First Line Friday Featuring 'The Ark and the Dove' by Jill Eileen Smith

Happy Friday Bookworms!

I have been in serious bookworm mode this entire month and have been reading some amazing novels, including the novel that I am featuring today for First Line Friday!  I know it's been quite awhile since I've participated, and I couldn't let another Friday go by without sharing my own first line.♥︎

I am participating with Carrie Schmidt at Reading is My Super Power and today I am featuring the first line from The Ark and the Dove by Jill Eileen Smith.  

I am also showing off this gorgeous cover today on my Instagram page with a giveaway opportunity from JustRead Tours, so be sure to stop by once you've read the first line from this awesome Biblical fiction here!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: The Ark and the Dove

Author: Jill Eileen Smith

Publisher: Revell

Release Date: February 27, 2024

Genre: Biblical Fiction

Zarah and Noah have walked together with the Creator for their entire lives, and they have done their best in an increasingly wicked and defiant world to raise their three sons to follow in their footsteps.

It has been a challenge--and it's about to get much, much harder.

When the Creator tells her husband to build an ark to escape the coming wrath against the sins of humankind, Zara steps out with him in faith. But the derision and sabotage directed their way from both friends and extended family are difficult to bear, as is knowing that everyone she interacts with beyond her husband, her sons, and their wives is doomed to destruction. And when the ark is finally finished and the animals have been shut up inside, Zara and her family embark on an adventure that will test their patience and their faith as they await deliverance and dry ground.

Experience the story of Noah and the flood like you never have before. With bestselling and award-winning author Jill Eileen Smith as your guide, you'll never look at a rainbow the same way again. 

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First Line Friday 'The Heart of Holiday' by Michele Paige Holmes

Welcome to First Line Friday!  I am participating with Carrie Schmidt at Reading is My Super Power and today I am featuring the first line from The Heart of Holiday by Michele Paige Holmes, a novel that was just released this week!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: The Heart of Holiday

Series: Holiday Harbor #3

Author: Michele Paige Holmes

Publisher: Mirror Press

Release Date: May 23, 2023

Genre: Women's Fiction

Sometimes the best-laid plans are turned completely upside down.

Welcome to the small town of Holiday, Alabama, population 765. In Holiday everyone knows their neighbors—and their business . . .

Caroline Whittaker has loving, supportive parents, she’s embarking on a promising career as a cardiac surgeon—her lifelong dream—and her boyfriend is about to propose. Nothing could be farther from her radar than a visit to Holiday, Alabama, population 767.

Tired of living in his father and brother’s shadows, Charlie Armstrong has moved from his hometown and is living the bachelor life, indulging in his love of sports and putting all of his resources and passion into his “boys,” the high school football team he coaches. He doesn’t see a reason to ever move home again—until a stranger beats him to it and an odd series of events leads him straight there, to his father’s house in the heart of Holiday, with some of the town’s quirkiest residents settled in for an extended stay as well.

Charlie has long since given up figuring any of them out, but the new woman in town is another matter. She’s a mystery worth solving, and he’ll do whatever it takes to unravel Carol’s secrets, help her heal, and prove that he’s as good at love as the rest of his family.

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First Line Friday 'Fake Dating the Grumpy Bigshot' by Leah Busboom

Welcome to First Line Friday!  I am participating with Carrie Schmidt at Reading is My Super Power and today I am featuring the first line from Fake Dating the Grumpy Bigshot by Leah Busboom.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: Fake Dating the Grumpy Bigshot

Series: Too Busy For Love #4

Author: Leah Busboom

Publisher: LBRB Consulting

Release Date: May 16, 2023

Genre: Romantic Comedy

He's my brother's grumpy best friend, my enemy, and now we're fake dating. How did this happen?

Brent Masterson has been my enemy ever since “the debacle” that we don’t speak about. In a moment of weakness, because I can’t seem to land a job in my degreed profession, I agreed to be his assistant. What was I thinking?

It’s easy to resist his usual Resting Grump Face, which apparently is his default mode around me. But sometimes when I least expect it, he gives me a knee-weakening smile or a flirty look, and my resistance to him completely crumbles.

Maybe that’s why, when he explained the ultimatum his dad issued to him to find a serious girlfriend in only six months or the baseball organization that Brent manages will be sold, I also agreed to this crazy fake dating scheme.

So, here I am, working for and fake dating Mr. Grumpy Bigshot. My foolish heart is all in, while my brain screams alarm bells. Why do I feel like this isn’t going to end well?

This hilarious grumpy/sunshine, fake dating Rom Com will make you laugh out loud as these two discover that the person they thought they hated might well be the person they love.

Will Brent and Libby’s bumpy road to love end in happiness or heartbreak? 

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