Paperback

Now in paperback, the first bookan instant bestsellerin the sumptuous, sultry, and romantic YA vampire series from New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh.

In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after shes forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent, Celine is quickly enraptured by the vibrant city becoming embroiled in the glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the groups enigmatic leader, Sbastien Saint Germain.

When the body of one of the girls from the convent is found in Sbastiens own lairthe second dead girl to turn up in recent weeksCeline must battle her attraction to Sbastien and suspicions about his guilt along with the shame of her own horrible secret.