First Line Of The Book Your Reading

Danielle · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:00 pm

I haven't seen this posted in a while and I know I always enjoy this post.

First line:

When I was five years old, my mum sold me.

From Between the Devil and Desire by Lorraine Heath.

SarahLovesBooks · **Joined:** Tue May 06, 2008 3:04 pm **Posts:** 411

This wasn't just another DVD; this was life or death.

From: It Happened One Knife by Jeffrey Cohen (A Double Feature Mystery cozy)

Sarah

nikkiphilton · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:46 pm

"On a cold winter's day nearly a hundred years gone past, a curse was born...."

From Highlander Unchained, by Monica McCarty, the third in her trilogy.

Robin in PA · **Posted:** Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:14 pm

The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault.

Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. It's part of his Dresden Files series.

WillaLee · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:16 am

The cougar was going to turn. Murder Game by Christine Feehan.

lynn4 · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:13 pm **Posts:** 1909

PROLOGUE

Dear Diary,

Families suck. Why can't I have a regular mom and dad?

_Cutting Loose_ by Susan Andersen

rebyj · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:26 am

"When I was a small boy I had a terrible dream."

Vittorio the Vampire , Anne Rice

Tina · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:00 am

"Out of a cloudless sky on a windless November day came a sudden shadow that swooped across the bright aqua Corvette."

Tick Tock by Dean Koontz

Carolina · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:29 am

Her baby wouldn't stop crying.

Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian.

janet dutton · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:13 pm

The Guardian Keys have protected Earth since the beginning of time.

The Demon King and I - Candace Havens

gail · **Joined:** Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:47 am **Posts:** 1679

Sabrina Russo got only a few seconds' warning before disaster struck. - the Duke's New Year Resolution- Merline Lovelace,SD 1913, 12/08 Gail

Stacie · **Joined:** Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:38 am **Posts:** 21

"What do you mean the chicken is still alive?"

The Thing About Men by Elizabeth Bevarly

readstoomuch · **Posted:** Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:07 pm

"Will Scarlet hated trees. Any trees.

Woods. Holts. And Sherwood Forest, most of anything."

WHAT A SCOUNDREL WANTS by Carrie Lofty

karalynn · **Joined:** Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:09 am **Posts:** 420

PROLOGUE

Sipping a cup of freshly brewd Colombian blend, Peter Winter sat on the couch in his spacious family room, inserted the DVD into his computer, and then waited for the slide show to appear on his fifty-two-inch flat-scren TV.

Cruel Intent by J.A. Jance.

Meloira · **Joined:** Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:35 pm **Posts:** 9

I love shoes.

Alibi in High Heels by Gemma Halliday

Stephanie M · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:42 pm

Well there went one of my New Year's resolutions. As soon as I read Danielle's post, I went over to Barnes & Noble and ordered it. With an opening like that, how could it not be good?

Mornings can be murder, especially when they start with a broken cofeepot.

A Suspicion of Strawberries by Lynette Sowell

ameliad · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:08 pm

There were some things money couldn't buy.

Heiress For Hire - Erin McCarthy

SarahLovesBooks · **Joined:** Tue May 06, 2008 3:04 pm **Posts:** 411

I posted this last night....but alas...it was lost to the great internet graveyard.

All our attempts at subterfuge had been in vain.
Eclipse...Stephanie Meyer

So I finished that this morning....so here's the first line of my new book:

When she walked in, Sadie expected the sickening stench of ammonia that proclamed the outwardly tidy bungalow a candestine meth lab.
Devil May Ride ( A Ghost Dusters Mystery) by Wendy Roberts

Gem · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:01 pm

He had no right to make the phone call and he knew it. -

A Coral Kiss - Jayne Ann Krentz

Avid Reader · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:03 am

Mine must have gotten lost as well.

"It was a good night to die."
The Vampire Who Loved Me by Theresa Mederois

What a great line, huh?

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