🩸 Currently Listening: Hidden Bodies by Caroline Keynes 🩸 After a discussion about You, I realized I hadn’t even finished the series! So we are picking up on book #2, which is based off Season 2. It’s going to be very interesting to hear Joe’s thought process when he meets his match in Love. . . . . . #bibliophile #bookaddict #bookcommunity #bookgeek #bookgram #bookish #booklover #booknerd #booknerdigans #booksbooksbooks #booksofig #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagrammers #bookworm #carolinekepnes #firstlinefriday #firstlinefridays #igreads #you #youbook #youbycarolinekepnes
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“The knife burns cold in my trembling hand.” Izzy Morales and her friends celebrate the end of high school with a glamorous 1920’s themed getaway at Ashwood Manor. Until someone turns up dead. Suddenly every party guest is a suspect. #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @CISDlib
This First Line Friday features THE POISONS WE DRINK by @bethany_baptiste! Venus Stoneheart didn’t need to read Mr. Lionel’s mind to know he couldn’t stand her ass. For more, visit: https://melanininya.com/bethany-baptiste/ #MelanininYA #FirstLineFridays #FridayReads #BethanyBaptiste #YALit #RepresentationMatters
'You like to think every woman has one, and he just happens to be yours.' #firstlinefridays And don't miss the paperback drop of THE QUIET TENANT, coming your way May 7th!
#tnhayden #babyprincesssharkandotherstories #firstlinefriday #firstline #firstlinefridays
Happy First Line Friday! This week, we’re highlighting Mastering the Art of French Murder: An American in Paris Mystery by Colleen Cambridge! You can find this book housed in the Popular Reading Collection on the University Library 1st Floor. “Part historical fiction, part mystery, Mastering the Art of French Murder is totally delectable entertainment.” – The Washington Post **Mastering the Art of French Murder: An American in Paris Mystery by Colleen Cambridge Available: University Library, Popular Reading Collection Call Number: PS3603.A44677 M37 2023 #FirstLineFridays #UAlbany #UAlbanyLibraries #Libraries
This First Line Friday features PROM BABIES by @keklamagoon: Prom night was supposed to be special. For more, visit: https://melanininya.com/kekla-magoon/ #MelanininYA #FirstLineFridays #FridayReads #KeklaMagoon #YALit #YAContemporary
First line Fridays 🌟 "Papi always said, 'If the sun is shining, I will still have hope.'" 🌟 Justified, Book Two of The Legacy Chapters, was a labor of love to write. 🌟 While Fortified was inspired by the story of Deborah, Justified was inspired by the story of Rahab. 🌟 Many prayers and thoughts went in to how to iterate this powerful story yet still make it appropriate for teens. 🌟 I can gladly say that Justified is no higher than a PG-13 rating for all its scenes. 🌟 Have you read Justified yet? 🌟 Stay tuned next week for a sneak peek at Book Three's first line! 🌟 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." - Acts 4:12 🌟 . . . . . . #friday #firstlinefridays #sequel #justified #booktwo #amreading #amwriting #readreadread #writewritewrite #writermom #quotes #bookquotes #ilovebooks #bookish #bookstagram #reader #writingcommunity #writer #reader #read #write
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This First Line Friday features THE LADY OF RAPTURE by @s_raughley! I am the earth, and the earth is me. For more, visit: https://melanininya.com/sarah-raughley/ #MelanininYA #FirstLineFridays #FridayReads #SarahRaughley #YALit #DiverseBooks
✨📖 The first line of my current read, Until Leaves Fall in Paris by Sarah Sundin. #firstlinefridays #firstlinefriday #firstlinesfriday #backlistbooks24 #24in24challenge #historicalfiction #currentlyreading #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookish #booklover #cleanromance #ilovebooks #ilovetoread #sarahsundin Design created in Canva. Images taken from Canva and Goodreads. All images belong to their respective owners.
