{"product_id":"the-roanoke-girls-isbn-9781101906682","title":"The Roanoke Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “With more twists than a bag of pretzels, this compelling family saga may make you question what you think you know about your own relatives.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Roanoke girls never last long around here. In the   end, we either run or we die.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane   Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on   their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's   mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and   beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart   of the family, she ran…fast and far away.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when   her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too?   Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search,   and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean   a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago   summer. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee,   one she may not be strong enough to run from again.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As it weaves between Lane’s first Roanoke summer and   her return,\u003ci\u003e The Roanoke Girls\u003c\/i\u003e shocks and tantalizes, twisting its way through   revelation after mesmerizing revelation, exploring the secrets families keep   and the fierce and terrible love that both binds them together and rips them   apart.“A gripping tale about the power and corrosiveness within families weighed down by the past…storytelling at its finest.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With more twists than a bag of pretzels, this compelling family saga may make you question what you think you know about your own relatives.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A page-turning thriller that will allow you to escape into another world…filled with family secrets and a legacy of death and disappearance for the infamous “Roanoke Girls” — a privileged Kansas matriarchy with more than its fair share of tragic drama.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A crime must-read to devour…\u003ci\u003eThe Roanoke Girls\u003c\/i\u003e has nothing to do with Virginia but everything to do with missing girls, as the females in the Roanoke family, who live in a tiny town in rural Kansas not worth naming, are rich, beautiful, and generally short-lived…The farmhouse, which is 'equal parts horrifying and mesmerizing,' is a perfect setting for a gothic mystery full of small-town secrets, lies, and guilt.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“[This] engrossing novel by Engel, a former criminal defense attorney, offers everything a reader could hope for — multidimensional characters, a page-turning plot and surprises that continue to unfurl throughout the story…Highly recommended!”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Roanoke Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, the new suspense novel by Amy Engel, is one of those captivating stories which make you ask for more from this talented author…an exciting read from a talented new voice in adult suspense.\u003cb\u003e”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMystery Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Engel drops a wicked twist in the first 35 pages—in the middle of a paragraph on the middle of the page—and lets it sit like a coiled snake...from that point on, The Roanoke Girls becomes a thrilling mystery and a satisfyingly gothic portrait of Middle America...a dark fable of trauma and acceptance about damaged people accepting their crooked parts and using them to move forward.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Engel hits a homerun with this “gothic suspense novel” that tells the story of the Roanoke family, a prominent and very private Kansas family…a rollercoaster ride through a dark family history and the one devastating family secret.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e Pulse Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping…[a] gothic page-turner…with revelations readers won’t soon forget.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In her first foray into adult fiction, [Engel] creates a memorable cast of characters and a twisting, tangled plot that attracts readers from the first page…[an] atmospheric and unsettling tale of the secrets and bonds of family, set against the backdrop of small-town Kansas.”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A provocative thriller.”\u003cbr\u003e— \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A debt to Daphne du Maurier is evident throughout this remarkably assured adult debut...you are also reminded of the theatrical domestic sagas of Tennessee Williams.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An emotionally captivating story.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was immediately drawn into \u003ci\u003eThe Roanoke Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, a haunting and riveting look at one family's tangled legacy. You won't stop reading until you've unraveled the darkest of Roanoke's shocking secrets.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e Laura McHugh, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a poised and haunting novel, whose enchanting prose belies its dark and intense subject matter. An evocative modern take on Southern Gothic, with a compelling twist which will remain with you long after the book’s last sentence.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– L.S. Hilton, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMaestra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An emotionally compelling page turner, \u003ci\u003eThe Roanoke Girls\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside the dark world of a twisted family and one woman's fight to break free from the chains of her own history. This is family intrigue at its very best!” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e– Wendy Walker, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Is Not Forgotten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAMY ENGEL is the author of the young adult series The   Book of Ivy. A former criminal defense attorney, she lives in Missouri with her family. This is her first novel   for adults.Prologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The first time I saw Roanoke was in a dream. I knew little of it beyond its name and the fact it was in Kansas, a place I had never been. My mother only ever mentioned it when she’d had too much wine, her breath turned sweet and her words slow and syrupy like molasses. So my subconscious filled in the rest. In my dream it stood tall and stately, tucked among a forest of spring-green trees. Its red-brick facade was broken up by black shutters, white trim, delicate wrought-iron balconies. A little girl’s fantasy of a princess castle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I woke, I started to tell my mother about it. Talking through a mouthful of stale Cheerios drowned in just-this-side-of-sour milk. I got only as far as the name, Roanoke, before she stopped me. “It was nothing like that,” she said, voice flat. She was sitting on the wide windowsill, knees drawn up into her cotton nightgown, smoke from her cigarette gathered around her like a shroud. Her ragged toenails dug into the wooden window frame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“You didn’t even let me tell you,” I whined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Did you wake up screaming?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dribble of milk ran down my chin. “Huh?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe turned and glanced at me then, her skin pale, eyes red-rimmed.The bones of her face looked sharp enough to cut. “Was it a nightmare?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI shook my head, confused and a little scared. “No.”She looked back out the window. “Then it was nothing like that.”","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303873138917,"sku":"NP9781101906682","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781101906682.jpg?v=1767741268","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-roanoke-girls-isbn-9781101906682","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}