Happy Friday, my bookish friends! 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 A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano.
"I say Tressa Harlowe's dead. It's the only explanation for it."
Book Beginnings:
Somerset, England, 1866
"I say Tressa Harlowe's dead. It's the only explanation for it."
I didn't set out to eavesdrop, but some conversations are simply too interesting to avoid overhearing. Especially when the topic discussed by these strangers is me. In such cases, I had no choice but to absorb every word, for wasn't it my business even more than theirs?
Synopsis (Goodreads):
Tressa Harlowe's father
did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended
family. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the
south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had
concealed it. Tressa and her ailing mother are left with a mansion and
an immense vineyard and no money to run it. It doesn't take long for a
bevy of opportunists to flock to the estate under the guise of offering
condolences. Tressa knows what they're really up to. She'll have to work
with the rough and rusticated vineyard manager to keep the laborers
content without pay and discover the key to finding her father's
fortune--before someone else finds it first.
Your
turn! Grab the current book you are reading and post the first line (or your link) in
the comments! Then, click on the icons below and join the fun there too!
This sounds good. I'll have to check it out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Yvonne!
DeleteThat definitely gets you wondering!
ReplyDeleteYes, it does!
DeleteI love a good treasure hunt. That first line cracked me up! I agree that "some conversations are simply too interesting to avoid overhearing."
ReplyDeleteWendy, especially if they were about you!
DeleteI love Politano's work!! Will need to add this to my TBR!
ReplyDeleteMy first line comes from The Governess by Kristie Self:
"The young girl stood near the front window of her family's home, fear crawling up her spine as she kept a watchful scene unfolding outdoors"
https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2022/09/first-line-friday-governess.html
Thanks Kelly-Ann, I appreciate you stopping by! This is the first book by Politano I have read. I have not read anything by Kristie Self.
DeleteHappy Friday!
ReplyDeleteI’m currently reading The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews.
“Julia sat immobile on the silk damask-cushioned bench in front of her carved walnut dressing table as her lady’s maid, Mary, put the final touches on her evening coiffure.”
I hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks Nicole, I hope you do as well.
DeleteWhat a great opening! I thought I had this one on my TBR list, but for some reason I don't. Adding it now. This sounds fantastic. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteAshley, I hope you enjoy it when you get a chance to read it. Have a great weekend!
DeleteReally love Joanna Politano’s books!
ReplyDeleteMy first line comes from Chapter 1 of A Gem of Truth by KimberleyWoodhouse :
April 1907 Hotel Casraneda Las Vegas, New Mexico
Some days were not predictable.
I hope you enjoy this one, Paula! Have a great weekend!
DeleteLove this cover! I haven't read it yet though. I'm currently reading Dangerous Beauty by Melissa Koslin and the first line is: "She ran." -- Hope you have a great rest of your weekend!
ReplyDeleteThanks Danielle, I hope you enjoy Dangerous Beauty!
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