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?

The Rules:

• 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:

“Every morning my sister’s screams ring through the hallways of our old Victorian home like the echoes of a banshee. Most times, I’m already dressed and halfway to her room as it starts. When it comes to caring for her, if I don’t stick to a schedule like the social worker suggested, things can get dangerously out of hand. But this morning, I’m spitting out my toothpaste when she wakes.”

This is certainly an intriguing start to a novel, and has already hooked my attention with just one paragraph. Anyone else?

Do you recognize the lines?

Here’s a hint:

It’s the start to a debut novel that weaves fantasy with a contemporary narrative.

Still not sure? Here’s another hint:

It’s written by Khalia Moreau.

The First Lines Friday book is:

The Princess of Thornwood Drive.

About the Book:

Title: The Princess of Thornwood Drive

Author: Khalia Moreau

Page Length: 322 pages

Publication Date: September 19, 2023

Publisher: Forever

Synopsis: 

Two sisters. Two worlds. One grave danger to them both.

Laine Highland would give anything to be in another reality. Any reality. Ever since the accident that killed her parents and left her younger sister paralyzed and nonverbal, Laine’s been overwhelmed by grief and mind-numbing responsibility. But she clings to a single, bright strand of hope that one day the sister she knew will come back to her…

Alyssa lives in a world woven with light and Caribbean magic, a fairytale-like existence where her parents have disappeared into the Dark Forest and she’s been cursed as a changel. As evil starts to spread through the kingdom, she’s desperate to pierce the veil between her realm and her sister’s and give warning.

For a dark prince is intent on winning Laine’s heart, and now the sister must find a way back to each other…or risk being separated forever.

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