First Line Friday of April 25th, 2025

25 Apr, 2025

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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 don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – 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 4/25/25:

To the new owner of my fabulous writing machine,

If you are reading this, it means you bought my grandmother's typewriter.

Do you know which book this line is from? Scroll down to find out!

Keep going. You’re getting there!

Almost there...

TADA

Star-Crossed Letters by Sarah Deeham

Synopsis:

One girl with a typewriter + one movie star = anonymous pen pals, a secret crush, and a steamy, slow-burn summer to risk it all.

The bookshop barista…

When I sold a vintage typewriter, I never imagined its new owner would become my pen pal, best friend, and secret crush. We have two rules: no photos and no real names.

Over the years, “Remington” and I go from typewritten notes to daily texts, but our rules stay the same. And so does my life. I’m a wannabe writer who can’t complete a novel, and I’ve fallen for a guy who I’ve never met.

So when I receive a letter my Nanna wrote before she died encouraging me to embark on a summer of risks—my first on the list is to break all the rules.

& the celebrity...

I hate keeping secrets from my pen pal, the one woman I care about. But I’m Hollywood’s hottest celebrity, and my fame is toxic. If I get close to a girl, she becomes vulnerable, stalked by the tabloids, trolls, and superfans.

Our anonymous friendship works until “Typewriter Girl” suddenly ghosts me. Now, I’ll do anything to ensure she’s safe, including stepping out from behind the screen and leading a double life.

Star-Crossed Letters is book 1 in the Falling for Famous contemporary romance series. It features:

• Friends to lovers
• Slow burn & swoony
• Star hero & ordinary girl
• Secret crush
• Mysterious pen pal
• Forced proximity in a Malibu mansion
• Bookshop and cafe vibes
• Meet-cute involving a typewriter

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