This First Line Friday, we’re highlighting Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby! You can find this book housed in the Popular Reading Collection on the University Library 1st Floor. **Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby Available: University Library, Popular Reading Collection Call Number: PN4587.2.I73 A25 2020 #FirstLineFridays #UAlbany #UAlbanyLibraries #Libraries
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This First Line Friday features DEAD GIRLS WALKING by @authorsamiellis! Temple comes to camp alone because a crowd makes it difficult to go corpse hunting. For more, visit: https://melanininya.com/sami-ellis/ #MelanininYA #FirstLineFridays #FridayReads #SamiEllis #YALit #Horror #QueerYA
First line Fridays 🌹 I realized I began this mini-posting series and then left everyone hanging! 🌹 "Lyle landed on the smooth stone floor with a grunt." - Heartrender 🌹 Not the most inventive or exciting first lines, however it incapsulates Heartrender, Book Three of The Heartmaker Trilogy, very well. 🌹 Heartmender and Heartbreaker are very focused on Addie and her choices. However, in Heartrender, the scope widens and we get the perspectives of the other characters we've met throughout the series. Mainly Lyle and Silas. 🌹 Heartrender is my favorite because it's where everything comes together. It's the "Avengers Assemble" moment where all the friends you've met along the way return to defeat the great evil. 🌹 At one point, I had planned a spin-off series from this one, but 🤷♀️ 🌹 If you're looking for a gritty, action and adventure series, that's complete, check out this award-winning debut series! 🌹 Update: I have received more orders for sprayed-edged HB of Fortified and Justified! If you're interested in one, DM me for details! I'm spraying more next week! Writing Update: I'm planning on starting the end of Book Four next week! 🌹 "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31 🌹 . . . . . . #fridays #firstlinefridays #fridaymorning #quotes #quotestagram #amreading #amwriting #readreadread #writewritewrite #writer #writerscommunity #writingcommunity #writermom #reading #readingadventuresapr24
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I’m excited to share the first lines of TWOS. In three years of drafting, these lines haven’t changed. More to come. 🌊🌊🌊 Cover by Seventhstar Art. #quote #quotes #bookquote #bookstagram #amwritingyafantasy #yafantasy #youngadultbooks #indieauthor #kindleunlimited #kindlereads #bookquotes #firstlinefridays #fantasybooks
“Autumn is a terror to sleep beside.” The long awaited companion to “If He Had Been With Me” is finally here! This love story is brimming with truth, tragedy, and the unexpected bonds that heal us. #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @cisdlib
This First Line Friday, we’re highlighting Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel! If you're looking for an epic fiction novel, this may be the book for you. You can find this book housed in the Popular Reading Collection on the University Library 1st Floor. **Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Available: University Library, Popular Reading Collection Call Number: PR9199.4. M3347 S43 2022 #FirstLineFridays #UAlbany #UAlbanyLibraries #Libraries
#tnhayden #bumbieandcandy #firstlinefriday #firstline #firstlinefridays
“Most people play casual games of Scrabble in their living rooms, squabbling good-naturedly for points over sets their parents bought them in hopes that it would be “educational”.” Grieving the death of her friend who died in last year’s tournament, Najwa returns to the tournament amidst rumors that the death wasn’t an accident. #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @cisdlib
'If it weren't for what happened later, everyone would have forgotten that night entirely.' #firstlinefridays
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” Monday’s @Tolkien Reading Day inspired me to reread The Hobbit, so I have spent this week in Middle Earth. #ibelieveinbookfairies #firstlineFridays #tolkienreadingday
First Line Friday: The first line of a book can really grab your attention! Choose my next read based on the first line. Can you guess which books these are, based on their first line? QOTD: Which book should I read: Book 1 or Book 2? Can you guess which books these are, based on their first line? #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #bookpost #romancebooks #romancereads #romancereader #romancestagram #romancebookstagram #bookishcommunity #romancebook #romancenovels #romancereadersofig #bookreviewersofinstagram #romancereadersofinstagram #firstlinefriday #firstlinefridays
