Happy Friday, reader friends! My plans for cranking some reading out while on vacation were hit and miss. On travel days, I had no problem keeping my nose in a book. On the other days, there was almost too much going on around me to really concentrate. As my brother-in-law was making the food for his daughter’s wedding, he had his music cranked. Even when I went upstairs, it was loud (but not too loud to put earphones in and listen to an audiobook until he finished up in the kitchen).
This week, I’m sharing the line from Michelle Griep’s Christmas book. Well, Christmas, historical fiction, ode to Dickens. So much packed into this little story!!
About the Book
London, 1853: Innkeeper’s daughter Mina Scott will do anything to escape the drudgery of her life, for there’s nothing more mundane than serving customers day after day. Every minute she can, she reads and dreams of someday becoming a real lady—and catch the eye of William Barlow, a frequent guest at the inn.
William is a gentleman’s son, a charming but penniless rogue. However, his bachelor uncle will soon name an heir—either him or his scheming cousin. In an effort to secure the inheritance, William gives his uncle the impression he’s married, which works until he’s invited to bring his wife for a visit.
William asks Mina to be his pretend bride, only until his uncle names an heir on Christmas Day. Mina is flattered and frustrated by the offer, for she wants a true relationship with William. Yet, she agrees. . .then wishes she hadn’t. So does William. Deceiving the old man breaks both their hearts. When the truth is finally discovered, more than just money is lost.
Can two hearts survive such deception?
What are you reading this weekend?
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I’ll be reading this one soon!
I’m sharing the first line from “My Hands Came Away Red” by Lisa McKay on my blog today, but I’ve also just finished reading Lisa Harris’s new release “A Secret to Die For”:
A sharp clatter jerked Grace Callahan out of the novel she was reading.
Have a great weekend!
Over on my blog I’m sharing the first line from Magnolia Summer by Melanie Dickerson. Here I’ll share the first line from chapter 5 of the same book.
“The eastern sky turned pink as Celia dressed for the day.”
Happy Friday!
My First Lines come from Season of Wonder by RaeAnne Thayne…..
“This is totally lame. Why do we have to stay here and wait for you? We can walk home in, like, ten minutes.” Daniela Capelli drew in a deep breath and prayed for patience, something she seemed to be doing with increasing frequency these days when it came to her thirteen-year-old daughter. “It’s starting to snow and already almost dark.”
Have an awesome weekend and happy reading!
I’m continuing to read this one! I was going to read it last night, but while I was preparing my blog post sharing first line from Shelley Shepard Gray’s Her Fear, I ended up reading that entire book instead.
Here I’ll share the first lines for another novella I plan to read soon, Come Fly with Me by Gina Welborn and Becca Whitham:
Please, let him not be here. As Luanne Palmer climbed the stairs to the second floor, she muttered “please” after “please.”