First Line Friday – When The Silence Breaks

Welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Reading is my SuperPower! It’s time to grab the book you’re reading, and share the first line!

This week I’m sharing the first line to When the Silence Breaks by Elizabeth Goddard. It releases next week, and I am hoping to have it finished by release day. I just love Goddard’s stories, and have been in the mood for a good romantic suspense novel all week. Can’t wait to dive in later today!

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About the Book

When the Silence Breaks
Author Elizabeth Goddard
Published by Baker Publishing Group
on August 4, 2026
Genres: Fiction / Christian / Romance / Suspense, Fiction / Christian / Suspense, Fiction / Romance / Suspense
Pages: 352

A deathbed confession. A decades-old secret. A mountain that holds the answers--and danger closing in.

When intelligence analyst Sarah Ellison learns of her grandfather's deathbed confession connected to her brother's murder, she's determined to protect her remaining family. After further investigation, she discovers the disclosed information points to a decades-old government secret buried deep in the Cascade Mountains. With this knowledge, she looks for a guide who knows the terrain like the back of their hand.

After his father's death in a tragic mountain accident, former Navy SEAL Ryder Goodwin no longer guides for the family business. At first, Ryder refuses to help Sarah, but he sees the trouble chasing her and can't stand by while someone brings danger to his small-town mountain community.

Ryder and Sarah gear up to climb the mountain in a race against time and a looming storm. When the danger escalates, their search for answers shifts to a survival mission. Their only chance to make it through involves trusting each other and confronting the truth no one wants them to find.

This gripping romantic-suspense thriller set in the Pacific Northwest from USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Goddard is a series opener that will sweep you away in a rush of adrenaline.

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