“She was supposed to be dead.” When Kit visits her father’s hometown for the first time following his death, she discovers that her family is strangely revered among the locals. But if everything is so great there, why did her father leave? #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @CISDlib
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'When I found out the girl I was going to marry had been murdered, I was sitting on a foldout stool at a sidewalk noodle shop in Taipei's Da'an District.' #firstlinefridays
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This First Line Friday, we’re highlighting A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand! You can find this book on our display in the University Library inner lobby that highlights women in literature. **The Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand Available: University Library, Popular Reading Collection Call Number: PS3558.A4619 H38 2023 #FirstLineFridays #UAlbany #UAlbanyLibraries #Libraries
. . ✍🏼FIRST LINE FRIDAY✍🏼 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝑼𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈. The Startup Wife By Tahmima Anam Happy International Women's Day! I'm happy to be featuring my 4th woman-authored book this month, the 2nd by a woman of color. This one has a resounding theme of womanhood running throughout. In an era where cutting-edge technology and corporate vibes abound (with innovations happening at a breakneck pace since there's so much $$ to be made), the three main characters in The Startup Wife--Cyrus, his best friend, and his wife Asha--have an ambitious idea. They work hard: join an incubator, perfect their concept, make their platform a reality, become rich and famous. Cyrus achieves messiah-like status, with a cultish online presence. You can imagine what all this does to their collective characters and relationships. Narrator Asha is a Bangladeshi-American woman in this male-dominated, misogynistic industry. She experiences an age-old trope: a man in her life taking credit for her brilliant algorithm (a coding genius, she left her MIT PhD program for all this). Societal conditioning around genders and decision making drives her to allow her charismatic--but also obnoxious--husband to take all the power and glory. She discovers a lot about herself and the world, gaining some wisdom after starting out naive and blinded by love. Learning from her mistakes, Asha becomes a badass who looks out for other women. For me, the wickedly feminist slant and clever skewering of the tech world (the author herself is married to the founder of a startup) was worth the wild ride. A lot of it is hilariously far-fetched (one guy has visitors use a trampoline to arrive in his office and turmeric lattes & doomsday bunkers are ubiquitous) but it's not far from the truth. The book has an open-ended finish, with things in a chaotic shambles. What kind of ending do you prefer: happy ever after, open, things tied up neatly whether good or bad, cliff hanger...or?
#tnhayden #childofbeasts #firstlinefriday #firstline #firstlinefridays
“I was not born a monster.” Cursed with a serpent’s face, Channi has spent her life as an outcast, protecting her beautiful sister, Vanna. When Vanna is to be married off in a contest, Channi intends to defend her sister against the cruelest of suitors. #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @cisdlib
'The key was a blackened talisman, tucked into her leather cuff.' #firstlinefridays And be sure to check out @hannahmorrisseywriter's killer #MidwesternNoir merch line!
#firstlinefridays #theforgottenfiveseries #lisamcmann #mapofflames #newyorktimesbestseller #middleschool #fantasy
“My mother always said every married woman is a ruined garden.” After growing up in the shadows, Adele is happy to enter the bright world of society girls & wealthy suitors at her new boarding school. But there are shadows there too, & Adele is determined to protect her friends. #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @CISDlib
This First Line Friday, we’re highlighting Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloids by Sarah Ditum! You can find this book on our display in the University Library inner lobby that highlights women in literature! **Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid by Sarah Ditum Available: University Library, Popular Reading Collection Call Number: CT3202 .D58 2024 #FirstLineFridays #UAlbany #UAlbanyLibraries #Libraries
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Here's a little peek at the first line from "Love, Unscripted", coming your way in just a week and a half! Who's ready for a beach read? Learn more/Preorder LINK IN BIO
