It’s Friday again! Many of my reader friends are heading off to the Christian Fiction Reader’s Retreat this weekend, so I wish them all a very happy time in Cincinnati and look forward to seeing lots of pictures!
This week I have a first line from a book that’s a little out of my usual genre, but I’m a fan of Thomas Locke’s/Davis Bunn’s writing so I’ve managed to get sucked in to this series and I’m looking forward to reading this conclusion to it very soon!
~ About the Book ~
The research team abandons the lab on the Florida coast and flees to a mountain refuge in Italy. The battles in Charlie’s mind are overtaken by real life attacks. He must grapple with the daunting realization that a conspiracy is taking hold on both internal and external levels. Can Gabriella be trusted, or is she just part of the scheme?
Leave behind your assumptions about the way the world works, and race along the unknown corridors of human consciousness in Fault Lines.
~ First Line ~
The Satellite Beach community center was not the sort of place to require an armed agent guarding the coffee machine.
Intriguing, huh?!
Before I go, we have another new member to welcome to First Line Friday: Tima from Book Reviews by Tima. Welcome, Tima!
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Fiction Aficionado 
That first line is intriguing – and funny. So its almost perfect! I’m currently reading Freedom’s Ring by Heidi Chiavaroli:
Death’s threshold overwhelmed me in a swell of instant silence and intense heat.
It’s a dual timeline story set in 1770’s and modern Boston.
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I hope I get the chance to read that soon!
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That is an intriguing first line, it made me laugh a little too. I hope you have a wonderful weekend my friend!
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It is a good one, isn’t it?! Have a wonderful weekend yourself. 🙂
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WHOA! Such an intriguing first line!
Here is my first line:
Rebekah
In the fourth grade we made little rockets out of old film canisters, baking soda, and vinegar.
The Isaac Project by Sarah Monzon
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That’s the only one of Sarah’s I haven’t read yet. Must fix that!
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Haha! That’s a great first line! Makes you want to know why there’s an armed guard for the coffee machine! I enjoyed the first book in the series, but I forgot he had a sequel coming out. 🙂
I’m sharing about Three Wishes by Lisa T. Bergren over on my blog today, but I’m currently reading the sequel, Four Winds, so I’ll share that here. 🙂
“Javier laughed and shook his head as we reached the top of the sand dune, Centinela loping in a wide circle around us. “I do not know if I can court a girl from the future and have a pet wolf,” he said in Spanish. “That is a lot to ask of one man.”
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Lol! I love your first line, too. I haven’t read that series yet, but I have them on my Kindle 🙂
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Ah it’s really good. Have you read the original series that it’s based on? 🙂
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No, but I have that, too! 😊
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Sweet! Hope you get to read them soon. The originals are my favorite series of all time. 🙂
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Happy Friday!
My first line is from The Spinster & the Cowboy by Lena Nelson Dooley:
“When the sharp rap on his closed office door roused him, Joshua Dillinger raised his gaze from the legal document he had been studying with intense concentration.”
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I have a headache just thinking about it! Have a great weekend 🙂
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Great line!
Here’s mine from Misty Beller’s The Lady and the Mountain Man “Are you going to poison her the way you killed your last wife?”
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Wow! What an opening!
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That sounds like a neat book!
After reading tons of fiction books all summer, I’m taking a fiction break and reading non-fiction. 🙂 I’m currently reading “Arms and Equipment in the Civil War,” which is a super fascinating read that goes in depth with all of the weapons used, tactics used, etc.
And I’m reading two other non-fiction books. 😉 Overload? Maybe. 😀
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I’m fascinated by military tactics. Sounds like an interesting read!
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Sounds like a great story.
My first line:
“I inspected the knife in my hand.” ~ Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Happy Reading!
Dinh@Arlene’s Book Club
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Ooh! Intriguing!
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Great first line!
I’m currently reading The Promise of Breeze Hill by Pam Hillman. The first line is: “Connor O’Shea braced his boots against the auction block and glared at the crowd gathering on the landing.”
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I hope I get a chance to read that soon. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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I know I’m breaking protocol but I’m still readin the same book! So this is the first line of another chapter.. just to whet your reading appetite:
“Right… right here.” Peter came to a halt between two massive trees where the undergrowth provided a good screen for anyone hiding.
A Name Unknown by Roseanna White.
I need to find more time to read!
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Oh, but that’s such a good book. I don’t mind getting another line. But, yes! Find more time! (Haha. Like it’s hiding in the cupboard or something!)
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Very intriguing! Happy Saturday!
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Same to you!
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JUST BREATH. – Just Look Up by Courtney Walsh. I just finished this one. It’s a good book, but not what I was expecting.
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I haven’t read that one yet, but that first line is great advice!
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