title: The Charmer (An Assassins Guild Novel) (Volume 1)
author:  C.J. Archer 
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  ### The Charmer
  
  
  ### An Assassins Guild Novel
  
  
    
  
  
  C.J. Archer
  
  
    
  
  
  Copyright 2013 C.J. Archer
  
  
  Visit C.J. at [http://cjarcher.com](http://cjarcher.com/)
  
  
    
  
  
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  "It lies not in our power to love or
  
  
  hate,
  
  
  For will in us is overruled by fate."
  
  
  ― Christopher Marlowe, _Hero and
  
  
  Leander_
  
  
  CHAPTER 1
  
  
  Hampshire, November 1598
  
  
    
  
  
  Orlando Holt had never killed a woman before.
  
  
  He'd assassinated a bear tamer, a viscount