I’m so excited to share today’s first line with you! It’s by one of my favorite new authors – Sondra Kraak! Today I’m featuring her latest title, Such A Hope, which is Book 1 in the Paths of Grace series.
I don’t want to give too much away since I will be fully reviewing this novel next week, and interviewing Sondra the week after (eeek!), but I must point out that this novel boldly explores an unusual topic. Here’s the first line:
Seattle, Washington Territory, September 1871
Anna Warren breathed the crisp air that hinted of salt.
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Kathleen Denly 
Hi there! I just came across this post of yours and your blog in general and I couldn’t help but comment and tell you how much I love this! Keep up the great work, I am going to follow you so I can keep up with all your new posts!
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Thank you.
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You are so welcome, you have such a great blog! Do you have Twiiter or Instagram? I just made accounts and would love to follow you!
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That’s very sweet of you to say. I’m so glad you are enjoying my blog. I do have Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest accounts. There are links at the top of the page under my blog title (just click on the little icons). Thank you for asking. 🙂
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Great! I will go have a look now. I look forward to reading more from you (:
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I’ll look forward to your review!
I’ve got the first line from Angela K. Couch’s “The Patriot and the Loyalist” on my blog this week. 🙂
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Thanks! I’m excited about it, too. That’s great that you’re sharing the first line for “The Patriot and the Loyalist” today. Did you get an advance copy? I haven’t read it yet, but I will be featuring “The Patriot and the Loyalist” next Friday (release day) and I’ll be doing a review, interview, and giveaway with Angela toward the end of this month. I’m so excited to read the next installment in this series and see where it takes Daniel! 🙂
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Yes, I got an advance copy. It’s absolutely riveting! Talk about a tangled web!
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Good morning. My first line is from Chapter 2 because Chapter one was very lengthy! 🙂
“Matthew Cuthbert and the sorrel mare jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River.” ~Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Oh! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE Anne of Green Gables!!! In fact, for the longest time I planned to give my daughter the middle name of “Anne” after the character, but alas I never gave birth to a girl. LOL Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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I haven’t bought Such a Hope yet, but I do look forward to reading it sometime.
My first line is from For the Love of Grace by Kimberly Rae Jordan
“Grace Anderson stared straight ahead at the white wall of a small hospital room.”
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Well, be sure to let me know what you think when you do read it! Have you read “For the Love of Grace”? How did you like it? Thanks for sharing!
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I LOVED Kimberly’s book, as I have all of her books. I think Bennett is an amazing character and good Christian man. I’m behind on writing reviews, but hope to write one for it today.
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I was fortunate to win a copy of Such a Hope.
Prologue
Dublin, Ireland, 1916
She heard it before she felt it. Harsh air sucking through clenched teeth, the grunt of an arm raised, the soft swish of a hand slicing the air. – A HEART REVEALED by Julie Lessman
Happy Friday and Happy Reading!
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Oooo that is awesome! Have you read “Such a Hope” yet? Wow that is a killer first line. Hopefully the main character isn’t about to get knocked out! Thanks for sharing!
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That is such a neat cover. I like the look of it. 🙂
My first line…
Far-off screams filled the air and rattled six-year-old Jimmy Colton’s bones.
Mama?
(from Beyond the Silence by Tracie Peterson and Kimberly Woodhouse)
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It is very pretty, isn’t it? Feels serene, to me. Very unlike your first line! LOL Thanks for sharing!
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Yes, serene was the word I was trying to think of. 🙂
Haha! VERY true. 😉
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This book is on my must read list! I’m starting The Memory of You by Catherine West today!
The wood-paneled walls of the boardroom were closing in.
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I hope you get to read it soon. It handles a topic I’ve never seen in a novel before. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing your first line!
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From My Heart Belongs in the Superstition Mountains: Carmela’s Quandary by Susan Page Davis
You get out there, and I mean now.
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Uh-oh. Someone is bossy and it sounds like someone else is in trouble. A great way to start a story! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Beautiful cover! Happy Friday!
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I agree! Thanks for stopping by!
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Looking forward to your review!
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Thank you. 🙂
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My first line is: “Lucy knew she was going to regret this.”
~Love, Lies & Typewriters: A Wartime Western Romance Novella
by Heather Blanton
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And yet it sounds like she is going to do it anyway. Hmmmm. 😉 Thanks for sharing!
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My first encounter with light as more than illumination from a flashlight was on our homestead in Alaska at age five.
Introduction to Who Told You That You Were Naked by William E Combs
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That is an intriguing first line. It immediately makes me wonder why they have been living in such darkness until that point. Thanks for sharing!
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Such a Hope is on my TBR list and I can’t wait to read it. My first line is “An angel of light stood before me, blonde, beautiful, one hand behind his back.” From Widow by Denise Weimer.
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That first line makes me picture someone with a heavenly light glowing behind them. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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She is a fantastic author. Can’t wait to see the review!!
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Thanks! I’m excited to share!
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“Bernadette had been dead two weeks when her sisters showed up in Doyle’s living room asking for the statue back.” – Run by Ann Patchett.
Happy Reading!
Dinh@Arlene’s Book Club
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Hmm must be an important statue. Thanks for sharing!
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