TGIF, everyone! First Line Fridays is a fun way to share from books on your TBR.
Today my first line is from a book I am starting this weekend (absolutely cannot wait!!!!):
You’re invited: Seeking women aged 18 to 32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality conducted by a preeminent NYC psychiatrist. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. Call for more details.
I’m a huge fan of these two authors! Their first book, The Wife Between Us, was a favorite of mine last year, and I’ve been eagerly anticipating this one! I cannot even begin to describe my excitement over this book! I’m buddy reading this, and I’ll be sharing some thoughts…on my birthday next week! So stay tuned!
Synopsis from Goodreads:
The next novel of psychological suspense and obsession from the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us
Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed.
When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she’s thinking…and what she’s hiding. As Jess’s paranoia grows, it becomes clear that she can no longer trust what in her life is real, and what is one of Dr. Shields’ manipulative experiments. Caught in a web of deceit and jealousy, Jess quickly learns that some obsessions can be deadly.
From the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us comes an electrifying new novel about doubt, passion, and just how much you can trust someone.
I’m linking up with my friend, Mack, this week for First Line Fridays. Check out what book she’s sharing this week.
Please share with me the first line(s) of the book you are currently reading! I would love to read it! Have you read An Anonymous Girl, or do you plan to? Did you read The Wife Between Us? Happy Friday reading! ~ Jenni THR
I loved The Wife Between Us and loved it so much that I requested this book as soon as I heard about it. I’m hoping to read it while I’m off from work over the Christmas holidays. It sounds so good!
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Me, too, Suzanne! I’ve been waiting to read this one a long time and have been so ready! The Wife Between Us was my favorite thriller last year. So, so good! I hope you get a chance to read it over the holidays and that we both love it as much as TWBU!
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Thanks, China! 💗
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So excited to read this one!!! I read the first two chapters and 💕💕
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It’s going to be sooooo good! I just know it! And we are splashing on my birthday! Woo hoo! (When you picked the date, I was so excited about that!)
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Ahhh yay!!! That’s so exciting!!! I hope your birthday is much less dramatic than this book though 💕💕
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I haven’t read The Wife Between Us, but this book definitely grabs you from the jump! This sounds like it’s going to be a major page turner!
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It does, LP! And you have to pick up TWBU if you love a good thriller! Seriously my favorite of the last year! ♥️
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Good to know! I literally have a list of books you’ve reviewed that I’m taking with me to the Used Bookstore nearby lol! Will post a photo of what I find / pick up! ☺️
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I can’t wait to see what you get!! Ohh, I’m so excited! ♥️
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This is some book!!!! You are going to enjoy this one.
My fist line is ….
“If not for the second worst mistake of Grace Healey’s life, she never would have found the suitcase.”
from The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
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I missed this comment somehow. I am finally reading this one now, Marialyce. So, so good! And your book- ahhh, that’s coming up soon, too! I hope you love it!
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Oooh! I am so intrigued by this book! I have not read the author’s other books and I guess I had better get on that. This one sounds like it is going to be very gripping. Thanks for sharing it. 🙂
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Thank you! It’s one of the books I’m most excited about this year! If you get a chance, read The Wife Between Us. I promise you won’t regret it!
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The Wife Between Us wasn’t a winner for me, but I’d still like to read this one! Sounds great, Jen. ❤ xoxo
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I hope you enjoy this one more, favorite M! happy Friday! 💗 xoxo
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The opening line of this book is definitely intriguing! I got a copy of this from NetGalley and I’m so keen to read it asap, I feel sure I’m going to love it. I hope you enjoy reading it over the weekend! 🙂
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Thank you, Hayley! I hope you love it, too! I don’t know if you’ve read their first book together, but it is A-MAY-ZING, so I am definitely ready to read this one! Happy weekend! ♥️
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Yes, I read the Wife Between Us and enjoyed it. Cannot wait to read their new release.
I am beginning the Christmas Sisters by Sarah Morgan. The first lines are:
There are good anniversaries, and bad anniversaries. This was a bad one and Suzanne chose to mark the moment with a nightmare.
Happy Friday!
💕📚❄️🌨🎄
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I’m happy you enjoyed TWBU, Virginia, and I hope you love The Christmas Sisters! Such a charming read! Happy weekend! ♥️ xoxo
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Happy 😃 Birthday 🎂 and readin’ next week, Jennifer!
