Welcome to First Line Friday!
Today I’m featuring
The Heart of a Cowboy by Jody Hedlund.
Brilliant scientist Linnea Newberry is on the adventure of a lifetime, traveling the Santa Fe Trail with her grandfather, Dr. Powell, on a botanical expedition to Colorado Territory. She longs to be taken seriously by the other team members, but at every calamity she faces, her grandfather threatens to send her home.
After watching his ma suffer and die in childbirth, Flynn McQuaid has sworn off women and marriage forever. Headed west to start a new life, he has his hands full not only taking care of his younger siblings but also delivering cattle to his brother. He doesn’t need more complications.
When Flynn rescues Linnea from drowning during a river crossing, Dr. Powell promptly hires Flynn–unbeknownst to Linnea–to act as her bodyguard for the rest of the trip. As Flynn fights against the many dangers of the trail, he soon finds himself in the greatest danger of all–falling for a woman he’s determined not to love.
From Goodreads
[Graphic Text]: Council Grove, Kansas, May 1863 – She was going to drown.
Now it’s your turn. Pull out the book beside you and tell us the first line.
First Line Friday is hosted by Reading is my Super Power.
I’m waiting for my copy of Jody’s book in the mail! Loved the last one!
My first lines are by Jenny Knipfer and Under the Weeping Willows:
Enid June 1983
I rub my hand over my mother’s words. My throat clenches, and I hiccup, forcing back a sob. A tear lands on the lined page of the diary with a splat.
Happy reading!
I haven’t read a book by Jenny Knipfer yet, but I’ve seen her name around. I hope you enjoy!
I have not much of her historical fiction. I tried one and I couldn’t get into it. It was one of her earliest written works, not sure if it was that, the topic, or my mood! I hope you enjoy this one! Here is my link if you’d like to stop by: https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2021/10/first-line-friday-19-you-belong-with-me.html
I get that! And thank you!