'Everything green bursts forth, breaking open any previous container - seed, body, concept, moment.' #firstlinefridays
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“She went around the corner!” A thief. An artist. An acrobat. An actress. While these girls don’t have much in common, they’re united in one goal: stealing a priceless artifact from the RMS Titanic. The odds of pulling off the heist are slim, the odds of survival are even slimmer… #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @cisdlib
This Friday, we’re highlighting The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas! You can find this novel on our display in the University Library lobby that highlights Black authors 📖✏️ **The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Available: University Library, Popular Reading Collection Call Number: PZ7.1.T448 Hat 2018b #FirstLineFridays #UAlbany #UAlbanyLibraries #Libraries
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. . 🖤❤️💚Black History Month🖤❤️💚 Silver Sparrow By Tayari Jones ✍🏿First line Friday✍🏿 𝙈𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙣, 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩. Don't the very best stories, regardless of their subject matter, transport you completely to another realm? It could be one that includes a glowing full moon, twinkling lanterns and magical mushrooms like the keyhole in my photo shows. But in the right hands, it could also simply be a tale of two sisters in middle class Atlanta in the 1980s. No matter its content, such a story enters you into a world that absorbs you completely, commanding your attention until the very end. Jones lets us into her morality tale immediately, with that first sentence. The ending is quickly suspected by the reader— it feels inevitable—yet the tension is a constant, and builds. We are transfixed. Only one of two teenaged girls is aware of the other's existence, but each of them will take a turn narrating the deception, secrets, and ultimate heartbreak created by that first sentence. As in her 2018 novel, An American Marriage (which I also loved), strong Black women, young and old, are playing the hands dealt to them by their men in their lives—their fathers, husbands, lovers. Expert pacing and a thorough inhabiting of the two girls, in all their complex, flawed glory, envelop us. Jones writes these people's lives, the ordinary and the extraordinary, just beautifully. Once picked up, I couldn’t turn away from this book, with its altogether different kind of unrelenting suspense. Thankfully, I had audio, too, so I could keep it going while driving and walking the dog. Highly recommend! Wishing you a wonderful weekend. What are you up to? . . . . . . . . . . . . 🏷️ # #blackhistorymonth #blackauthors #februaryisblackhistorymonth #readblackwomen #happyblackhistorymonth #favoriteauthor #blackauthor #blackwriter #blackwriters #readblackauthors #readblackwriters #silversparrow #tayarijones #firstlinefriday #firstlinefridays #atlanta #bigamy #teenagegirls #bookreview #bookrec #bookrecommendations #readingrecs #bookrecs #readingrecommendations #booklove #booklife #bookobsessed #bookwoman #babygotbooks
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“The stars are absolutely in your favor.” Madhuri Iyer is determined to prove her star chart wrong by fake dating her long time best friend, Arjun. The only thing she didn’t account for was Arjun’s feelings for her… Is charting your own path worth breaking two hearts? Available in print now in the CHS9 library! #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @cisdlib
#firstlinefridays #thesunisalsoastar Two teens in NYC find their lives unexpectedly intertwined in a whirlwind day. #nicolayoonauthor
'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.' #firstlinefridays #gabrielgarcíamárquez
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We’re introducing First Line Fridays! 📖 These bi-weekly posts will give you a special look into some of the many books we have in our libraries. We’re starting off February with a magical novel that asks readers to solve a pressing mystery. You can find this book on our Valentine’s Day display near the University Library entrance! **Anatomy: A Love Story by Sana Schwartz Available: University Library, Popular Reading Collection Call Number: PZ7.1.336574 Ana 2022 #FirstLineFridays #UAlbany #UAlbanyLibraries #Libraries
“My face is mashed sideways against the trunk of a police cruiser when Kate dies for the third time.” Jack meets Kate at a party, and they start to date. But then Kate dies and suddenly, Jack is sent back to the moment they met. He's determined to save her this time. Available now in print or as an eBook on MackinVIA! #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @CISDlib
