The Damned

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New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh returns with the second installment of her new sumptuous, sultry and romantic series, The Beautiful. 'Captivating . . . Ahdieh's darkest and most compelling novel yet' Cultress on The Beautiful Following the events of The Beautiful, Sebastien Saint Germain is now cursed and forever changed. The treaty between the Fallen and the Brotherhood has been broken, and war between the immortals seems imminent. The price of loving Celine was costly. But Celine has also paid a high price for loving Bastien. Still recovering from injuries sustained during a night she can't quite remember, her dreams are troubled. And she doesn't know she has inadvertently set into motion a chain of events that could lead to her demise and unveil a truth about herself she's not quite ready to learn. Forces hiding in the shadows have been patiently waiting for this moment for centuries. And just as Bastien and Celine begin to uncover the danger around them, they learn their love could tear them apart. The Damned, the latest installment in The Beautiful series, is just as decadent, thrilling, and mysterious as the last.

Renee Ahdieh is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn series and The Flame in the Mist series. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her spare time, she likes to dance salsa and collect shoes. She is passionate about all kinds of curry, rescue dogs, and college basketball. The first few years of her life were spent in a high-rise in South Korea; consequently, Renee enjoys having her head in the clouds. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband and their tiny overlord of a dog.

One of YA's biggest rising stars * Entertainment Weekly * A wholly satisfying supernatural sequel * The Nerd Daily * Forbidden romance and harsh consequences set up this highly anticipated sequel that will leave you wanting so much more * Seventeen.com * Forbidden love, sultry romance, and clashing immortal factions fill this sequel . . . will keep readers engaged * School Library Journal * Expansive world building . . . romantic . . . steamy . . . Decadent escapism * Kirkus Reviews * Lushly atmospheric * Publishers Weekly on The Beautiful * This is a one of a kind book, by a singularly original author * Sabaa Tahir, author of An Ember in the Ashes on The Beautiful * Even better than its predecessor, The Damned is a vibrant, mysterious and beautifully detailed story that'll capture your heart * Culturefly *