Happy Friday! I am so excited about the book I’m sharing from today – the first book in Susan May Warren’s newest epic romantic adventure series! The Way of the Brave was just released this week, and the next two books are definitely on my must-read list for 2020. Since today is First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books, here’s the first line:
“He should have never left Alaska.”
The Way of the Brave by Susan May Warren
The Basics
Title: The Way of the Brave by Susan May Warren
Series: Global Search and Rescue Series (Book 1 of 3)
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense/Adventure
My Rating: 5/5 Stars
From the Back Cover: Haunted by the memory of a rescue gone wrong, former pararescue jumper Orion Starr has no desire to join Hamilton Jones’ elite rescue team. But he also can’t shirk his duty when the call comes in to rescue three lost climbers on Denali in Alaska.
Jenny Calhoun’s yearly extreme challenge with her best friends is her only escape from her guilt. The former CIA profiler and psychiatrist green-lighted an operation against the Taliban that ended in ambush and lives lost. When her cathartic climb on Denali turns deadly, she’ll be forced to trust her life to the most dangerous of heroes – the man she nearly killed.
Orion and Jenny will have to put their wounds behind them to save their friends…and their hearts.
My Thoughts
Susan May Warren is a master storyteller, and she proves it once again with this first book in her Global Search and Rescue series! The characters and the setting leap right off the page; you can imagine you’re right there on Denali, trying to make it off the mountain alive, or in Afghanistan with Orion and Jenny when she made the decision changed both of them forever. They both have to come face to face with their pain, doubts, and faith in this story, and their struggles are portrayed in such a genuine way.
This book definitely has more adventure than suspense, although I think there may be more of a suspense element to later books in the series. Fans of The Montana Marshalls series will enjoy seeing glimpses of familiar characters and events from a different perspective, but you can definitely read this book without having read that series. Now I can’t wait for Jake and Ham’s stories, coming out later in 2020!
Now it’s your turn! Please share the first line of the book you’re reading in the comments below, and don’t forget to head to Hoarding Books to see what other first lines other bloggers are sharing or to share your own!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. Thank you, Revell!
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Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I am sharing the first few lines from The Blizzard Bride by Susie Dietze: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2020/01/10/first-line-fridays-118/. I’m still working my way through this fun novel, so I will share another line or two from The Blizzard Bride.
“‘Forgive, forget, forgive, forget.’ The words formed a rhythmic refrain in Abby’s head, in time to the beat played by the group of fiddles and banjos Saturday evening at Mayor Carpenter’s birthday party.”
I hope you have an excellent weekend filled with relaxing reading time. 🙂❤️📚
Thank you so much! 😊 Those are some great lines! Sounds like a good book 😊 Happy weekend!
“She should have paid more attention to her longtime neighbor, Oliver Schneider, when she passed him on the road at dawn.” Echoes Among the Stones by Jaime Jo Wright
Thanks for sharing! 😊 I haven’t read that one yet, but it sounds intriguing! Happy reading 😊
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first line from Coral by Sara Ella: “Her soul was bleeding.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2020/01/first-line-fridays-coral-by-sara-ella.html
That first line definitely gets your attention! Thanks for sharing 😊
Susie’s book looks great!
My first line is from The Gray Chamber by Grace Hitchcock:
New York City, Fall 1887
Edyth Foster’s limbs burned as she pedaled down Fifth Avenue, her white skirts whipping in the wind while she wove around pedestrians and carriages, ignoring their shouts of protest.
I adore her books!! 🙂
Today I shared the first line from The Thief of Lanwyn Manor. “Julia Twethewey never considered what it would feel like to look down the barrel of a flintlock pistol.”
Happy Friday! I’m sharing from Volition by Chautona Havig on my blog today. Here is the first line from Chapter 18:
“For a week, I read my Bible, prayed like I’d never prayed before, and tried to ignore the skeleton that had moved into my closet.”