Welcome to First Line Fridays. What is First Line Fridays?? It’s where we share the first line only of a book we are currently reading, or one that is on our shelves. This week’s first is from an upcoming read for me, called The Au Pair by Emma Rous
Here is the first line:
About the Book:
If V. C. Andrews and Kate Morton had a literary love child, Emma Rous’ The Au Pair would be it.
One of the most anticipated books of 2019 from Pop Sugar, Bustle, Cosmo, Parade, and Goodreads!
Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer at their family’s estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings, and the aloof couple who drew a young nanny into their inner circle.
Now an adult, Seraphine mourns the recent death of her father. While going through his belongings, she uncovers a family photograph that raises dangerous questions. It was taken on the day the twins were born, and in the photo, their mother, surrounded by her husband and her young son, is smiling serenely and holding just one baby.
Who is the child, and what really happened that day?
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What’s your first line? Leave me a comment below and then visit the home of First Line Fridays at Hoarding Books to see all the other awesome participants.
This sounds fascinating! I’m definitely adding it to my TBR. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
My pleasure! I hope you get to enjoy this one. Thank you for visiting 🙂
Happy Friday! My first lines come from The Warrior Maiden by Melanie Dickerson:
“Galloping her horse past the big oak tree, Mulan pulled the bowstring taut. She aimed at the knothole with one eye closed and sent the arrow flying toward the target.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/01/first-line-fridays-warrior-maiden.html
I’ve been seeing that one pop up. It’s definitely calling me. I’ll have to get it 🙂
Happy Friday! On my blog, I am featuring a book by J. Stephen Lang, The Christian History Devotional. Here, will share a couple lines from the chapter I’m currently on. “1731: One of the world’s most famous books happens to be a Christian book, though most people think of it as an adventure story. It is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719.” I wish you a wonderful weekend.
Thank you for sharing!
Happy reading! What an intriguing cover!
Thank you!
Happy Friday! My first line is from “Yesterday’s Promises” by Kimberly Rae Jordan:
“Danica Callaghan sank down on the lowest of the wide, built-in, carpeted risers and surveyed her handiwork.”
Cool! I haven’t hear of this author until now. I’ll definitely check it out. Thank you for sharing it 🙂
This was such a GREAT read!!!
Awesome! I’ve been hearing that. I can’t wait to dive into it!
Oh wow looks like an intense read! I don’t know if I want to know how it’s like VC Andrews though lol. I’ve read several of her books in the past but they can get pretty dark.
This book sounds amazing! I hope you enjoy 🙂
Colletta
Happy Friday!
I shared the first couple of lines from Melanie Dickerson’s 9th book for her Hagenheim series “The Warrior Maiden” on my blog. I enjoyed reading that book and will be reviewing it soon.
Here, though, I will be sharing the first few lines from my current read “Carve the Mark” by Veronica Roth.
“Hushflowers always bloomed when the night was longest. The whole city celebrated the day the bundle of petals peeled apart into rich red – partly because hushflowers were their nation’s lifeblood, and partly, Akos thought, to keep them all from going crazy in the cold.”
Carve the Mark has long been on my TBR and I’m happy that I finally get to read it. I’m enjoying it so far, and I hope you enjoyed those lines as well.
May your weekend be filled with great books! 😀
Awesome first line! I may have to check the book out. Thank you for sharing and for coming by <3 .
Happy Friday! I’m sharing the first lines from One Mind’s Eye by Kathy Tyers today, here are the lines that follow:
“Llyn Torfinn stood at an i-net station, listening nervously, clasping her thin left arm with her right hand. Not much muscle padded the bones.”
Hope you have a good weekend.
Oh wow, this sounds fascinating. Is it set in Norfolk, Virginia, or the county of Norfolk in England? I don’t read many contemporaries, but this has really piqued my interest.
I haven’t read the book yet. It was on my Kindle TBR list so I chose it, but I believe it is Norfolk in England.
Ooops forgot my First Line. “Mercy Grove could no longer put off the painful task” which is from The Bride of Ivy Green by Julie Klassen.
I haven’t read a Julie Klassen book in a while….I think I need to!