It’s First Line Friday! That means it’s time to pick up the nearest book and quote the first line.
Next on my list is Dedicated to the One I Love, a new contemporary romance from Beth K Vogt that I pre-ordered pretty much based on the cover, especially the typewriter and the rom-com vibe.
Here’s the first line from the Chapter One:
Well, that’s saying everything isn’t fine, right?
About Dedicated to the One I Love
They’re perfect for each other.
Beloved romance novelist Kylie Franklin walked away from her pen-name career as bestselling and award-winning Veronica Hollins the day her husband died. Her loyal readers are eager for the final book in her sensational series. But Kylie’s given up on love, both fictional and in real life. Behind her back, Kylie’s agent contrives a way to get her writing again.
Joe Edwards has made a name for himself with his popular military suspense novels under the pen name Tate Merrick. Yet he can’t quite break onto the bestseller list. What his books need, his publisher suggests, is some romance. Joe flat refuses. However, his publisher is determined and hires Veronica Hollins to save the day—and his career.
Veronica and Tate quickly realize they’re Kylie and Joe, good friends who connected online via a popular word game and their mutual love of trivia. Surely they can wrangle their alter egos into this literary collaboration. But as the deadline looms, their differences threaten the romance developing off the page.
