The Engagement Heist

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Blurb:
In the city-state of Maha-Amba—a bustling metropolis divided along class lines in near-future India—seventeen-year-old Deepika Sawant, the president’s daughter, spends her days dreaming about running for office and dodging her imperious mother within the bullet-proof walls of her family’s estate. She dreams of creating a better life for the poor majority, but her father sees her as a political pawn and orders her to marry a wealthy ally funding his re-election—who likely murdered his ex.

 She now dreads what lies ahead until she catches Suhail—a spy for the burgeoning rebellion—trying to break into her father’s office. Instead of ratting him out, Deepika makes a pact with him, agreeing to steal state secrets for his help to escape. When Deepika makes a devastating discovery, the two team up to thwart her father’s plans to brainwash the working class into total submission.

As class warfare breaks out in a violent uprising, the enemies-turned-friends-turned-maybe-something-deeper battle savage forces to cross the border. Then Deepika uncovers Suhail’s betrayed her in a way she isn’t sure she can forgive, and the president’s daughter must choose: go back to the life she has worked hard to escape or fight alongside the people who—despite all she has sacrificed—see her as a bargaining chip.

Genre: Young Adult Dystopian 

Word Count: 93,000