The release date for the English version of 'The Beautiful' by
Renée Ahdieh is Oct 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
New Orleans is governed by the dead in 1872. However, Celine Rousseau, at seventeen, finds safety in New Orleans after being compelled to leave her livelihood as a seamstress in Paris. Celine, along with six other girls, is taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent and soon is enamoured with everything about the lively city, including the food, music, parties, and—most importantly—the danger. After capturing the attention of the mysterious Sébastien Saint Germain, the head of the gang, she quickly finds herself entangled in the glamorous underbelly of the city, known as La Cour des Lions. Celine fights her love to him, her feelings that Sébastien is guilty, and the humiliation of her own terrible secret when the corpse of one of the convent girls is discovered in the lair of La Cour des Lions.
Celine and New Orleans are seized by the fear of a serial murderer on the loose—one who, she is certain, has her in his sights and who could even be the young guy who has won her heart—as more victims are found, each act more horrific than the last. When the murders go unsolved, Celine decides to take things into her own hands. She quickly discovers something even more startling: a long-standing rivalry amongst the most sinister beings in the underworld shows a side of Celine that she had always known boiled under the surface.
Master storyteller Renée Ahdieh launches The Beautiful, her most powerful fantasy series to date, which is both a seductive romance and an exciting murder investigation.