When the fae prince Hayes offers her a job as a member of his guard with a starting salary she can’t refuse, Saoirse accepts. She lives by two rules: make enough gold to keep her adopted family safe, and keep her existence as the last siren in Keirdre a secret. With the call of the water demanding she kill, she slakes her thirst as a seductive assassin known as the Temptress. Seventeen-year-old Saoirse is fighting a losing battle against the urge to lure unsuspecting men to an early, watery grave.
Because of that, I included a draft with comments from a friend who helped me pre-querying (thanks, Kristen!) Query Draft 1 There's only one problem: Saoirse is that deadly killer.įeaturing an all Black and Brown cast, a forbidden romance, and a compulsively dark plot full of twists, this thrilling YA fantasy is perfect for fans of A Song Below Water and To Kill a Kingdom.Alright, so here are my query drafts for Sing Me to Sleep!Ī bit of backstory: my query letter didn’t change much once I was actually in the trenches.
But when Hayes turns out to be kind, thoughtful, and charming, Saoirse finds herself increasingly drawn to him-especially when they're forced to work together to stop a deadly killer who's plaguing the city.
After all, his father is the one who enforces the kingdom's brutal creature segregation laws. But when a mysterious blackmailer threatens her sister, Saoirse takes a dangerous job that will help her investigate: she becomes personal bodyguard to the crown prince. And to her family, Saoirse tells the biggest lie of all: that she can control her siren powers and doesn't struggle constantly against an impulse to kill.Īs the top trainee in her class, Saoirse would be headed for a bright future if it weren't for the need to keep her secrets out of the spotlight. At night, working as an assassin for a dangerous group of mercenaries, Saoirse lies about her true identity. As a soldier-in-training at the most prestigious barracks in the kingdom, she lies about being a siren to avoid execution. In this dark and seductive YA fantasy debut, a siren must choose between protecting her family and following her heart in a prejudiced kingdom where her existence is illegal.
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