My Heart Belongs in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
By Murray Pura
Today on First-line Friday’s, I am sharing the first line to a brand-new My Heart Belongs Book. My Heart Belongs in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania by Murray Pura.
Saturday night, early December 1860
Adams County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Five miles north of Gettysburg
It was so black she could not see her hand even if she held it so close it touched her face.
What is she doing out in the dark? I can’t wait to find out!
Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Belongs-Gettysburg-Pennsylvania-Clarissas-ebook/dp/B07D8DVPJM
Now grab the book nearest to you or the one you’re reading and comment with the first line. Then head to Hoarding Books for more participants in First Line Friday’s.
About the Book:
When War Reaches Clarissa’s Back Door, the Trustworthy Become Even Fewer.
Journey into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, of 1863 where Clarissa Avery Ross lives a full life. By day she is the daughter of a respectable shoemaker being courted by seminary student Kyle Forrester. But by night she is a conductor on the Underground Railroad, working with a mysterious man called Liberty. She would like to share her work with Kyle, but he refuses to enlist when the war breaks out. How can she remain true to a man being labeled a coward? When the war comes to her back door in an epic battle, the greatest challenges to her faith and love are yet to come.
About the Author:
Murray Andrew Pura was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and has traveled extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Ordained as a Baptist minister in 1986, Pura has served five churches in Canada and headlined numerous speaking engagements in Canada and the United States. He has five books published, was a contributor to the Life With God Bible, has been a finalist for The Paraclete Fiction Award, The Dartmouth Book Award, and The John Spencer Hill Literary Award, and has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 Kobzar Literary Award of Canada.
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