Happy Friday book lovers! We’re back with another First Lines Friday, 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? Here are the rules:
- 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!
First lines:
“‘I’ll be your date to the wedding.’
Words I had never — not even in my wildest dreams, and trust me, I had a vivid imagination — conceived of hearing from that deep and rich tone reached my ears.”
Do you recognise the book these first lines come from?
*drumroll please!*
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to meet him.
📖 KEEP READING…
She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic and aid in her deception. New York to Spain is no short flight and her raucous family won’t be easy to fool.
Enter Aaron Blackford—her tall, handsome, condescending colleague—who surprisingly offers to step in. She’d rather refuse; never has there been a more aggravating, blood-boiling, and insufferable man.
But Catalina is desperate, and as the wedding draws nearer, Aaron looks like her best option. And she begins to realize he might not be as terrible in the real world as he is at the office.
Have you read The Spanish Love Deception or is it on your TBR?
dinipandareads 
I love a good fake dating trope and this sounds like a lot of fun. I hope this is a good one, Dini.
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Yeah, I’m excited to read some fake dating cos I love this trope. I hope this is a good one too, Carla! 😃
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Funny, I swore I knew those lines, but I have not read this book. Fake dating is usually lots of fun. Hope you are enjoying the book
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I love fake dating as well and I can’t wait to see how this one plays out. A little intimidated by all the hype but I hope I end up loving it as much as everyone else seems to!
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I can’t wait for our buddy read of this one, Dini! 🙂
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I hope we all love it! 😍
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