“ He struggles to breathe. There’s blood trickling into one of his eyes. His glasses are gone. He can hear the ocean rising to meet him. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. ”
The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley (2019, Simon & Schuster Canada)
I have just started this novel and it promises to be a good one!
Would you keep reading?
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2019
(This post is linked to It’s Not Hoarding If It’s Books and her One Line Friday challenge.)
I have a copy of this that I have been meaning to get to!!! That is a first line that hooks you in!
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It certainly hooked me. My intention was to read a chapter but I ended up reading more 😄
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Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I’m sharing the first couple of lines from No Greater Love by Gina Holder. It’s a really good book! I’m currently on chapter 25, so I’ll share the first line from there.
“If his sister fluffed his pillow one more time, Hamilton was going to lose his last shred of sanity.”
Hope you have an excellent weekend. 😀❤📚
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This line definitely makes me curious 😀
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Today on my blog I’m featuring the first line from No Greater Love by Gina Holder but It’s also my current read so I’ll share the first line from chapter 15 here: “Kathleen tucked her legs under the steering wheel of her rental.” Hope you have a great weekend with lots of reading time!
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Thank you – and you as well. Hope you get to complete this story.
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My first line is from The Express Bride by Kim Woodhouse:
Prologue:
St. Louis, March 1834
With shaking limbs, she climbed into the plush carriage awaiting her, the precious bundle in her arms worth far more than the money, trinkets and trunks of clothing she left behind.
Wonderful book. Check out the whole series of The Daughters of the Mayflower.
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Thank you for sharing this – it sounds intriguing.
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Based on the first line, I think I would. It is intriguing because the reader doesn’t know what happened to the person. And I like the location. There is an ocean.
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The story is set in Mexico by the beach 😊
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Happy Friday! My first line is from “Edge of Truth” by Kimberly Rose Johnson:
“The hair on Kara Nelson’s neck prickled as she sat behind the wheel of her car parked near the Miami Beach Marina. Something wasn’t right.”
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Now this sounds like my kind of read!
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Happy Friday! That’s quite the opening! I’m sharing from The Crossing at Cypress Creek by Pam Hillman on my blog today. I’m only a few pages in, and this is my favorite line so far:
“Her stomach did a slow roll at the unexpected lilt of an Irish brogue.”
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Sounds like a true romantic tale! 🙂
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I would definitely keep reading. It sounds very exciting.
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It is Robbie. And such an unexpected ending.
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Today I’m sharing the first lines from A Reluctant Bride by Jody Hedlund: “Hang on a little longer, my lamb. Happy reading and have a great rest of the weekend!
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/07/first-line-fridays-reluctant-bride-by.html
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Thank you, you too. And thank you for sharing your first line.
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