The weekend, people!
Welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Reading Is My Superpower. To participate, add your blog link here and visit the other book bloggers listed there and comment on their posts. Or just share what you're reading in the comments below. (FYI, I use affiliate links to Amazon throughout my blog.)
Disclaimer - Beth is my niece and I've read all her books. :-)
Love the cover, btw.
Story opens with a prologue on how Scott, our MC, and his friends become uber wealthy. Then the set up - he becomes guardian to a three year old! Well, along with the 3 year old, Beckett, comes a caretaker, Whitney, who ends up as the nanny. Fun!
I'm about halfway through the ARC - the book drops in 4 days on March 15, 2022. It's available pre-order for only 99 cents!
It's first person POV for both Scott and Whitney. Here are the first lines from Scott...
I shifted on the couch, getting more comfortable. The TV droned in the background, more for noise than because I cared about the baseball game. Living in Old Town Alexandria, I was a Washington Nationals fan...
So we know the setting right away, which is important for me as a reader. I want to know who, where, and what right off the bat. Ha, get it? Off the bat... and I'm not even a baseball fan. But evidently Scott is and that tells me a bit about him. That's important for me as well.
Overall, then, a gentle opening that doesn't necessarily grab one's attention, but heh, if you aren't hooked by the title of the book, then you probably haven't gotten to page one to sample the opening chapter anyway. And Maddrey's 'billionaire' books are more kinda-sorta billionaire stories. Her focus is definitely on the characters, their Chrsitian walk and relationships, not the jetsetting lifestyle.
Another weekly meme is the #Friday56 - a snippet from page 56 or location 56 if on a tablet. Here's what I found (regarding the investment strategy that turns them all into billionaires)...
I copied a few links into the group chat. Should I put my suggestion out now, or give them time to read? Would any of them have the same thought?
Oh, if only it were that easy. I'd do some stock trading tomorrow! But heh, it's fiction and fun and reading is an escape to fantasy. So let's roll with it. At any rate, that's what I'm reading right now. What's your first line this Friday? Comment below or I'll see you on the links.
I own several of her books on my Kindle but haven't read her yet. Glad her books are enjoyable ;) Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I've enjoyed them. Hope Ranch series is my favorite. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteLooks like a good romance novel. Congrats to Beth, the author and your niece!
ReplyDeleteGood so far - I'm reading through the conflict state right now! lol Thanks for dropping in. Happy Reading.
DeleteMy first line is from a Love Inspired by Susie Dietze releasing in April: A Need To Protect.
ReplyDelete“There’s a man in the yard.”
That's a good opening line! Happy reading and thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI haven't read her books yet, but they sound fun! My first line is from The Veteran's Vow by Jill Lynn. https://daniellegrandinetti.com/2022/03/11/the-veterans-vow/
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by! I'll head to your blog too. Happy reading.
DeleteFirst Line Friday is one of my faves, but I have not had time for it in a long while. I should fix that soon. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by. I need to get back in the swing of book blogging too!
DeleteI was part of FLF for a really long time, before Hoarding Books was created to make things a little more stream-lined and easier to access. It was always so interesting to see such a wide variety of books represented. I was also much better at queueing up posts a month ahead of time. I don't have the time anymore, but I also don't always have the time to do them week-by-week. Good luck to us both!
DeleteIt's a lot to write each day if I try to keep up with all the memes! Happy reading.
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