First Lines Friday: December 9, 2022

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!

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First Lines:

I blame Colin Firth.”

Charlotte Jane Rodriguez, MD, PhD, and self-proclaimed total badass, stood in the center of her living room, weaving only slightly from the four shots of tequila she’d downed in the last hour – one for each month she’d dated Jerkface Jeff – and glowered at the stern, brooding face currently occupying her television screen.

It was all Colin firth’s fault.

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Do you recognize the lines?

Here’s a hint:

 It’s a new contemporary romance.

Still not sure? Here’s another hint: 

It’s written by Lizzie Shane.

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The First Lines Friday book is:

Pride and Puppies

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About the Book:

Title: Pride and Puppies

Author: Lizzie Shane

Series: Pine Hollow

Page Length: 368

Publication Date: Nov. 22, 2022

Publisher: Forever

Synopsis:

Struggling to find her modern-day Mr. Darcy, a Jane Austen fan gets more than she bargained for when she swears off men and adopts an adorable puppy. 

Dr. Charlotte Rodriguez is single—again—and she blames Jane Austen. She made brooding, aloof men sound oh sodreamy. But after years of failing to find her own Mr. Darcy, Charlotte decides it’s time to swear off dating. She’s going to lavish all her love and affection on someone who actually deserves it: her new puppy, Bingley.

And there’s no one better to give her pet advice than her neighbor and coworker George Leneghan. He’s quiet and patient and, best of all, way too sweet to ever be her type. But as their friendly banter turns flirty, the unimaginable happens—Charlotte starts catching feelings.

Just as Charlotte is trying to untangle what it is she truly wants, George announces he’s contemplating a cross-country move. Suddenly, Charlotte wonders if she’s kept her soulmate in the friend zone so long that she’s entirely missed her chance at a happily ever after. Dear Reader, could it be possible she’s had it wrong all this time?

LINKS:   Goodreads   |    Amazon

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Have you read Pride and Puppies? What do you think of the first lines? Comment below!