Indian Territory

          If she’d know there were so few washrooms in Indian Territory, Hattie Walker wouldn’t have drunk three cups of coffee at breakfast that morning.

 

Oh, I have been there, well kinda… While I haven’t ridden in a stage coach, I can definitely understand the difficulty of being on a long car trip without any bathroom stops within sight, and a desperate need to find one!

This story is such an enjoyable, page-turning delight! You won’t want to miss out!!

  The Lieutenant’s Bargain (Fort Reno #2)

 

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First Line Fridays: A Tale of Two Hearts

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Today I’m excited to be featuring A Tale of Two Hearts (Once Upon a Dickens Christmas #2) by Michelle Griep. This delightful story captured my heart! With irresistible characters, a fully immersible setting, and Michelle Gripe’s signature way with words, it all adds up to an unforgettable story that you are sure to need for your keeper shelf. CLICK HERE to read my full review!

London, 1853

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life,
or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
– David Copperfield

In the tiny back of the Golden Egg Inn, Mina Scott lowered her copy of David Copperfield to her lap and lifted her face to the October sun.

 

  A Tale of Two Hearts (Once Upon a Dickens Christmas #2)

 12 Days at Bleakly Manor (Once Upon A Dickens Christmas #1)

 

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First Line Fridays: My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge

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Today I’m excited to be featuring My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge: Laurel’s Dream by Pepper Basham. Pepper Basham eloquently captured the very essence of the Blue Ridge Mountains and warmly welcomed me home within the pages of this fantastic book. I loved this story and I seriously didn’t want it to end. CLICK HERE to see my full review!

September 1918

          “He’s bringing nothin’ but trouble, Caroline McAdams. Make no bones about it.”

 

Hmmm… Seems to me like someone is trying to stir up some trouble. You won’t want to miss out on this fantastic story! Pre-order your copy today!

  My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge: Laurel’s Dream

 

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First Line Fridays: Searching for You

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Today I’m excited to be featuring Searching for You by Jody Hedlund. Searching for You is a story that you will want for your “keeper” shelf. A story that you will want to pull out and read again. Jody Hedlund takes readers on a heartfelt journey through the pages of this book. I felt like I was right in the story with the characters. CLICK HERE to read my full review!

New York City
September 1859

          Sophie Neumann nuzzled her nose against Danny’s chest.

 

  Searching for You (Orphan Train #3)

 

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