First Lines Fridays 21st February 2025 | Jo Linsdell

First Lines Fridays 21st February 2025

  

First Lines Fridays


Books: First Lines Fridays 21st February 2025

Have you read this week's pick? If not, would you based solely on it's opening lines?

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I'm participating in First Lines Fridays as I think it's a great way to highlight more of the books that are on my bookshelves. 

What is First Lines Fridays?

First Lines Fridays is 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? 

  • 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!

My Pick For This Week


The first lines of the book:


If I had my way, I would stay in bed today. All day. I would’ve left a fresh supply of adult diapers on my nightstand so I wouldn’t even have to get out of bed to pee. Seriously. But even though it’s Friday the thirteenth, the unluckiest of all unlucky days in the history of mankind, I can’t hide out under the covers until the stroke of midnight. I have a job to do.


Do you know which book this is from? Scroll down to find out!


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And the book is...

The Little Black Dress by Piper James book cover




About the book


  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B2KY22S1
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 8, 2022
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 316 pages

Book synopsis for The Little Black Dress by Piper James

Never underestimate the power of a little black dress. Especially one as lucky as mine.

Every time I’ve worn my favorite black dress, something good has happened. I’ve talked my way out of speeding tickets––and into a date with the cute cop––and I’ve found money on the ground, won cool prizes on the Las Vegas strip, and even got a cushy job with an even cushier paycheck.

It’s my lucky dress, and in it, I can’t lose.

Until I did.

Thanks to an enthusiastic bidder at an art auction, the dress failed me when I needed it most. I disappointed my boss and got fired, even though it wasn’t my fault. It was his. The man who writes thirty-five million dollar checks for ugly, ridiculous paintings.

Now, I’m unemployed, broke, and incredibly close to losing the life I’ve built for myself. When I score a job as an assistant to a billionaire casino owner, I’m over-the-moon happy. Hoping there’s still some luck left in my little black dress, I wear it on my first day to meet my new boss…

Jared Hart. Owner and operator of The Black Hart Casino.

And the insufferable, grumpy, gorgeous jerk who got me fired in the first place.

I want to tell him to take his job and shove it, but I need the money. Plus, being his assistant might give me an opportunity to exact a little payback.

Game on, sir.

Oh, and I’m setting that dress on fire the first chance I get. Its luck has obviously run out.

The Little Black Dress is a steamy romantic comedy with enemies who turn into lovers, lots of laughs, stellar friendships, and it brings all the heat. You might want to keep a fan nearby while you're reading.


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Where to find The Little Black Dress by Piper James online: 

 



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