First Line Friday

First Line Friday | Week 24 | Lady Jayne Disappears

It’s First Line Friday, which means it’s time to open the book nearest you and share the first line. Today I’m sharing from Lady Jayne Disappears by Joanna Davidson Politano. This book has so many great lines!

Here’s the first line:

Well, Miss Harcourt. Are you, or are you not, Nathaniel Droll?

And here is another one of my favourite quotes—I have to love a heroine who loves reading!

Reading is the perfect way to engage and excite your mind while appearing to merely pass the time.

About Lady Jayne Disappears

When Aurelie Harcourt’s father dies in debtor’s prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll. Her new family greets her with apathy and even resentment. Only the quiet houseguest, Silas Rotherham, welcomes her company.

When Aurelie decides to complete her father’s unfinished serial novel, writing the family into the story as unflattering characters, she must keep her identity as Nathaniel Droll hidden while searching for the truth about her mother’s disappearance–and perhaps even her father’s death.

Author Joanna Davidson Politano’s stunning debut set in Victorian England will delight readers with its highly original plot, lush setting, vibrant characters, and reluctant romance.

You can find Lady Jayne Disappears online at:

Amazon | ChristianBook | Goodreads | Koorong

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Share your first line in the comments, and happy reading!

22 comments

  1. I really want to read this one!

    I’m sharing the first line from Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” today, in keeping with the diversity theme, but here I’m going to share the first line of “One Plus One Equals Trouble” by Sondra Kraak:

    “Killing Edward Stevens was beyond her proper ways. So instead, Claire Montgomery made tea.”

    • Iola Goulton says:

      I missed the memo about the diversity theme … although I suppose Lady Jayne highlights the class differences in Victorian England 🙂

      I will admit that I’ve never read To Kill a Mockingbird. My daughter has the paperback – I should borrow it.

  2. This is still on my TBR!! One day I shall read this!

    I’m sharing A Letter from Lancaster County by Kate Lloyd on my blog today, but I’m currently reading Isaiah’s Daughter by Mesu Andrews so I’ll share that here.

    732 BCE (Spring)
    Judean Wilderness

    My friend Yaira said to be brave – but why? Brave or scared, we kept marching. She told me to be a big girl, not to cry, but I’m only five and I’ve seen big men crying.

    Happy Weekend!

  3. Beth Erin says:

    I LOVE Lady Jayne! Great story!
    I’m diving into Missing Isaac by Valerie Fraser Luesse today!
    A sleepy purple twilight wrapped around the farmhouse, its tall windows glowing with warmth from somewhere inside.

  4. Suzie says:

    This was such a good book. There were several fantastic debuts last year.

    I’ll share the first line from the next book on my TBR list: Until We Find Home by Cathy Gohlke: Lightning crackled, splitting the night sky over Paris, illuminating letters painted on the bookstore window across the street: La Maison des Amis des Livre.

  5. Caryl Kane says:

    I have this one in my TBR!

    PROLOGUE

    Night crept over the hills, smothering the landscape in a cocoon of darkness that would hide him in a few minutes. – Haven of Swans by Colleen Coble

    Happy Friday and Happy Reading!

  6. Definitely on my TBR pile!

    Happy Friday!!!!

    Today on my blog, I am sharing the first line from the novel The Gift of the Inn by Golden Keyes Parsons. So here I will leave the first line from the book I am starting next, Troubled Waters by Susan May Warren.

    Chapter 1
    “Sierra should have brought marshmallows.”

  7. Becky Smith says:

    I love these Fridays & reading the first lines from all these books I’ve either enjoyed or want to read!

    My first line is from Rush by Jayme Mansfield:

    “I can’t stop shivering when I sleep alone.”

    • Iola Goulton says:

      I agree with you – I think First Line Friday is responsible for a lot of the books I’ve bought recently. And I’m definitely checking Rush out – that’s a great first line. Thanks for sharing!

  8. I lookup this book up and put it on my TBR list. I see it is a debut novel publish by Amazon Digital. It appears to doing very well. Today I am featuring an another historical novels in England at the same time.

  9. Ellie says:

    My first line today is from Robin Lee Hatcher’s You’ll think of Me. I’m reading it now and I have trouble putting it down! “Brooklyn Myers sat on the narrow stretch of lawn beside the brick apartment building, watching her ten-year-old daughter.”

  10. Sarah says:

    I think I like your favorite line even more than the first line. Can’t go wrong with a main character who loves books as much as we all do. Happy Friday!

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