Bøker av Amy Engel

I am still alive. Barely. My name is Ivy Westfall. I am sixteen years old and a traitor. Three months ago, I was forced to marry the President's son, Bishop Lattimer - as all daughters of the losing side of the war are sold off in marriage to the sons of the winners. But I was different. I had a mission - to kill Bishop.Instead, I fell in love with him. Now I am an outcast, left to survive the brutal savagery of the lands outside of civilization. Yet even out here, there is hope. There is life beyond the fence. But I can't outrun my past. For my actions have set off a treasonous chain of events in Westfall that will change of all our fates - especially Bishop's...And this time, it is not enough to just survive...The Revolution of Ivy is the shattering conclusion to the young adult dystopian Ivy duology, by the author of The Roanoke Girls.

What would you kill for?After a brutal nuclear war, our country was decimated. A new nation of survivors lives within a fenced community. No one knows what lies beyond the fence; only that to be cast outside it is a fate worse than death. Two families fought to govern our new society. Now, peace and control are maintained by marrying the daughters of the losing faction to the sons of the winning side in a yearly ceremony. This year, it's my turn. My name is Ivy Westfall, and my mission is simple: to kill Bishop Lattimer, the president's son and my soon-to-be husband, and return the Westfall family to power.I never expected that my new husband would be the one person in the world to truly understand me. But I can't falter now - I am the only one who can restore the Westfall legacy. Bishop must die. And I must be the one to kill him...The Book of Ivy is the first novel in a thrilling dystopian young adult duology from the author of The Roanoke Girls, perfect for fans of the Delirium series.

Hjem til mørket av Amy Engel er en veldreid, rå og mørk psykologisk thriller om familiebånd og tap. For deg som liker Alex Michaelides, Paula Hawkins, Gyllian Flynn.I den fattigste delen av Missouri, i Ozarks, en liten by med store hemmeligheter, bor Eve Taggert. Hun er desperat av sorg over å ha mistet datteren, og kommer ikke å gi seg før hun finner ut sannheten om hva som skjedde med henne. Eve er ikke fremmed for den mørke siden av livet, hun og broren vokste opp med en voldelig og alkoholisert mor, og Eve har gjort alt hun kunne for å ikke videreføre dette livet til sitt eget barn. Men Eve kan komme til å trenge morens brutale styrke hvis hun skal finne ut sannheten om datterens død og sin egen sanne natur. I sin søken etter rettferdighet må Eve dra fra byens nådeløse underverden og til det mest skremmende stedet i verden - sin mors campingvogn.

From the bestselling author of THE ROANOKE GIRLS comes a suspenseful tale of a murdered child and a mother's quest for answers.

The explosive Richard & Judy book club thriller, perfect for fans of THE GIRLS, GOOD ME BAD ME and Gillian Flynn.