Happy Friday & welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Reading Is My SuperPower ! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today, I’m featuring the first line of The Matchmaker’s Lonely Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen.
And The first Line is……….
Amelie Hampton blinked in surprise as her normally unflappable aunt called her to task over a mistake,frankly,Amelie didn’t believe was a mistake at all. Poor judgement,at most.
About The Book
A romance develops as a detective partners with a lonely-hearts columnist to solve a murder mystery.
London, 1885
Amelie Hampton is a hopeless romantic, which makes her the perfect columnist to answer lonely heart letters in The Marriage Gazette. When Amelie plays matchmaker with two anonymous lonely hearts, she also decides to secretly observe the couple’s blind date. To her surprise, the man who appears for the rendezvous is Harold Radcliffe—a grieving widower and a member of Amelie’s book club.
Police detective Michael Baker has been struggling ever since his best friend and brother-in-law died in the line of fire. Because he knows the dangers of his job, he has vowed never to marry and subject a wife and family to the uncertainty of his profession. But when he meets Miss Hampton, he is captured by her innocence, beauty, and her quick mind.
When a woman’s body is pulled from the river, Michael suspects the woman’s husband—Harold Radcliffe—of foul play. Amelie refuses to believe that Harold is capable of such violence but agrees to help, imagining it will be like one of her favorite mystery novels. Her social connections and clever observations prove an asset to the case, and Amelie is determined to prove Mr. Radcliffe’s innocence. But the more time Amelie and Michael spend together, the more they trust each other, and the more they realize they are a good team, maybe the perfect match.
They also realize that Mr. Radcliffe is hiding more than one secret, and when his attention turns toward Amelie, Michael knows he must put an end to this case before the woman he loves comes to harm.
Let me know the first line in the book closest to you.
Would you read this one? Thank you for stopping by have a wonderful weekend!
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8 replies on “First Line Friday”
I’m currently reading A Midnight Dance by Joanna Davidson Politano. It’s an exquisite read!
“Jack Dorian was restless.”
Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Happy reading!
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Thank you for stopping by. I read that book several months ago. Yes, it’s definitely exquisite. Very different but in a good way!
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This sounds like a great story! Happy reading 🙂 My post this week features Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin: http://gracetogrowblog.com/until-leaves-fall-paris-sarah-sundin/
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Thank you for stopping by. I am reading that book as well right now. The cover is beautiful. She does wonderful research on her books. They are very realistic. Stopping by now.
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That sounds intriguing! My First Line Friday post is from The Lady of Galway Manor by Jennifer Deibel: https://daniellegrandinetti.com/2022/02/25/the-lady-of-galway-manor/
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Thank you for stopping by Danielle. I have read that book also. I really enjoyed it because I have an ancestor who traveled to America from Galway as a teenager. So the book had a special meaning to me. Visiting your blog now 🙂
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Wow! That’s so cool!
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My first lines come from The Element of Love by Mary Connealy.
May 1872. Northern California
They were running away from the threat of misery, pain, and degradation.
And running straight toward danger. Deadly danger.
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