Happy Friday, reader friends! This week’s feature is a novella collection that is launching a new and exciting multi-author project the Arcadia Valley Romance series! Check out the first lines of Romance Grows in Arcadia Valley! Each novella kicks off a three-book series, all set in Arcadia Valley, and each intertwined with the works of the other authors. How cool is that!?!!
Plus some of these ladies are among my favorite authors and the others are new to me! I’m really excited about spending some time in Arcadia Valley! We’re going to take a peek at the first line of each novella today and I’m diving in this weekend!
Romance Grows in Arcadia Valley
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Spring’s Blessing by Mary Jane Hathaway
Charlotte McGregor pressed the last tomato seedling into the dark earth and knew with a soul-deep conviction that this garden was going to prove, once and for all, that she knew exactly what she was doing with her life.
I don’t know but seems to me that’s an awful lot of pressure she’s putting on her garden…
Loaves and Wishes by Elizabeth Maddrey
Ruth Baxter dropped her suitcase on the gleaming dark wood floors and pushed the front door closed before sagging against it.
Ugh, poor Ruthy seems to be having a rough day…
Sheltered Hearts by Lee Tobin McClain
Alex Quintana finished mopping the red tile floor of his family’s restaurant.
And we have a fella!!!
Sow in Love by Valerie Comer
“No, I don’t think so.”
Sorry, no extra lines today! I know that one makes y’all want more…
The Scent of Romance by Danica Favorite
When Caroline Hearst walked through the doors of Arcadia Valley Community Hospital, her stomach didn’t twist in fear at the look on Dr. Sloan’s face as he met her.
That sounds like good news, right?
A Romance Rekindled by Annalisa Daughety
Kate Groves kept a tight grip on her dad’s hand and tried to keep her emotions in check.
Uh oh, Kate has something going on…
Learn more about how Romance Grows in Arcadia Valley Romance!
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Faithfully Bookish 
I will start reading Romance Grows in Arcadia Valley when I finish this:
“Heavy metal music blared through paper-thin walls.” From Time Search by Danele J. Rotharmel
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Unique concept, isn’t it! I can’t wait to dive in!
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1987
Samuel Mason sat parked in his white DeSoto across the street from Centerville Christian Church. – and the Shofar Blew by Francine Rivers
HAPPY FRIDAY!
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1987… a LOT has changed since then 😀
Happy Friday to you, Caryl!!!
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Folks said Thomas Beaufort could track a housefly through a hurricane, and though he admitted that it might be a slight exaggeration, he felt it wasn’t too far off.
~The Bounty Hunter’s Baby by Erica Vetsch
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Hahaha! I love that! I’m going to go add it to my wishlist, thanks for sharing!
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I love novella collections! 🙂
Here is my first line:
Kit Kat and Lucy by Lonnie Hull DuPont
You will always by lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. Colonial American Proverb
“To say moving from San Francisco to rural Michigan was not easy for me would be an understatement.”
Happy reading and Happy Friday!
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I’m guessing that proverb was quite practical in that time period! 😉
Have a great weekend, Heather!
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This week my first line comes from The Bomber War: The Allied Air Offensive Against Nazi Germany by Robin Neillands “This is the story of a machine.” I haven’t started it yet, but looking forward to it!
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It’s been a while since you’ve shared a non-fiction line, I thought I might have corrupted you 😉
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I’m about to start the fourth novella, Altered Hearts by Gina Welborn, in the Blue Ribbon Brides Collection from Barbour:
“With a record fifth win at this year’s fair,” yelled the announcer through the megaphone, “Miss Reba Diehl!”
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Love those Barbour collections! Happy reading, Yvette!
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Wiltshire, England–1867
Amala sat on a particularly uncomfortable chair at the edge of the crowded and stuffy ballroom.
~Color of Love by Anita Stansfield
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I’m pretty glad balls aren’t really a thing any more, they sound miserable 😉
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“They share the truth of an experience that only those who were there can truly know. As part of a regiment of southwestern cowpunchers, Oklahoma Indians, Ivy League football stars, and champion polo players, they had faced death boldly and defeated the enemy.
They had been Rough Riders.”
Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill by Mark Lee Gardner.
Happy Friday!!!
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Teddy!!! 😀 Have a great weekend, Sarah!
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Thank you Beth, you too 🙂 I’ve got a few more TR books in my stash of recently-acquired books…
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I’m excited about LOVE GROWS IN ARCADIA VALLEY. It’s set in a fictional Arcadia Valley, but I live in a real Arcadia Valley. 🙂 My mom blog followers are excited that LOVE GROWS is this month’s give-away!
Harvest had begun as it did every year in Minden, Pennsylvania. — THE PROMISE OF PIERSON ORCHARD, debut author Kate Brandes (review copy, not Christian fiction but clean so far!)
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Thanks for sharing, Karen! Have a nice weekend!
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“Many a man has been inspired by a great father or a noble brother, and young six-year-old Lord Trent Hawthorne had been blessed with both.” An Uncommon Courtship by Kristi Ann Hunter
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Awww, that’s a sweet first line! I’ll be reading it this weekend! YAY!!!
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hahahaha! I have this collection and these first lines (and your commentary) are making me even more excited to read it!
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Hehehe! Yay!!!
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Well, I’m here! Finally! And I love that you’ve given us a whole month of First Line Fridays in one go. I suppose you’ll be asking for the month off next? ????
My first line this week is from Kristi Ann Hunter’s ‘A Noble Masquerade’:
“It is never a happy day when an eight-year-old girl’s cheesecake lands in the dirt, and she certainly doesn’t take kindly to the laughing little boy who put it there.”
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Hmmm… nah! I’d miss y’all! Oh I just LOVE the Hawthorne House series ????
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