"Anne opened her eyes to darkness. And wood. Her face was pressed into the wood. And the left side of her body. She realize fabric as well. A thin fabric that covered her. Linen, she thought, from the smell of it--like wet grass--and the way the air moved through it. Just slightly, for the air here was very still. The linen was wet and sticky. "
Omg, the premise of this book just had me from the start! Hours after Anne Boyleyn is beheaded for not giving Henry VIII a male heir, she wakes up in a wooden box. She escapes, sews her head back on and begins a quest to kill Henry before he can marry Jane Seymour, who is carrying the child that will oust Anne Boyleyns daughter's claim to the throne. While she is plotting to do all this, she is posing as a commoner, something of a eye opener to her. Yes, this sounds like fun!
Would you keep reading after the first few lines?
The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann was published by Crown a division of Penguin Random House on March 24th.
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