Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading!

To participate all you have to do is:

•Grab your current read

•Open to a random page

•Share “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

•BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

(make sure what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

 

Today’s teaser comes from Promises by Amber Garr

Release Date: December 7, 2011

Sometimes following your heart can end up destroying the ones you love.

When seventeen-year-old Eviana Dumahl is faced with the responsibility of an arranged marriage and clan leadership, she is forced to choose between the life required of a mermaid and one of a teenage girl simply infatuated with the wrong guy. Kain, her devoted fiancé would make a wonderful husband except that she’s been in love with Brendan, a shape-shifting selkie, ever since they were kids. Choosing to abandon her family, her clan, and her life with Kain will have dire consequences far beyond anything she could have imagined.

A war is brewing amongst the clans and Eviana unwittingly becomes a pawn in the intricate schemes of a twisted mastermind. With Brendan’s life on the line, she has no choice but to involve those who she once considered friends. Amidst encountering senseless tragedies and immense loss, Eviana discovers that she is more valuable as a clan leader than anyone ever suspected. Her survival is not only dependent upon the loyalty of her friends, but also on her acceptance of a life that she had so adamantly tried to escape.

Promises is the first book of The Syrenka Series trilogy following Eviana and her friends through the perils of growing up in a discrete world that inherently threatens human society.

 

 

“He bounded into the bathroom with clothes in hand and I heard the shower turn on. Deciding it was too much trouble to bath myself again, I threw on a long blue sundress and pinned back the sides of my hair. After adding a little makeup and some deodorant, I was ready to go. Yet I still sat on the bed for another ten minutes waiting for Kain to emerge. It was clear to me who the female was in this relationship. When he stepped out of the bathroom through a wall of steam, I couldn’t help but tease.

‘Finally,’ I sighed dramatically. ‘I thought that I was going to have to tell everyone that you fell in. Did you get everything plucked and primped just right?’

He looked at me and the side of his mouth curved up with a smirk. ‘Hey, don’t hate me because I’m beautiful. Do you think this hair styles itself?’ (pg 48.)

 

“As one, Kain, Abhainn, and I turned toward the bridge and the dark waters splashing underneath. At first I didn’t see anything, but when Abhainn inhaled a sharp breath, I followed his gaze to the closest piling. Twenty tiny heads lifted up at once and began to swim toward us. Their synchronized movement caused a large wave to form, and the sound of the rolling water overshadowed by the cackling and laughing coming from the sharp toothed creatures. Large wings sprouted on a few of the approaching bodies and they took to the air like it was as natural as the need to breathe.

…’Nixies…’ Abhainn whispered in awe.” (pgs 183-184.)