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:
“The sound of a diamond saw blade unexpectedly coming to a screeching halt was not the way Max wanted to end his day.”
Do you recognize the lines?
Here’s a hint:
It’s a recently released contemporary romance!
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s written by Catherine Bybee.
The First Lines Friday book is:
The Forgotten One
Title: The Forgotten One
Author: Catherine Bybee
Series: The Heirs #2
Page Length: 384
Pub. Date: Nov. 12, 2024
Synopsis: Sarah McNeilly is a rare find in the tabloid industry. She won’t ignite gossip. She finds the truth. And for once, that’s what her boss wants. With her job on the line, Sarah’s latest assignment is to identify the elusive “Maximillian Smith,” unearth his connection to the billionaire Stone family, and dig up some dirt.
Yesterday Max was an ordinary workingman, concerned with little more than the price of gas. Now he suddenly has a family, jaw-dropping wealth, and an avid (if clumsy) reporter on his trail. With the press threatening to destroy his new life, he needs to release his real story strategically, and Sarah is the key—not to mention an adorable yet invaluable resource for finding his mother.
As Max and Sarah team up to peel back the ugly layers of Max’s past, they stumble heart-first into their fiery attraction. But when their research threatens their newly built trust, it’s their future that is on the line.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Review
I’ve seen the cover for the first book quite a lot over the past few months and I’m intrigued! Is this a series you have to read in order?