Explore the sultry underworld of 1872 New Orleans with Celine Rousseau, a seventeen-year-old dressmaker who becomes embroiled in the dangerous world of La Cour des Lions, a glitzy underworld ruled by the enigmatic Sébastien Saint Germain. When a serial killer strikes, Celine battles her attraction to Sébastien while trying to uncover the truth about the murders and her own dark secrets. Master storyteller Renée Ahdieh delivers a thrilling murder mystery with a powerful romance in The Beautiful.