Renée Ahdieh

In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans provides her a refuge after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent along with six other girls, Celine quickly becomes enamored with the vibrant city from the music to the food to the soirées and—especially—to the danger. She soon becomes embroiled in the city's glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the group's leader, the enigmatic Sébastien Saint Germain. When the body of one of the girls from the convent is found in the lair of La Cour des Lions, Celine battles her attraction to him and suspicions about Sébastien's guilt along with the shame of her own horrible secret. When more bodies are discovered, each crime more gruesome than the last, Celine and New Orleans become gripped by the terror of a serial killer on the loose—one Celine is sure has set her in his sights . . . and who may even be the young man who has stolen her heart. As the murders continue to go unsolved, Celine takes matters into her own hands and soon uncovers something even more shocking: an age-old feud from the darkest creatures of the underworld reveals a truth about Celine she always suspected simmered just beneath the surface. At once a sultry romance and a thrilling murder mystery, master storyteller Renée Ahdieh embarks on her most potent fantasy series yet: The Beautiful.

One Life to One Dawn. In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of terror once and for all. Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets?

The darker the sky, the brighter the stars. In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unraveled his secrets, she found instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever. Now she’s reunited with her family, who have found refuge in the desert, where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a force set on destroying his empire and commanded by Shazi’s spurned childhood sweetheart. Trapped between loyalties to those she loves, the only thing Shazi can do is act. Using the burgeoning magic within her as a guide, she strikes out on her own to end both this terrible curse and the brewing war once and for all. But to do it, she must evade enemies of her own to stay alive. The saga that began with The Wrath and the Dawn takes its final turn as Shahrzad risks everything to find her way back to her one true love again.

The only daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has always known she’d been raised for one purpose and one purpose only: to marry. Never mind her cunning, which rivals that of her twin brother, Kenshin, or her skills as an accomplished alchemist. Since Mariko was not born a boy, her fate was sealed the moment she drew her first breath. So, at just seventeen years old, Mariko is sent to the imperial palace to meet her betrothed, a man she did not choose, for the very first time. But the journey is cut short when Mariko’s convoy is viciously attacked by the Black Clan, a dangerous group of bandits who’ve been hired to kill Mariko before she reaches the palace. The lone survivor, Mariko narrowly escapes to the woods, where she plots her revenge. Dressed as a peasant boy, she sets out to infiltrate the Black Clan and hunt down those responsible for the target on her back. Once she’s within their ranks, though, Mariko finds for the first time she’s appreciated for her intellect and abilities. She even finds herself falling in love—a love that will force her to question everything she’s ever known about her family, her purpose, and her deepest desires.

A riveting Game of Thrones meets Arabian Nights love story, the Wrath and the Dawn brings readers into a tale of murder, revenge, and romance. Included in this set are the Wrath and the Dawn and The Rose and the Dagger.

The stunning conclusion to the instant New York Times bestselling quartet that began with The Beautiful. The Sylvan Vale and the Sylvan Wyld are at war. Now that the unsteady truce between them has been broken, lines must be drawn. In an effort to protect the weakened Winter Court, Bastien rallies powerful allies and friends in New Orleans to come to their aid. Meanwhile, under protection alongside her injured mother in the Summer Court, Celine is uncertain of whom to trust. She cannot get word to Bastien, and does not understand why he has not returned. When she realizes war between the fey courts is imminent, she journeys with Ali in an effort to find the time traveling mirror and change their fate. But when Celine's rivals realize Bastien has rallied his allies in the mortal world, they decide to take the fight to him.

For weeks, seventeen-year-old Mariko pretended to be a boy to infiltrate the notorious Black Clan and bring her would-be murderer to justice. She didn't expect to find a place for herself among the group of fighters—a life of usefulness—and she certainly didn't expect to fall in love. Now she heads to the imperial castle to resume a life she never wanted to save the boy she loves. Ōkami has been captured, and his execution is a certainty. Mariko will do what she must to ensure his survival—even marry the sovereign's brother, saying goodbye to a life with Ōkami forever. As Mariko settles into her days at court—making both friends and enemies—and attempting Ōkami's rescue at night, the secrets of the royal court begin to unravel as competing agendas collide. One arrow sets into motion a series of deadly events even the most powerful magic cannot contain. Mariko and Ōkami risk everything to right past wrongs and restore the honor of a kingdom thrown into chaos by a sudden war, hoping against hope that when the dust settles, they will find a way to be together. Set against the backdrop of feudal Japan, Smoke in the Sun is the breathless, romantic, not-to-be-missed fiery conclusion to a spell-binding adventure.

