Beautiful Creatures
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Secrets, strangers, and curses will lure you into the first book of the New York Times bestselling contemporary gothic fantasy series, where a stirring paranormal romance unfolds in an isolated southern town. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and Maggie Stiefvater.
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's 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.
"A potent mix of the gothic, the mythic, and the magical ... With original characters, complex world building, and crackling prose, this is masterful storytelling." —Deborah Harkness, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches
Read the Beautiful Creatures series:
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Darkness
Beautiful Chaos
Beautiful Redemption
Kami Garcia
KAMI GARCIA is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author and comic book writer. As an award-winning young adult novelist, she has published 20 novels, in 51 countries and 38 languages, and her books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Her best-known works include Beautiful Creatures, an instant New York Times, USA Today, Indiebound, Publisher’s Weekly, LA Times, and international bestseller, and an ALA William C. Morris Debut YA Author Award finalist, an Amazon Editor’s #1 Teen Book of the Year & #5 on the overall Editor’s Top Ten, and a NYPL “Books for the Teen Age” selection. Beautiful Creatures was adapted as a feature film by Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment, starring Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, and Viola Davis. Kami is also the co-creator and writer of the graphic novels MIXED-UP, an Indiebound bestseller, Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee, and TLA Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List selection; and Teen Titans: Raven, the first book in her New York Times bestselling Teen Titans graphic novel series for DC. The series won the inaugural ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Roundtable Outstanding Graphic Novel Award and has sold over half a million copies. Kami has an MA in education, and she was a teacher and reading specialist for seventeen years, before writing her first novel on a dare from seven of her students. Learn more about Kami and her books at www.kamigarcia.com and follow her on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky @kamigarcia.
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Margaret Stohl
Margaret Stohl is the bestselling author of twelve books for children and teens, including coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures series. She also cowrites Mighty Captain Marvel for Marvel Comics. You can learn more about her at mstohl.com.
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