Mystery
Beautiful, the Exp
2019·448 pages
In 1872 New Orleans, a dressmaker flees to a convent and enters a sultry romance amid gruesome murders and supernatural underworld secrets.
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In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six other girls, Celine quickly becomes enamored with the vibrant city from the music to the food to the soirées and--especially--to the danger. She soon becomes embroiled in the city's glitzy underworld, known as Le Cour des Lions, after catching the ...
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Sexual content
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Sultry central romance with strong attraction and emotional intimacy
Violence & gore
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Multiple gruesome murders by serial killer; bodies discovered in graphic circumstances
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Ursuline convent setting with sisters providing refuge and religious context
Magic & witchcraft
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Fantasy elements involving supernatural underworld creatures and hidden truths
Occult / demonology
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Age-old feud among darkest underworld creatures; supernatural revelations
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Serial murders and terror; one character's hidden shame and suspicions of guilt
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