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:
“Gray Woodson didn’t know much, but he knew one thing… Life had been a lot easier when he was killin’ people.
This whole retirement thing, on the other hand, was a pain in his saddle-hardened ass.”
Do you recognise the book these first lines come from?
*drumroll please!*
Hitched to the Gunslinger by Michelle McLean
Gray “Quick Shot” Woodson is the fastest gun west of the Mississippi. Unfortunately, he’s ready to hang up his hat. Sure, being notorious has its perks. But the nomadic lifestyle—and people always tryin’ to kill you—gets old real fast.
Now he just wants to find a place to retire so he can spend his days the way the good Lord intended. Staring at the sunset. And napping.
📖 KEEP READING…
When his stubborn horse drags him into a hole-in-the-wall town called Desolation, something about the place calls to Gray, and he figures he might actually have a shot at a sleepy retirement.
His optimism lasts about a minute and a half.
Soon he finds himself embroiled in a town vendetta and married to a woman named Mercy. Who, judging by her aggravating personality, doesn’t know the meaning of her own name. In fact, she’s downright impossible.
But dang it if his wife isn’t irresistible. If only she’d stop trying to steal his guns to go after the bad guys herself.
There goes his peace and quiet…
Have you read Hitched to the Gunslinger or is it on your TBR?
dinipandareads 
Hmmm, I think life could be easier when you are killing people, eliminating problems. LOL! Hope you are enjoying this book.
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LOL it was a great Western Romance! One of the very few that I’ve read but definitely the first that had me cracking up as much as these two did. Their banter was fantastic! 😍
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oh! I wouldve never guessed it came from a cowboy romance! Now you tell me though 🤔 it does fits perfectly!
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oh! I wouldve never guessed it came from a cowboy romance! Now you tell me though 🤔 it does fits perfectly!
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Hehe it definitely fits the character too! It was such a great read 🙂
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