Why a Booktrail?
1872: New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead.
The Beautfiul
What you need to know before your trail
It might be a city ruled by the dead but to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, it’s also a safe haven after she’s forced to flee her life in Paris. Quickly enraptured by the vibrant city, from its music to its extravagant soirées and even its danger, she soon becomes embroiled in the city’s glitzy underworld, and particularly the group known as La Cour des Lions.
But when a body is found in their lair, Celine is forced to battle her attraction for the group’s enigmatic leader, Sébastien Saint Germain, and suspicions about his guilt, along with her own secrets.
As more bodies are discovered, New Orleans becomes gripped by the terror of a serial killer on the loose – one who seems to have Celine in his sights. But when she finally takes matters into her own hands, she finds 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.
Locations
Reset- France - Paris
- A: Rue Royale
- B: Rue Dauphine
- America/USA - LA - New Orleans
- C: Canal Street
- D: Decatur St
- E: Vieux Carré
- F: Ursuline Convent
- G: Bourbon Street
Travel Guide
New Orleans
The gothic city of New Orleans is very much a character in its own right. This is the 19th century and the city looks even more gothic and chilling as it does now.
There are dark streets, voodoo shops and squares that smell of pastries of all kinds. Wagons cross the cobble stoned streets during the day yet at night, this is no place to be out. This is a city which is ruled by the dead.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Beautiful
Destination/location: New Orleans, Paris Author/guide: Renee Ahdieh Departure Time: 1877
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