![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Celine is rightly intrigued, especially with Sébastien “Bastien” Saint Germain, a young man who has no right to be as attractive as he is-or as much of an ass.Ĭeline must keep her wits about her if she wants to keep herself and those she loves safe, even if it means working with Bastien and losing the young woman she thought she was in the process.Ĭeline wouldn’t quite know what to do with me, were we in the same circles in her era, mostly because I’m someone from 2022 who doesn’t flinch when she hears the word “f*ck” said out loud. A chance meeting with the enigmatic Odette Valmont leads her to the Court of the Lions, a club for “mentalists” who all seem something more than human. Her hopes of starting a new life in New Orleans, one of being everything she’s been told a proper young lady should be, isn’t going as planned, but if she’s honest with herself, propriety has never been her strong suit. There’s a murderer on the loose in 1872 New Orleans, and Celine Rousseau-recent émigré from Paris-is right in the thick of it. I know I shouldn’t compare all vampire books to Twilight-that series wasn’t the first to be about vampires and obviously wasn’t the last-but I can’t help but feel that the cover designer was definitely going for a vibe here that draws on the success of Twilight‘s striking red/black/white covers. Relationship Status: Cautiously IntriguedĬontent Warning: The Beautiful features memories of an attempted rape, various scenes of violence, and some casual era-specific racism/misogyny that might be triggering for some readers. ![]()
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