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First Line Friday — How to Plot A Payback

19 Apr

Happy Friday! I just love to attend book events. Last weekend two bookish friends and I attended an evening with 3 authors hosted by Bookbound Bookstore in Blairsville, Georgia. Shout out to Sharon Davis for her fabulously fun events. Joy Callaway, Melissa Ferguson, and Kimberly Brock all entertained and informed us with their writing habits, research, and of course their wonderful books! I snagged a signed copy of Melissa Ferguson’s newest RomCom release, How to Plot A Payback.

Here’s the first line:

Murder is just so tedious.

He crossed an ocean, and it still wasn’t enough to escape his lifelong nemesis. Now he has to work with her.

Successful screenwriter Finn Masters just landed his dream job writing for Neighbors, one of Hollywood’s highest-rated, longest-running sitcoms. The only downside? It will put him back in proximity of the show’s universally adored, optimistic, altruistic star, Lavender Rhodes, who has been inadvertently ruining his life since they were school chums in England. But she doesn’t even know she destroyed his acting career and wrecked his relationship with the love of his life.

He’s not about to let this woman yank yet another dream out from under his feet. In fact, he realizes he’s been given the ideal opportunity to plot his payback: spinning her character in shocking new directions. What could go wrong? Only everything. As Finn’s not-so-brilliant plot backfires one scene after the next, catching him in the blasts, he’s forced to think about this impossible, infuriating…and maybe even lovable woman in an entirely new light.

Melissa Ferguson is the bestselling author of titles including Meet Me in the Margins, Famous for a Living, and How to Plot a Payback. She lives in Tennessee with her family in their growing farmhouse lifestyle and writes heartwarming romantic comedies.

You can find her on her socials at @ourfriendlyfarmhouse.