First Line Friday of March 28th, 2025
DeeDee,
First Line Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page.
- Copy the first few lines, but donât give anything else about the book away just yet â you need to hook the reader first.
- Finally⌠reveal the book!
Note that I do this feature once in two weeks instead of every Friday. Alright, let's get this started!
Here is the first line of 3/14/25:
This is okay, right? I'm okay?
Do you know which book this line is from? Scroll down to find out!
Keep going. Youâre getting there!
Almost there...
TADA
When in Rome by Sarah Adams
Synopsis:
Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet.
Amelia Rose, known as Rae Rose to her adoring fans, is burned-out from years of maintaining her âprincess of popâ image. Inspired by her favorite Audrey Hepburn film, Roman Holiday, she drives off in the middle of the night for a break in Rome . . . Rome, Kentucky, that is.
When Noah Walker finds Amelia on his front lawn in her broken-down car, he makes it clear he doesnât have the time or patience for celebrity problems. Heâs too busy running the pie shop his grandmother left him and reminding his nosy but lovable neighbors to mind their own damn business. Despite his better judgment, he lets her stay in his guest roomâbut only until her car is fixedâthen sheâs on her own.
Then Noah starts to see a different side of Rae Roseâsheâs Amelia: kindhearted and goofy, yet lonely from years in the public eye. He canât help but get close to her. Soon sheâll have to return to her glamorous life on tour, but until then, Noah will show Amelia all the charming small-town experiences sheâs been missing, and sheâll help him open his heart to more.
Amelia canât resist falling for the cozy town and her grumpy tour guide, but even Audrey had to leave Rome eventually.
Description from StoryGraph.