First Line Friday: The first line of a book can really grab your attention! This line from @alexambooks book, Next Door Nemesis, had me laughing from the very beginning! QOTD: Share the first line of your current read! I’m looking for books to add to my TBR! #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #bookpost #romancebooks #romancereads #romancereader #romancestagram #romancebookstagram #bookishcommunity #romancebook #romancenovels #romancereadersofig #bookreviewersofinstagram #romancereadersofinstagram #nextdoornemesis #firstlinefriday #firstlinefridays #suburbanlegends
'Five hours and forty-six minutes after a trapper pulls the skull from the depths of Starry Swamp, shaking sludge and Spanish moss out of its eye sockets, the entire town of Bottom Springs, Louisiana - all five-thousand-two-hundred-twenty-nine Christian souls and the small handful of Godless heathens - has heard the news.' #firstlinefridays
It’s First Line Friday! The Perfect Nanny has me in a complete chokehold. I can’t get it out of my head. If you play sudoku or Wordle in your spare time and enjoy a bit of a crime puzzle, THIS IS YOUR BOOK! @authorsharijryan is a genius! And @netgalley showed me a new genre I never would’ve known I loved until now. #CocoBreathesBooks #books #bookstagram #explorepage #booksbooksbooks #bookish #booklover #booknerd #reading #reader #audiobooks #ebooks #reels #reelsofinstagram #bookreel #bookreels #bookstagramreels #blackbookstagram #bookclubofinstagram #fiction #fictionreads #tbrbooks #bookishpost #readersofinstagram #bookcommunity #booktok #FirstLineFridays #FirstLineFriday
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“DC police are investigating a homicide in Northeast DC.” When the principal ends up murdered at Urban Promise Prep School, a trio of students emerge as the prime suspects. Claiming innocence, they must band together to track down the real killer...if it's truly not one of them. Available now in print, eBook, or try the award-winning audiobook! #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @CISDlib
Need a great new read for the weekend? Come check out this book in your LYMS library! #firstlinefridays #fishinatree #lindamullalyhunt
I was inspired by @allysonjamisonauthor and decided to share an excerpt for #firstlinefriday. Only instead of someone else's book, it's mine 😜 This is currently how my novella A Valley of Stars opens. It's one of seven stories in The Black Rose Collection, coming out February 2024. If you love Christian fantasy woven with danger and romance (*coughs* did someone mention enemies-to-lovers?), this was basically made just for you. ✨🥀 ⚔️ ABOUT ⚔️ Receiving a black rose is a death sentence. In these seven lands, receiving a black rose is a death sentence. When these perilous flowers endanger their lives, a spy must decide between freeing slaves or completing his mission, a huntress finds herself becoming the hunted, and two sets of mortal enemies are forced to work together—if they don’t first kill each other in the process. When a couple’s daughter is born with a deadly birthmark, can they escape in time? Or will they lose their daughter to evil? False accusations and threats force an innocent man to flee and fight for his life---but his path to freedom is threatened by memory loss. And when two friends become unexpected enemies, can loyalty overcome duty? In this collection of seven Christian fantasy romance novellas, characters will learn the value of faith and trust as danger grows and justice is threatened. From authors Madisyn Carlin ( @madisyn_carlin ), Kristina Hall ( @kristinahallwriter ), Vanessa Hall, K.R. Mattson ( @rogue_art_23 ), M.L. Milligan, Kaytlin Phillips ( @kaytlin_phillips_writes ), and Saraina Whitney comes The Black Rose Collection, a New Adult Christian fantasy anthology. (Cover Design by @mountainpeakeditsanddesign ) *** What's your favorite first line from a fantasy book or series? #theblackrosecollection #christianfantasy #cleanenemiestoloversromance #upcomingrelease #indieauthors #firstlinefridays
#tnhayden #dreamduology #firstlinefriday #firstline #firstlinefridays
“I have four rules as Ghost.” Mafi is the Ghost at her high school, taking jobs for hire to exact revenge on those who’ve wronged others. It’s her little way of making justice in the world. When her lies begin to snowball, she must decide how she wants to live her life. Available now in the CHS9 Library! #CHS9Reads #firstlinefridays @CISDlib
