This week I'm featuring When the Day Comes (Timeless #1) by Gabrielle Meyer. I've read a lot of really good books this year, but this one might just top the list. I loved it so much!
How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice?
Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 Colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the other. While she's the same person at her core in both times, she's leading two vastly different lives.
In Colonial Williamsburg, Libby is a public printer for the House of Burgesses and the Royal Governor, trying to provide for her family and support the Patriot cause. The man she loves, Henry Montgomery, has his own secrets. As the revolution draws near, both their lives--and any hope of love--are put in jeopardy.
Libby's life in 1914 New York is filled with wealth, drawing room conversations, and bachelors. But the only work she cares about--women's suffrage--is discouraged, and her mother is intent on marrying her off to an English marquess. The growing talk of war in Europe only complicates matters.
But Libby knows she's not destined to live two lives forever. On her twenty-first birthday, she must choose one path and forfeit the other--but how can she choose when she has so much to lose in each life?
Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 Colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the other. While she's the same person at her core in both times, she's leading two vastly different lives.
In Colonial Williamsburg, Libby is a public printer for the House of Burgesses and the Royal Governor, trying to provide for her family and support the Patriot cause. The man she loves, Henry Montgomery, has his own secrets. As the revolution draws near, both their lives--and any hope of love--are put in jeopardy.
Libby's life in 1914 New York is filled with wealth, drawing room conversations, and bachelors. But the only work she cares about--women's suffrage--is discouraged, and her mother is intent on marrying her off to an English marquess. The growing talk of war in Europe only complicates matters.
But Libby knows she's not destined to live two lives forever. On her twenty-first birthday, she must choose one path and forfeit the other--but how can she choose when she has so much to lose in each life?
Book Beginnings / First Line Friday
Williamsburg, VirginiaMay 5, 1774
For as long as I could remember, my mama had told me that my life was a gift. But at the age of nineteen, I had yet to see how this life I was living - or rather, the lives I was living - could be anything other than a burden.
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Our enemy was in our very own backyard, and there was nothing we could do. It would make all of our future work more difficult and dangerous.
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That opening grabbed my attention. Glad to hear you liked it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mark! Hope you have a great week! :)
DeleteVery interesting plot idea. I wonder who it all works out.
ReplyDeleteIt took some very surprising turns! Hope you have a great week, Anne! :)
DeleteWhen the Day Comes does sound good! I liked the quotes you shared and that beginning has me wanting to know more right away. I am glad you enjoyed this one, Ashley. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It blew all my expectations away. It was so good! Hope you have a wonderful week! :)
DeleteThat does sound good! I wonder how she will choose!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
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https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/first-line-friday-before-the-coffee-gets-cold-by-toshikazu-kawaguchi/
That would be such a hard decision to make, wouldn't it? Hope you have a great week! :)
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