Nowinpaperback,thefirstbook--aninstantbestseller--inthesumptuous,sultry,andromanticYAvampireseriesfromNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorReneeAhdieh.In1872,NewOrleansisacityruledbythedead.Buttoseventeen-year-oldCelineRousseau,NewOrleansisasafehavenaftershe’sforcedtofleeherlifeasadressmakerinParis.TakeninbythesistersoftheUrsulineconvent,Celineisquicklyenrapturedbythevibrantcitybecomingembroiledintheglitzyunderworld,knownasLaCourdesLions,aftercatchingtheeyeofthegroup’senigmaticleader,S矇bastienSaintGermain.WhenthebodyofoneofthegirlsfromtheconventisfoundinS矇bastien’sownlair--theseconddeadgirltoturnupinrecentweeks--CelinemustbattleherattractiontoS矇bastienandsuspicionsabouthisguiltalongwiththeshameofherownhorriblesecret.
