Fridays come around quickly and accordingly, First Line Fridays, hosted by Hoarding Books. Today I’m delighted to feature Melissa Tagg’s soon to be released Maple Valley romance, Now and The and Always. If you have read any of Melissa’s books you will know that Maple Valley is a place we all want to visit and stay for a while. A long while if there is an abundance of Logans and Becketts and Bears wandering the streets 😉 Now and Then and Always begins a new series – Maple Valley series – a spin off from her Walker Family series that is so well loved. Makes sure you find room in your budget and calendar for what promises to be another wonderful love story!
I’d love you to share a first line from a book close to you…
First Line
Short and innocuous, right? But with just 5 words, we all know it clearly isn’t just a house!!
Last year, after traumatic circumstances forced her from her job as a nanny, Mara Bristol finally found a place to belong—the winsome Everwood Bed & Breakfast at the edge of Maple Valley, Iowa. For months, she’s helped its owner, Lenora, maintain the ramshackle property despite their shortage of guests. But when Lenora fails to return from a month-long trip and the bank threatens foreclosure, Mara worries she’s once again alone . . . abandoned . . . about to lose the only true home she’s ever known.
Detective Marshall Hawkins is no closer to whole today than he was two years ago . . . the day his daughter died. Between his divorce, debilitating migraines, and a dependence on medication, his life is falling apart. And when a reckless decision on the job propels him into administrative leave, he has no other plan but to get in his truck and drive. A one-night stay at the Everwood was supposed to be just that. But there’s something about the old house—or maybe its intriguing caretaker—that pulls him in.
Together, Mara and Marshall set out to save the Everwood. But its secrets run deeper than they could’ve imagined. As they renovate the house and search for its missing owner, they’ll each confront the pain that brought them to the Everwood in the first place . . . and just maybe discover a faith and love to help them carry on.
Romance and mystery collide in this first installment in award-winning author Melissa Tagg’s new Maple Valley series.
Award-winning author Melissa Tagg is a former reporter, current nonprofit grant writer and total Iowa girl. She writes romantic comedies in the banter-filled style of her favorite 1930s and 40s classic films. When she’s not writing she can be found hanging out with the coolest family ever, watching old movies, and daydreaming about her next book. Melissa loves connecting with readers at www.melissatagg.com and on Facebook and Instagram.
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May 25, 2019 at 12:47 am
My first line is from The Pink Bonnet by Liz Tolsma
“Momma, Momma, watch me.”
Happy Reading!
Melissa’s book is so pretty! I will have to get it from the library.
May 25, 2019 at 12:54 am
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I am sharing the first couple of lines from Becoming Us by Robin Jones Gunn: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/05/23/first-line-friday-88/. It’s the first book I’ve ever read by this author. So far I like it. I’m just getting into it, so I will share the first line from chapter 2 here.
“I returned to the great room and saw Jennalyn standing next to the kitchen counter.”
I hope you have a really great weekend. Happy reading! 🤗💜📚
May 25, 2019 at 2:30 am
Fridays do come around too quickly! Have a great weekend!
May 25, 2019 at 3:57 am
First line from Of Fire and Lions by Meru Andrews not counting the scripture referenced above chapter 1:
I’d never seen a sesame seed grow until I came to Babylon almost seventy years ago.
I am enjoying this work of fiction depicting Daniel during his captivity in Babylon.
May 25, 2019 at 5:51 am
Happy Friday! I’m sharing from A Modest Independence by Mimi Matthews today. Here is the first line from Chapter 10:
“Jenny stood on the deck of the Indus, watching the ancient city of Alexandria come into view.”
May 25, 2019 at 9:34 am
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first line from Finding Beautiful by Rebecca Friedlander: “What would it look like to pack your bags and travel the world in search of true beauty?”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/05/first-line-fridays-finding-beautiful-by.html
May 25, 2019 at 12:33 pm
Happy Weekend! My first line is from “The Black Veil” by June Belfie:
“Rebecca Gingerich rested her hands on the the deep milk-white sill of the kitchen window and peered out from the clapboard farmhouse she’d been born in nearly twenty-three years ago to the day.”
May 25, 2019 at 2:26 pm
Ha! Great minds think alike. (It was my week to do the main Hoarding Books post this week.) Can’t wait to read this one!
My first line on my own blog this week comes from Flight of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse, but I’m also listening to Great Expectations by Charles Dickens in audio book format at the moment, so I’m going to share the first line from Chapter 51:
What purpose I had in view when I was hot on tracing out and proving Estella’s parentage, I cannot say.
Have a great weekend!
https://fictionaficionado.com/first-line-friday-flight-of-the-raven/
May 25, 2019 at 11:13 pm
Sorry I’m a little late coming around this weekend! The book I shared on my blog this week is Vigilant by Sara Davison but it’s also the book I’m currently reading so I’ll share the first line from my current chapter (22) here: “Daniel stared at the computer screen like he’d been doing for hours, his mind racing.” Hope you have a wonderful weekend with plenty of quality reading time! 🙂
May 26, 2019 at 12:07 am
Typo on my post. The author is Mesu Andrews, my apologies to the author for misspelling her name.