First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines:
There were degrees of wickedness, and tonight Lady Maryann Eleanor Fitzwilliam was going to be terribly wicked.
Do you recognize the lines?
Hint: It’s a new book by Stacy Reid.
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s the second book in The Sinful Wallflowers series.
The First Lines Friday book is:
Title: Her Wicked Marquess
Author: Stacy Reid
Series: Sinful Wallflowers (Book 2)
Page Length: 400
Publication Date: Dec. 29, 2020
Publisher: Entangled
Synopsis: Miss Maryann FitzWilliam is too witty and bookish for her own good. No gentleman of the ton will marry her, so her parents arrange for her to wed a man old enough to be her father. But Maryann is ready to use those wits to turn herself into a sinful wallflower.
When the scandal sheet reports a sighting of Nicolas Ives climbing out the chamber windows of a house party, Maryann does the unthinkable. She anonymously claims that the bedchamber belonged to none other than Miss FitzWilliam, tarnishing her own reputation—and chances of the dastardly union her family secured for her. Now she just needs to convince the marquess to keep his silence.
Nicholas Ives, Marquess of Rothbury has purposefully cultivated a reputation as the most ruthless, unprincipled libertine, all so he can slip beneath the guards of those whose vile actions caused him to lose the only girl he’s ever loved. Despite his intrigue, Nicolas is determined to ignore the deceitful and enticing Miss FitzWilliam. However, his enemies are drawing close, and he soon discovers he must keep her closer to protect her. Nonetheless, she rouses a soul-burning passion within him, causing him to question who will protect her from his devilish wiles.
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Sounds like a swoon-worthy historical romance!! Are you looking forward to this one? What do you think of the first lines? Comment below!
That’s a fantastic first line.
I know. I’m loving it!
Couldn’t guess again. The only series I want for xmas is Harry Potter. My sister owns her own set, but not letting me read them. So I decided I needed my own
I also want Nevermoor, but that can wait to buy later.
I would have never guessed!
🙂