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?
- 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!
First Lines:
Tyreste Penhallow held his breath when the keeper of his heart stepped into his modest bedchamber for the first time.
Do you recognize the line?
Hint: It’s a new romantasy release.
Still not sure? Here’s another hint:
It’s written by Sarah M. Cradit.
The First Lines Friday book is:
The Altruist and the Assassin
About the Book:
Title: The Altruist and the Assassin
Author: Sarah M. Cradit
Series: The Book of All Things
Release Date: August 9, 2022
Publisher: Storyville Press
Blurb: Rhiain enjoys a charmed life as the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the realm. Spoiled and vain, she has never met a need or want she couldn’t attain. The dark spots in her memory have been tucked away, with all other unpleasant things.
Then a terrible mistake brings her entire world crashing down around her. Her life shifts in an instant; her fate, uncertain. Her father’s punishment for her is forcing her to train for a life as one of his prized assassins.
But a chance encounter in a familiar tavern will change everything. Everything she knows. Everything she feels. Everything she is.
As Rhiain gets closer to handsome, enigmatic Asterin— a man she doesn’t remember but claims to possess the truth about her dark spots—she begins to accept there is much more to these gaps in her understanding of the past.
Because these memories were taken from her for a reason. And there are those who will do anything to stop her from remembering.
The Altruist and the Assassin is a standalone fated love fantasy romance tale set in the Kingdom of the White Sea universe, with hints of Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | My Review
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Have you read The Altruist and the Assassin? I loved it!! What do you think of the first line? Comment below!
I haven’t read a book by this author yet but they are on my tbr! 😍
I’ve read the three in this series and enjoyed them all. The Altruist and the Assassin is my fave!
Oooh this sounds awesome! Definitely adding it to my TBR 😀
I hope you enjoy it if you get a chance to read it!