Give me the first line of your book & only the first line.

[Dave]

The day began like most others. (The Father's Love)

[Stan]

Kate was having a great time on her night off, right up to the moment she ran into the pseudo-lizard and its pet human.

From Kate's Movie Star

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“I’m gonna be late,” Allie murmured under her breath as she slipped on her shoes.

Taste http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

[Jennifer]

Three minutes before three a.m. Ryan Doherty attempted to enter his apartment without waking the girlfriend.

[L]

They are really good, and make you want to read on!

[Astrid]

“Do you know what you’re here for?”

The Caregiver

[Catherine]

"He watched her. He enjoyed watching her."

The Trouble With Charlie
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/B0084...

[Nathan]

There's something about a near-death experience that makes you want chocolate.

[Melanie]

Sally was dancing with her girlfriends at her favourite club when she noticed a man staring directly at her.

Entice Me

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008VBTWZO
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

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The tall woman stood at the casement, leaning against a roughly hewn oak writing desk to steady herself against the weakness that had accompanied the loss of her child

The Midwife's Secret pending on kindle

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As the sun lowered, midges swarmed in the still air of the Flesh Market, feeding on the flesh of animals and men.

THE FIRST MARIE and the Queen of ScotsThe First Marie and the Queen of Scots

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Kirkcaldy of Grange was savoring the view from his third floor lodgings in the Latin Quarter for a final time.THE LAST KNIGHT and the Queen of Scots: The Adventures of William Kirkcaldy of Grange

[Tony]

Four YA's...



It ain't her.


We're going to kill her, we're going to run her down.


The soldiers came for us last night.


I skidded to a stop at the edge of the forest, trying to catch my breath and listen.

[Sherri]

"Perhaps you should start from the beginning." First line from my mystery novel:

[Laurel]

As night came on, the Dutch East Indiaman, Zuytdorp, on its voyage to the Dutch East Indies port of Batavia, ran into an unexpected storm.

Wind from Danyari available as a download from www.kindlebooks.com

[Stan]

Petal was the first to hear the arrival of the man with the wooden foot; except it wasn't a foot, it was a cylinder of wood attached just below his ankle that slammed against the floor of the old oak porch with a sound like the hammering gavel of a stern judge who has just meted out a terrible judgment on a habitual criminal.

Working on Surviving the Fog-Douglas

[Sandra]

The winter weather had been nothing extraordinary.

"Free My Heart of Grief To Love"
http://www.amazon.com/Free-Heart-Grie...

[Pamela]

"Today the Ohio River Valley is hot, stifling, breathless."


I had to work really hard not to say, "sultry."Singing from Silence Rich Mullins: Love Beyond Fear

[June]

"I awoke from a sleep so heavy that I felt drugged and refused to open my eyes."

This is the opener to my latest book, unfinished and as yet unnamed....I'm not entirely pleased with it. It is not near as powerful as the opener to Goodbye Junie Moon. That opener was sexual and bothered a few readers but I liked the power of it.
ANY COMMENTS????

[June]

Stan wrote: "Petal was the first to hear the arrival of the man with the wooden foot; except it wasn't a foot, it was a cylinder of wood attached just below his ankle that slammed against the floor of the old o..."

I like your opener. It grabbed my attention. But I'm wondering if it might work better as two sentences. First sentence finishing with period after ANKLE. and commencing new sentence IT.....

[Stan]

June, you might be right about that.

[Thomas]

"It wasn't anywhere near noon, and Beth Lowe already had a sneaking suspicion her day was about to down the drain."

[Jennifer]

Lisa Ingram had spent the past two years reviewing pop albums for the "Chicago Music Sheet". Offbeat Love Stories and More

[Demetrius]

I wanted out; I wanted out of a waiting room of moldy-smelling magazines, plastic chairs and whining babies.


It's the first line of "The Inventors Game" the doctor wants to be a writer and not a doctor.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088DJ8DQ

[Nadine]

"Destiny. There it is."

The first line of The Movement of Crowns, the last story in Love & Eminence: A Suite of Stories

[Marc]

Time After Time

"The first appreciable thing about the man was how spindly his legs were."

[L]

The first sentence of my short-story (submited for a writing award).

"Intense, vivid color lit up the sky illuminating the land below with flashes of Emerald and cerulean that then altered into a blinding glow of crimson and scarlet."

[Caitlyn]

Here is the first sentence of "Surrender Falls", my recently published Christian romantic suspense novella!

"The day I met my true love was just an ordinary Wednesday."

Thoughts?... Feedback?...

[Francis]

The girl in the mirror looks young, maybe twenty, twenty-two years old, too old to still be in school, but young enough not to stand out in the company of older school girls or students, like those standing beside me at the mirror as Forever Red, chosen for its name as much as its colour, glides across my lips.

