Happy Friday, friends! Do you have any exciting plans for the weekend? Mine (hopefully) includes a lot of reading. Always the best kind of weekend. Thanks to Hoarding Books for hosting us. Be sure and jump over there to read what others are sharing this week.
This week, I’m sharing the first line from a book you may not have heard about yet. Kyle Hunter and I roomed together a couple years ago at the ACFW Conference here in Nashville so I got to know her a bit. When she reached out and told me she’d published her first book, I was thrilled. One December gives you a great peek into what living in Paris for a year would be like.
About the book
Nikki has loved Mike for as long as she can remember (as early as age seven!) Mike has his own past hurts to resolve, having lost both parents in an accident when he was fourteen. He’s tried to escape those painful memories by leaving New York and starting a new life on the West Coast. New facts indicate, years later, that his parents’ deaths might not have been an accident.
At Christmas Mike comes back to New York for the first time in three years. He and Nikki rekindle the friendship they had as children and share their newfound faith. Under a Christmas moon romantic sparks fly . . . but their mutual attraction takes an unexpected detour.
Nikki is devastated, believing her one chance for a relationship with Mike is over. She impulsively takes a one-year teaching opportunity in Paris, so that she can face her own fears and get over Mike.
If Mike and Nikki run away, how can they find each other again?
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Interesting premise. I’ve loved my experiences overseas so it would be fun to revisit Paris with this character.
“I am not sure I will live long enough to finish this account.” – The Man with Two Names by Vincent B. Davis II
Over on my blog I’m sharing the first line from The Weaver’s Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd. Here I’ll share the first line from chapter 30.
“Henry winced as he gripped the newel post and pivoted from the stair’s landing to the next flight of stairs.” — The Weaver’s Daughter by Sarah E. Ladd (first line from chapter 30)
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Today on my blog, I am sharing the first line from Chasing the Wind by Paula Scott. Here I will post the first line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet. It’s the book closest to me right now because I’m currently teaching it to my 9 Honors kiddos.
“Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood make civil hands unclean.”
Have an excellent Friday and a great weekend!
Happy Friday!
My FLF is from one of my favorites by Terri Blackstock called Covenant Child.
“There’s a question that haunts me in the blackest hours of night, when wasted moments crowd my dreams and mock the life I know. The question is this: How could a child born of privilege and promise grow up with nothing?”
Hope you have a great weekend!
Elin Carlson walked into the barn and everything changed. – Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin
Happy Friday!
oh fun! JustRead is touring this book soon (thank you, btw) 🙂
My current first line is from Kathy Herman’s Only By Death – “Liam Berne was about to commit murder – at least according to Arkansas law.”
Kyle told me and I’m tickled pink she reached out to you gals!
I love this cover! I’ve been to Paris, so I will definitely have to read this book. 🙂 Happy Friday!
I’m not much of a traveler in real life but traveling in a book is a different story. This sounds interesting! My in-laws are visiting for the weekend so I am enjoying that! I hope you have a nice weekend.
Happy Friday! I’m sharing from library books today, since it is National Library Week, so here is the first line from Laura V. Hilton’s Love by the Numbers:
“He was gorgeous. Simply gorgeous.”
We are supposed to get lots of snow tomorrow so hopefully my weekend will involve being snuggled up with my sweet girl, reading lots of fun books. Happy Friday!
Hope your Friday was great. On my blog, I’m featuring Jen Turano’s book, A Match of Wits. Here I will share the first line on page 113 of a book I’m currently reading, The Heaven Answer Book by Billy Graham. “Marriage in Heaven will be on a much higher plane because the church will be united with Christ.” Wishing you a wonderful weekend!