"GIVE THIS TO FANS OF STEPHENIE MEYER'S TWILIGHT OR HBO'S TRUE BLOOD SERIES." - SLJ

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

PRAISE FOR
THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES NOVELS

"Gorgeously crafted, atmospheric, and original." - MELISSA MARR, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Lovely

"Skillfully juxtapos[es] the arcane, magical world with Gatlin's normal southern lifestyle....  [Fans will] plead for more." - VOYA (starred review)

"A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy.." - CASSANDRA CLAIRE, New York Times bestselling author of City of Bones

SOME LOVES ARE MEANT TO BE....
OTHERS ARE CURSED.

Ethan Wate used to think of his small Southern town as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along.

Together, Ethan and Lena can face anything, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away.  Haunted by strange visions, Ethan finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.

Now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back.

PRAISE FOR
THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES NOVELS

"Gorgeously crafted, atmospheric, and original." - MELISSA MARR, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Lovely

"Skillfully juxtapos[es] the arcane, magical world with Gatlin's normal southern lifestyle....  [Fans will] plead for more." - VOYA (starred review)

"A hauntingly delicious dark fantasy.." - CASSANDRA CLAIRE, New York Times bestselling author of City of Bones