First Line Friday #39-The Secrets of Paper and Ink

Happy Friday, my bookish friends! Any plans for the weekend? This weekend is super busy with opening my Free Little Library on Saturday, my daughter coming home for Spring Break, bringing two friends with her, and my in-laws coming for dinner. Sunday morning is Church and Sunday afternoon we are taking our youth group bowling. Welcome back to First Line Friday hosted by Carrie at Reading is My SuperPower!! I am also linking up with Gilion on Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings. This is where you share the beginning of the book that you are reading. To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line (or your link).  This week I am reading The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel. I started it on Monday, then set it aside to finish Northanger Abbey.

Edward, 

Hello, new friend.

Book Beginnings:

Prologue

Edward, 

Hello, new friend. I must say, the hollow of this tree is the perfect location to leave you a note. Thank you ever so much for allowing me to share your special spot. It's nice to have a friend. All the children back home thought I wasn't a proper enough lady because I prefer climbing trees to needlework. I am glad you are not like them. 

Codially,

Emily Fairfax

About the book (from Goodreads):

Lindsay Harrel presents a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and finding the courage to write your own story.

A year after the death of her abusive fiancé, domestic violence counselor Sophia Barrett finds returning to work too painful. She escapes to Cornwall, England--a place she's learned to love through the words of her favorite author--and finds a place to stay with the requirement that she help out in the bookstore underneath the room she's renting. Given her love of all things literary, it seems like the perfect place to find peace.

Ginny Rose is an American living in Cornwall, sure that if she saves the bookstore she co-owns with her husband then she can save her marriage as well. Fighting to keep the first place she feels like she belongs, she brainstorms with her brother-in-law, William, and Sophia to try to keep the charming bookstore afloat.

Two hundred years before, governess Emily Fairfax knew two things for certain: she wanted to be a published author, and she was in love with her childhood best friend. But he was a wealthy heir and well out of her league. Sophia discovers Emily's journals, and she and William embark on a mission to find out more about this mysterious and determined woman, all the while getting closer to each other as they get closer to the truth.

The lives of the three women intertwine as each learns the power she has over the story of her life.

Your turn! Grab the current book you are reading and post the first line in the comments! Then, click on the icons below and join the fun there too! Thank you all for coming by each week, I REALLY appreciate the support and comments 😀