Descendant (Paperback)

A forbidden love, a sacred bloodline, and a powerful gift plagues the last remaining descendant with an unspeakable burden and an unforgivable fate. Seventeen-year-old, Elizabeth Anne Morgan is no stranger to the supernatural world. Haunted by voices and visions for most of her young life, she begins to question her sanity as a teen, setting her apart as an outcast in school. In quatrains and sacred manuscripts, a Chosen One is prophesied. Yet, Elizabeth does not know the secret her small hometown of Caneadea has in store for her. In her senior year of high school, Elizabeth meets two strangers, both who know her secret, and who turn her world upside down. Meanwhile, her only friend Freddie, loyal and devoted, stands quietly in the shadows of her life as she begins to unfold the mystery of who she is destined to become.

LJ Amodeo was born and raised in New York. A wife and busy mother of three, she juggles several jobs as a devoted NYC middle school, foreign language teacher, and author of the Descendant Series. LJ, always had a flare for writing and attended St. John's University with hopes of someday becoming a journalist. However, her passion of working with adolescents, inspired her to become a public school teacher. She's always known that working with lively teenagers would be her greatest reward and joy. LJ first started her writing career on a whim of imagination, subliminal messages in 2009. She is enthusiastic about her first novel DESCENDANT published in the spring of 2015. Long hours and many sleepless nights, her thoughts are transcribed into this high paced, dark young adult, supernatural romance. This epic novel is the first book in a series. Book two, THE CONCEPTION was released in late summer, 2015. LJ has currently finished the final segment of the DESCENDANT SERIES, called TRANSCENDENT, released in 2017. Three books. One epic story.