Bøger af Melinda Salisbury

When keen gamer Ivy Finch is sent to the Ash Tree Foundation after an online encounter turns dangerous, all she can think about is getting through the internet-safety course her parents have signed her up for and going back to her life. Until she meets Conrad O'Connell, famous influencer and nephew of the Ash Tree Foundation's founder Dagmar Nilsson.Conrad showers Ivy with attention and she soon finds herself drawn into his world and his work with his aunt. But Conrad isn't telling Ivy the whole truth about the Foundation's purpose, and Ivy is exactly what he, and the Foundation, have been looking for...

Bestselling YA author Melinda Salisbury exposes the dark underbelly of new technologies and online friendships in this gripping thriller.

Freya desperately wants to be a famous influencer, like her former best friend, Hye-jin, but no matter what she does, her posts flop. Until Freya's stepdad arrives home with AdelAIDE, a home-assistant robot. It quickly becomes clear that AdelAIDE is much more powerful than other home-assistant technology, and the thing AdelAIDE wants most of all is to help her new owners. Especially Freya. AdelAIDE has lots of ideas to help Freya boost her profile and get more likes and followers. But when Freya starts to follow AdelAIDE's more radical advice, things quickly spiral out of control ...

The Way Back Almanac, the first almanac designed for modern city-dwellers, returns in 2023!Beautifully illustrated throughout, each month includes sections on stargazing, gardening tips, seasonal vegan recipes, home organization or crafting ideas, digital wellbeing practices, rituals, book club reads, folklore or ancient wisdom as told by modern people from different walks of life, and free space for your own writing, notes or recipes.Harvest your own home-grown micro greens, windowsill radishes or rooftop carrots.Celebrate seasonal citrus with Piña Colada Bars or relieve the heat of midsummer with Lithuanian beetroot gazpacho.Sew your own foraging pouch for May-time foraging or make a bee bath for thirsty July bees.Create a phone photo journal of your favourite patch of local green.Make your own Wake-Up Shower Fizzers or May Day Dew Face Wash.Watch the 120-meteor-per-hour Geminid Shower to see out the year in Way Back style. This interactive and treasured item will gently encourage creativity, fulfillment and ultimately a way back to yourself.

The Way Back Almanac is a modern spin on the traditional almanac, aimed at women who are looking for a way back to nature and to reawaken that sense of belonging in order to improve their own physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.

Everyone knows what happened to Alva's mother, all those years ago. But when dark forces begin to stir in Ormscaula, Alva has to face a very different future - and question everything she thought she knew about her past... Unsettling, sharply beautiful and thought-provoking, HOLD BACK THE TIDE is the new novel from Melinda Salisbury, bestselling author of The Sin Eater's Daughter trilogy.

Sequel to STATE OF SORROW by best-selling fantasy author Melinda Salisbury.

A people cowed by grief and darkness. A cut-throat race for power and victory. A girl with nothing and everything to lose... Sorrow all but rules the Court of Tears, in a land gripped by perpetual grief, forever mourning her brother who died on the day Sorrow was born. By day she governs in place of her father, by night she seeks secret solace in the arms of the boy she's loved since childhood. But when her brother is seemingly found alive, and intent on taking control, Sorrow has to choose whether to step aside for a stranger who might not be who he claims to be, or embark on a power struggle for a position she never really wanted.

Twylla is the court executioner, compelled to do the queen's bidding, and she is also betrothed to marry the Prince. But when she meets a rebellious guard she starts to question everything she thinks she knows. A richly-layered and hugely enjoyable fantasy adventure with a strong heroine.