First Lines Fridays 21st November 2025 | Jo Linsdell

First Lines Fridays 21st November 2025

                 

First Lines Fridays


Books: First Lines Fridays 21st November 2025

Every book begins with a few words that set everything in motion. Each First Lines Fridays post is my little celebration of those beginnings — a chance to spotlight the sentences that hook me, whether from a story I know well or one I’ve yet to start. See if this week’s line rings any bells!

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Why I Love First Lines Fridays

I'm joining in with First Lines Fridays because it’s a brilliant way to highlight more books from my own collection. Whether it’s a current read or one still on my TBR pile, I love sharing those unforgettable opening lines that instantly grab you.


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 First Lines Pick For This Week


The first lines of the book:


There’s one thing you should know about me — I would do anything to protect my family. I sit in my car, staring at the school and take a deep breath. Anxiety crawls down my arms, causing my fingers to tremble. I look at the message from Allison again. I need you to come get me. I got in trouble. That’s it. No explanation, nothing.


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


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And the book is...


The Perfect Ex-Wife by Winter K. Willis book cover



About the book


Book synopsis for The Perfect Ex-Wife by Winter K. Willis

Ramona has spent the last twelve years trying to build the perfect family with her husband and stepdaughter. In their picture-perfect home and neighborhood, she thought she'd finally found the life she always dreamed of. But one thing still haunts her every the shadow of her husband’s missing ex-wife. No matter how hard she tries, neither her husband nor stepdaughter can let go of the past.

Ramona has quietly hoped that time would help her replace the memory of the woman who disappeared without a trace. But when the police show up at her doorstep with new evidence, everything changes. As buried secrets resurface, Ramona is forced to confront the truth about the woman who came before her—and just how far she'll go to protect the perfect life she's built.

Perfect family. Perfect home. Perfect lie.

In this gripping domestic thriller, family secrets unravel and Ramona is pulled into a web of mind games and psychological manipulation. Her once-perfect life spirals into a tense, heart-pounding mystery, filled with suspenseful twists and a twisted past that refuses to stay buried. As the truth unfolds, Ramona must confront her worst fears in a mind-bending, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller that will leave readers questioning everything they thought they knew.

A page-turner of mind-bending suspense and psychological twists, this is one mystery where nothing is as it seems.


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Where to find The Perfect Ex-Wife by Winter K. Willis online: 

 



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Have you read this book?

Have you read The Perfect Ex-Wife by Winter K. Willis? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below! If you enjoy guessing books from their opening lines, make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss next week’s First Lines Fridays post.





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