[Jennifer]

Caitlyn wrote: "Here is the first sentence of "Surrender Falls", my recently published Christian romantic suspense novella!

"The day I met my true love was just an ordinary Wednesday."

Thoughts?... Feedback?..."

That's a good first line it really gets your attention.

Lucinda wrote: "The first sentence of my short-story (submited for a writing award).

"Intense, vivid color lit up the sky illuminating the land below with flashes of Emerald and cerulean that then altered into a..."

[Caitlyn]

Jennifer, um, I am not sure if you were talking to me, but if you were, thanks for the feedback, that's exactly what I was going for!
Thanks again :-)

[S.R.]

Sitting in the idling car in the deserted and rain-drenched parking lot on tiny Cove Beach in Harbour Falls, I absently turned a business card over and over in my hands.

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My name is John Cowan, a baseball writer, but in the summer and fall of 2015 I had to reinvent myself as a half-assed lawyer to do my job.

From A PITCH FOR JUSTICE-A COURTROOM BASEBALL NOVEL
http://www.amazon.com/A-Pitch-for-Jus...

[Bryan]

Caitlyn wrote: "Here is the first sentence of "Surrender Falls", my recently published Christian romantic suspense novella!

"The day I met my true love was just an ordinary Wednesday."

Thoughts?... Feedback?..."

Nice intro but if it is a day you met your true love you may want to make it more interesting.
I got a ticket for running a stop sign when I turned to look at her.

It was just another ordinary Wednesday until she showed up and made it anything but ordianry.

She made me feel special even on that ordinary Wednesday what with her perfume the smell of vanilla, anda smile I could not take my eyes off of, yes it was no longer an ordienary Wednesday.

[Bryan]

Deanna wrote: "Here's the first line from my book, 'To be Maria':

Anya wakes, startled by the loud, repetitive beep of her alarm clock."

like needles in my ear.

[Paula]

Chelsea, Nathan and Tony (The soldiers came for us..)

I would defintely want to read on from these openings. great, intriguing and they draw you in:-)

[B.B.]

This moment had been replaying in my life every year since I could remember anything at all.



First line, first chapter, first book of The Glister Journals, a realistic YA series.

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First line from my fantasy The Shadowed Valley.

Max leaned forward in the saddle. He loved the sound of creaking leather and pounding hooves.

[L]

Y.I. wrote: "First line from my fantasy The Shadowed Valley.

Max leaned forward in the saddle. He loved the sound of creaking leather and pounding hooves."

Why is it that fantasy and horses always seem to go together?! My novel begins with a horse and rider galloping across open terrain amidst a raging storm!

[A.K.]

The first line of A Mediocre Man by A.K. Hill:

"You may or may not remember Mr Humbleton."

[M.J.]

Here's the first lines of my three books;


“Whey-hey!!!”

“He’s… He’s dead, son.”

“...But this is madness, Sereq! Sheer and utter folly!

Cheers,

M J Webb
http://www.jakewest.co.uk

[L]

"Lyra and her Daemon moved through the darknening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen." - Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, book 1 Northern Lights

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Lucinda wrote: "Y.I. wrote: "First line from my fantasy The Shadowed Valley.

Max leaned forward in the saddle. He loved the sound of creaking leather and pounding hooves."

Why is it that fantasy and horses alway..."

I don't know Lucinda. Just does somehow. Your first line sounds interesting! :)

[Michael]

The first thing you need to know about Super Spuds is that they have magical powers.

[L]

Y.I. wrote: "Lucinda wrote: "Y.I. wrote: "First line from my fantasy The Shadowed Valley.

Max leaned forward in the saddle. He loved the sound of creaking leather and pounding hooves."

Why is it that fantasy ..."

Thank you x

[Jessiqua]

"A scrawny, muddy girl ran down an empty street in the city of Flip."

My gritty, post-apocalyptic fiction novel, A Memoir of Love

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Lucinda wrote: "Y.I. wrote: "Lucinda wrote: "Y.I. wrote: "First line from my fantasy The Shadowed Valley.

Max leaned forward in the saddle. He loved the sound of creaking leather and pounding hooves."

Why is it ..."
That's the first line from the prologue. The fantasy begins from chap one. On reflection I guess I should have started there.Silly me! :)

[Jenelle]

"Firelight flickered across the man’s face, shadows making his wrinkles seem deep, deeper than they were."

That's from my current work-in-progress, title to be revealed at a later date... whenever I figure one out that fits :)

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What a great idea! This is the first line from One Wild Vegas Night which is my first stand alone release:

The couple in the middle of the dance floor swayed together in a sensual embrace, staring into each other's eyes with a deep intensity, the heat between them almost palpable as they moved to the slow beat of the music.

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Michael wrote: "This comes from my novel "Don't Hang On": "An unarmed security guard has two weapons: common sense and a maglight.""

I like that - made me laugh