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I literally just finished Circe by Madeline Miller and am picking up a new book today. I haven't even started reading it so my eyes are as fresh as yours on this first line... It is from In Her Shadow by Kristin Miller.
"Help." My voice is hoarse. Fading fast. Someone help me.
GoodReads synopsis: "A pregnant young woman becomes obsessed with the disappearance of her lover's wife--only to discover that she may be headed for the same fate--from New York Times bestselling author Kristin Miller.
Once his secretary, Colleen is now pregnant with Michael's baby. When he brings her to his opulent estate, Ravenwood, she is abruptly thrust into a life of luxury she's never known. But Colleen finds the immense house suffused with the memory of Michael's beautiful wife, Joanna, who left months ago and who haunts her imagination. It quickly becomes apparent that there is little room for a new mistress of this house: The staff greets her with hostility, and there are entire wings and corridors from which she is prohibited to enter.
Then bones are unearthed in the grove across the street.
When Michael falls under the suspicion of the detectives investigating the case, the soon-to-be mother of his child finds herself hurled deeper into her boyfriend's dark past--a past that threatens to upend all her dreams. But the terrifying secrets lurking in the shadows of Ravenwood pale in comparison to the drastic measures Colleen will take to stake a claim to her new life.
Inspired by Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, In Her Shadow is the chilling story of one woman's desperate desire to be loved and the ghosts that get in her way--but only if she lets them."
I haven't read Rebecca... It's been on my TBR for a long time and on my Classics Club Challenge list. And I honestly didn't remember that this book was inspired by that one until I picked it up today... Feeling like maybe I should read Rebecca first? Hopefully it doesn't spoil it for me. What do you think - have any of you read this one?
Happy Friday! I'm reading from an old book, and the kindle edition is free on Amazon. I have probably read it 10 times! My first line is from "Uncle Max" by Rosa Nouchette Carey:
ReplyDelete"It appears to me, looking back over a past experience, that certain days in one's life stand out prominently as landmarks, when we arrive at some finger-post pointing out the road that we should follow."
Wow! Ten times? It must be a great book!
DeleteOh no, this sounds suspensful! I hope she ends up ok! Have a good weekend!!
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My first line is from A Gilded Lady by Elizabeth Camden which I finished this week.
ReplyDeleteJune 30, 1900
There was no such thing as a typical day at the White House, but Caroline Delacroix’s morning took a particularly difficult turn the moment she walked into her crowded office,
Happy Reading!
Intriguing. Especially for a woman to be in the White House in 1900.
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Happy Friday! Today, I'm sharing the first line from The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren: "In the daylight, Jake Silver wasn't the devil."
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Happy Friday!!
ReplyDeleteOver on my blog I shared one of the lines from Key to Everything by Valerie Frasier Luesse
“Sometime during the night, it had begun to rain, a steady downpour pelting the tin roof of Aunt Gert’s bungalow and lightly misting Peyton’s face.”
https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2020/06/first-line-friday-key-to-everything.html