Day 5 of @nicolefrailedits #aprilauthorchallenge ❓QOTD: Do you know the first line of a book by heart? What is it?

Holland, My Heart

PROLOGUE

Holland 

three years ago

  As Naomi adjusts my gown’s sweeping train, I run my fingertips over the antique Irish lace. Handmade more than a century ago, the elaborate flower and vine motif in openwork ivory cotton is luxurious against my skin.

When Ivy Met Adam

PROLOGUE

Ivy

late last summer

A text from Nico: Want to see the new Spider-man?

It’s a welcome invitation given it’s only 6:24 a.m. and my high-rise apartment’s noisy air conditioner cannot keep up with the blistering LA heat.