Beautiful Boy: Before Nic became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming boy, joyous and funny, a varsity athlete and honor student adored by his two younger siblings. After meth, he was a trembling wraith who lied, stole, and lived on the streets. Follow his father’s story in Beautiful Boy. Now also a movie. Check it out in our library! #addiction #firstlinefridays
Claudia balanced a brown paper bag of groceries on her hip while she fumbled for the key to Sameer’s off-campus apartment. The two-and-a-half-hour drive from the Carlisle Barracks back to Legion University had left her shoulders tense. Looking down at her Marine Corps uniform, she realized she needed to shower before she started cooking. Her favorite dress was in her backpack. He would be so surprised when he got home and found a romantic dinner waiting for him. She couldn’t believe her luck at getting dismissed early from drill on the anniversary of her and Sameer’s first date. Smiling, she turned the key in the lock. This would be a magical night. She pushed the door open and hustled inside. ㅤ The groceries fell to the floor with a crash. Blood rushed from her face. She grew cold. The odor of scallops and shrimp filled the air as the plastic containers of seafood burst open on the hardwood floor. She sucked in a breath. The other woman shrieked, tried to cover her exposed flesh, and darted toward the bedroom. Judy. No way. ㅤ #FirstLineFriday #ChristianRomanticSuspense #FirstLineFridays #BookTeaser #RomanceReads #BookLovers #FictionFridays #ReadingCommunity #ChristianFiction #CleanRomance #RomanticReads #SuspenseAndRomance #BookSnippets #InstaReads #BookishCommunity #WhatToRead #NovelOpening #StoryStarters #Bookworms #RomanticSuspenseBooks #ChristianAuthors #LoveAndMystery #ReadersOfInsta #PageTurner #Bookstagram #IntriguingStarts #LiteraryEscape #FictionMatters #CaptivatingReads #FaithFilledFiction ㅤ
2024 is the "Year of the First-Line Supervisor" at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. We will be recognizing exceptional first-line supervisors across the complex throughout the year. Meet the first: Etola Reyes of the 76th Aicraft Maintenance Group. When asked what inspired her to take a leadership position, Etola told us: "I enjoy giving back to others and believe in the importance of mentoring my staff to grow their skills. I believe that the more we improve as individuals, the stronger our team becomes. I am inspired to improve and grow my area to be the very best." First-lines are the backbone of the OC-ALC, as they supervise and guide thousands of individual labor tasks every day towards generating combat power for the American warfighter. #OklahomaCityAirLogisticsComplex, #FirstLineFridays
Who loves a good first line? 🙂 Starting a new thing (or hitching a ride on an old one?) with #FirstLineFridays here at WhiteFire. This one comes from Trust the Stars, our most recent release. Read more and purchase your copy of this amazing story at www.whitecrownpublishing.com ✨✨✨ Olivia Garza, a woman committed to making a difference in the world, thrives in her unconventional, service-oriented life. By day, she helps troubled teens in inner-city Little Rock. By night, she creates a viral docu-series in an attempt to better understand her mother’s desperate decisions by retracing her steps with a camera. So far, Olivia has always been the anonymous narrator, but she’s promised to reveal herself in the last stop on her Kenya. Prince Louis, heir to the throne of the small European kingdom of Alloria, is in Kenya to run away from a broken heart—and the media circus that comes with it. When he meets Olivia, he recognizes her voice right away from the docu-series that has stirred his heart. Though they share a magical day on safari, any dreams of happily ever after come crashing down with the flash of the paparazzi cameras when Olivia realizes that he represents everything she most despises in the world. In World War II Rome, another royal, however, has her own life-changing choices to make. Princess Alessandra Appiani could have chosen quiet safety within the walls of the Vatican, but instead she risks her life—and her family—to save the Jewish children so in need of someone to show them the love of God. When Olivia is hired to help create a documentary about Alessandra, learning about the sacrifice of a royal who goes from palace to prison forces her to face the hardest questions of Should she continue on the path she’s carved for herself or trust God to give her the future she never thought she wanted? #trustthestars #dualtimeromance #newrelease #outnow #bookrecommendation #readatwhitefire #bookquotes #firstlinefriday @triciagoyer
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First Line Fridays! ~She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. #theechoofoldbooks #firstlinefridays