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?

The Rules:

• 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!

Just a heads up — while I generally try to keep this blog family friendly, today’s quote is a little bit spicier. I made sure to cut it off before any NSFW words are mentioned, but you can guess what is happening. So if spicy scenes aren’t your thing, I’d suggest skipping this week’s post.

First Lines:

“It has been brought to my attention that I lack enthusiasm. 

Enthusiasm? Seriously? 

Under normal circumstances, this would be a mediocre insult, but taking into account my current position, consider me offended.

‘What did you say?’ The words spill out of my mouth along with my boyfriend’s …”

This one sounded okay, but that last sentence had me laughing so hard that I couldn’t stop. It also had me completely sold on this book after reading just half a page. I can’t remember the last time I was sold on a book so quickly.

Do you recognize the lines?

Here’s a hint:

It’s an upcoming romance.

Still not sure? Here’s another hint:

It’s written by Lindsey Lanza.

The First Lines Friday book is:

Not Safe for Work.

About the Book:

Title: Not Safe for Work

Author: Lindsey Lanza

Series: California Love #2

Publication Date: June 18, 2024

Publisher: Self-published

Synopsis: 

A major dilemma. An unlikely hero.

A lot of inappropriate texting.

Olivia Diamond’s life is anything but sparkling. She’s still working through the most embarrassing break-up of the century, and now the promotion she thought was a done deal is turning into an impossible dream.

If being the only person on her sales team with a uterus wasn’t hard enough, now her boys’ club boss wants Olivia to date a client in order to close a massive deal. She wouldn’t. She couldn’t.

Enter Gavin Scott, Olivia’s least favorite and most attractive colleague. He’s here to save the day. Well, he’s here to try. And he’s hoping to do it all without revealing that he’s been crushing on Olivia since the day they started working together.

Not Safe for Work follows a chaotic and serendipitous chain of events that will have you laughing, raging, and swooning in every chapter. It’s a story of discovering your place in a world that’s working against you–and of finding love where you least expect it.

Links: Goodreads     

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