And just as Bastien and Celine begin to uncover the danger around them, they learn their love could tear them apart. And she doesn’t know she has inadvertently set into motion a chain of events that could lead to her demise and unveil a truth about herself she’s not quite ready to learn.įorces hiding in the shadows have been patiently waiting for this moment for centuries. Still recovering from injuries sustained during a night she can’t quite remember, her dreams are troubled. The price of loving Celine was costly.īut Celine has also paid a high price for loving Bastien. The treaty between the Fallen and the Brotherhood has been broken, and war between the immortals seems imminent. Ahdieh’s darkest and most compelling novel yet’ Cultress on The Beautifulįollowing the events of The Beautiful, Sébastien Saint Germain is now cursed and forever changed. The Beautiful will be published on October 8, 2019.Captivating. As the murderer stalks her, Celine finally takes matters into her own hands, only to find herself caught in the midst of an age-old feud between the darkest creatures of the night, where the price of forbidden love is her life.Īt once a sultry romance and a decadent, thrilling mystery, master storyteller Renée Ahdieh embarks on her most potent fantasy series yet. When the body of one of the girls from the convent is found in Sébastien’s own lair–the second dead girl to turn up in recent weeks–Celine battles her attraction to Sébastien and suspicions about his guilt along with the shame of her own horrible secret.Īfter a third murder, New Orleans becomes gripped by the terror of a serial killer on the loose–one who has now set Celine in his sights.

She becomes embroiled in the city’s glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the group’s enigmatic leader, Sébastien Saint Germain.

Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent in the middle of the carnival season, Celine is quickly enraptured by the vibrant city, from its music to its fancy soirées and even its danger. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after she’s forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight. It’s sure to allure those who are fans of Renee Ahdieh, and those who are fans of vampires and New Orleans. What with the glimpses of candles, flowers, and Venetian-style masks, it does have a certain eerie-ness to it, but also a gothic, romantic feel. The trailer doesn’t really show much about the actual story of the novel The Beautiful, but it is…well, beautiful. The Beautiful by The Wrath and the Dawn author Renee Ahdieh doesn’t come out until later this Fall, however, we’ve just received another tease by way of book trailer!

The beautiful series by renee ahdieh