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Thanks, Virginia! 💗 💕 ♥️
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That first line alone is enough to make me scared for the protagonist! Psychiatric experiments re never good… 😱
I’ll be reading another Dickens Christmas book over the weekend – The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. It begins…
Everybody said so.
Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right. In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken, in most instances, such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible. Everybody may sometimes be right; “but that’s no rule,” as the ghost of Giles Scroggins says in the ballad.
The dread word, Ghost, recalls me.
Everybody said he looked like a haunted man. The extent of my present claim for everybody is, that they were so far right. He did.
Hmm… 😂
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Hmm, sounds festive! 😂 I will be watching for your thoughts on that one and I hope you enjoy it! My book should be a page-turner. I hope! Happy weekend!
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I didn’t read their first collaboration, but this one sounds GOOD!
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Thanks, Angela! I hope you get a chance to read one or both of them!
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Happy Friday!🎄🎅
My first lines come from Lowcountry Bookshop by Susan M Boyer…….
The dead are prone to secrecy. Eighteen years ago, my best friend Colleen took the outbound train to the next world. She’s seen behind the curtain, knows the answers to a great many questions. But since she’s been back in her role as guardian spirit, she can’t share this information with me. It’s against the rules, that’s what she tells me.
Have an awesome weekend and happy reading!📚😊💕
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Oh, I LOVE Susan Boyer and that series, Sus! I didn’t know you were also a fan. So much fun! Enjoy the book and happy weekend! Our snow is FINALLY melting! ♥️
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Ooh, good one! I hope it lives up to our expectations, Jennifer. Happy reading💕
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I hope so, too, Jonetta! I have a good feeling about it! ♥️
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Urg! This one sounds very, very creepy… I hope you enjoy it, Jennifer:)
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Thanks, Sarah! I love a little creepy every once in a while! 😊
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Go you, Jennifer:) I’m very impressed – I can’t cope with creepy!
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Oh I cannot wait! I should be starting this tonight! Finally!💕💕
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Finally is right! Woo hoo! Enjoy! ♥️
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I’m at about 50% now and I have just no idea what is going on, but it is SO good!
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I’m still jumping up and down about this book weeks later! So, so good! If you don’t love it, I’ll be shocked! 😅❤
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I have an arc of this one as well but I’m thinking of waiting until the beginning of the year. Want to start the new year off well reading wise 🙂 Happy early Birthday!
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Thank you, Gemma! ♥️ I started it last night and I had a late night. It reads so easily and is such a page turner, I literally could not put it down. I think you are making a great choice with this one as your first read! I need to do the same! It could predict my whole reading year! 😊
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ooh that’s a really intriguing opening!
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Thank you! I stayed up late with it last night. It’s GOOD!
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Awesome!!
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I’ll tell you exactly what I told Mackenzie…. And it only gets better and better…
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Love hearing that, Carrie! I stayed up LATE with this one. They always write so smoothly, it’s hard to put it down!
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Ah yes, I keep telling myself not to pick up books like this late in the day but I never listen to myself and end up losing quite a bit of sleep with them. LOL
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Loved this book! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts about it. Happy reading.
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Yay, Diana! I have started reading and I can see why. I am GLUED to it. So, so good!
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I still haven’t read the wife between us, but I’ll get to it😀 this next one sounds very good. Never participate in any psychological studies😅 I’m just saying. Hope you’re having fun reading this one Jennifer.
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😂 So true, Rose! So many things can happen! This one has consumed my reading time. It’s so, so good! I hope you enjoy TWBU when you get to it!
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Hahahaha! Yes there are those that will do that to ya. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it😊
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Oh, i can’t wait for this one! I really liked their first book together as well 🙂
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Norrie, I’m knee deep in it now, and it is so GOOD! You are going to love it!
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I’m going to give this book a try even though I wasn’t crazy about The Wife Between Us. I know, I know….people loved it. It just didn’t do it for me. But this one sounds interesting enough so I am going to read it. Looking forward to your thoughts on it. 😊
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This one is super different from TWBU, so I hope you’ll like it more. It is AMAZING so far and reads so quickly, it’s hard to put it down.
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Really looking forward to your thoughts on this Jenni! 🤗
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Oh, Beth!!!! It is completely absorbing so far! I can’t wait to tell you what I think when I finish! 🥰
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