È iniziato tutto come un gioco. Ma il capitano delle guardie Jalal al-Khoury, noto a tutti come un libertino, potrebbe avere finalmente trovato la sua anima gemella nell’affascinante Despina, l’altezzosa ancella del palazzo. Anche lei sembra avere un debole per Jalal e quella che è iniziata come una battaglia di orgoglio si trasforma presto in una tormentata passione. Sono trascorsi settantuno giorni e settantuno notti da quando Khalid ha cominciato a uccidere le sue spose. È l’alba e la settantaduesima vittima sta per perdere la vita. Si tratta di Shahrzad al-Khayzuran. C’è qualcosa in quest’ultima ragazza che ha catturato l’interesse di Khalid. Si è offerda di sposarlo, nonostante sapesse a cosa sarebbe andata incontro. E durante la cerimonia di nozze, non ha dimostrato il minimo segno di paura. Ciò che Khalid ha visto nei suoi occhi era puro odio. Non era mai andato nelle camere delle sue mogli prima della loro esecuzione. Questa volta sarebbe stato diverso. La città di Rey sta bruciando. Il fumo è soffocante, le fiamme divorano ogni cosa e le persone fuggono via. Ma Khalid cerca disperatamente di tornare indietro per difendere la città e proteggere la sua regina. Ma potrebbe essere troppo tardi. Quando lui e i suoi uomini arrivano trovano la città in rovina e nessuna traccia di Sharzad. Chi potrebbe mai avere causato tutta questa devastazione? Khalid teme di conoscere la risposta.

#1 NYT-bestselling YA author Renee Ahdieh's adult debut novel, about a young lawyer who gets pulled in to manage a crisis with her firm's biggest client, a family whose Korean beauty brand is worth a billion dollars, pitched as CRAZY RICH ASIANS meets SUCCESSION Jia Song was always destined for greatness. As the daughter of Korean bodega owners, she promised herself that she would have every Fifth Avenue luxury when she grew up, and it is all within reach. She has just made junior partner at her prestigious Manhattan law firm, she has two best friends who are always there for her, and she is even about to score the ultra-luxe Birkin bag of her dreams. Sure, maybe her love life is in shambles and she’s spending too much time at the office. But she is set up to become the firm’s next star. So when her boss asks her for a Friday morning favor, sitting in on the hush-hush family implosion of a high-level client, she accepts without hesitation—only to find out that the client in question is one of the most famous Korean families in the world.The Park family’s net worth is estimated at a billion dollars, and their mega-successful Korean beauty brand has shaped the culture for the past two decades. But the patriarch is filing for divorce while his wife is dying, and their three children can’t stop snapping at each other. With both the family fortune and legacy under threat from the worst kind of scandal, it’s up to Jia to set things right—and she only has a month to do it. Suddenly, Jia is thrust into the three Park siblings’ back-stabbing family politics and embroiled in a drama that feels straight out of a Korean soap opera. As Jia sorts through the lies and subterfuge, chasing the truth across the globe on private jets, she finds herself falling for this broken, badly-behaving family in ways she can’t quite explain. But it is also becoming all too clear that the Parks are hiding dark secrets, from themselves and from Jia. Can she separate the truth from the lies in time to protect the Parks’ fortune and secure her success at the firm? And can she hold on to what’s most important, even if it means admitting that what she always wanted isn’t what she actually needs?

The city of Rey is burning. With smoke billowing, fires blazing and his people fleeing, Khalid races back to defend his city, and protect his queen. But Khalid is too late to do either. He and his men arrive to find the city in ruins, nothing but a maze of destruction, and Shahrzad is gone. But who could have wrought such devastation? Khalid fears he may already know the answer, the price of choosing love over the people of Rey all too evident.

Following the events of The Beautiful, Sébastien 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. New York Times bestselling author Renée Ahdieh returns with the second installment of her new sumptuous, sultry and romantic series, The Beautiful.

The third book in the instant New York Times bestselling series that began with The Beautiful. Pippa Montrose is tired of losing everything she loves. When her best friend Celine disappears under mysterious circumstances, Pippa resolves to find her, even if the journey takes her into the dangerous world of the fae, where she might find more than she bargained for in the charismatic Arjun Desai. Renée is back with her rich, atmospheric fantasy world that will continue to enthrall readers, new romance and mystery, and lush, pacey writing.

Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new wife, only to have her killed by sunrise. Shahrzad is the first volunteer to become Khalid's bride. She vows to stop his reign of terror—for the friend she lost, and all those who perished before her. Incredibly, Shahrzad manages to survive her first morning... then the next. Night after night, she mesmerizes the Caliph with her storytelling—at once buying time and digging deeper into the elusive boy-king's past. If Khalid is truly the murderous madman everyone says he is, how does Shahrzad find it so easy to fall for him? This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN13: 9780147513854.

It started as playful, if barbed, banter before rising to a fateful wager with a most notorious rake—the Captain of the Guard, Jalal al-Khoury—who may have finally met his match in a lovely, if haughty, handmaiden, Despina. But she, too, seems to have met her match in the handsome Jalal. What begins as a tempestuous battle of will and wit in short order becomes a passionate affair spurred on by tragedy of the worst kind.

When Yumi receives word of the battle led against her brother and the Black Clan by Prince Raiden and the Dragon of Kai, and of Ōkami’s sacrifice, she resents the bars of her gilded cage all the more. She’s tired of being a sheltered bird, protected in the Hanami. What Yumi really wants is to strike a blow against all the forces that control her life. The time has come.

At the close of Flame in the Mist, to end a bloodbath between the Black Clan and imperial soldiers, Ōkami allows himself to be taken prisoner by Prince Raiden, Mariko’s betrothed. For someone who doesn’t believe in heroes, it’s a surprising to trade his life for the lives of his friends and the one he loves. For he will surely be killed when he arrives in the Imperial City. But he decides if his life is the cost of love, it may not be too high a price after all.

The darker the sky, the brighter the stars. In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unraveled his secrets, she found instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever. Now she’s reunited with her family, who have found refuge in the desert, where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a force set on destroying his empire and commanded by Shazi’s spurned childhood sweetheart. Trapped between loyalties to those she loves, the only thing Shazi can do is act. Using the burgeoning magic within her as a guide, she strikes out on her own to end both this terrible curse and the brewing war once and for all. But to do it, she must evade enemies of her own to stay alive. The saga that began with The Wrath and the Dawn takes its final turn as Shahrzad risks everything to find her way back to her one true love again.

Seventy-one days and seventy-one nights had come and gone since Khalid began killing his brides. This dawn, Khalid would mark the loss of the seventy-second girl, Shahrzad al-Khayzuran. Khalid didn’t know how many more of these dawns he could take. And there was something about this latest girl that piqued his interest. Not only had she volunteered to marry him, but at their wedding ceremony, she had seemed not the least bit afraid. In fact, what he had seen in her eyes was nothing short of pure hatred. She was about to lose her life. Why wasn’t she afraid? Why did she hate him so? He had never before gone to his wife’s chambers before her death at dawn. Tonight would be different. The ebook is a free purchase via one of the online stores.

Shahrzad è stata la moglie del califfo di Khorasan. era giunta nella sua dimora con lo scopo di vendicare la morte di altre fanciulle andate in sposa a lui. Poi il suo piano è saltato, Khalid non è infatti il mostro che tutti credono. È un uomo tormentato dai sensi di colpa, vittima di una potente maledizione. Ora che è tornata dalla sua famiglia, Shahrzad dovrebbe essere felice, ma quando scopre che Tariq, suo amore d’infanzia, è alla guida di un esercito e sta per muovere guerra al califfo, la ragazza capisce che deve intervenire se vuol salvare ciò che ama. Per tentare di evitare una sciagura, spezzare quella maledizione, ricongiungersi a un uomo di cui ora scopre di essersi innamorata, Shahrzad farà appello ai suoi poteri magici, a lungo rimasti sopiti dentro di lei…

Ogni volta che il sole cala sul regno di Khalid, spietato califfo diciottenne di Khorasan, la morte fa visita a una famiglia della zona. Ogni notte, infatti, il giovane tiranno si unisce in matrimonio con una ragazza del luogo e poi la fa uccidere appena sorge il sole, dopo aver consumato le nozze. Ecco perché tutti restano sorpresi quando la sedicenne Shahrzad si offre volontaria per andare in sposa a Khalid. In realtà, ha un astuto piano per spezzare quest’angosciosa catena di terrore, restando in vita e vendicando la morte della sua migliore amica e di tante altre fanciulle sacrificate ai capricci del califfo. La sua intelligenza e forza di volontà la porteranno a superare la notte, ma pian piano anche lei cadrà in trappola: finirà per innamorarsi proprio di Khalid, scoprendolo molto diverso da come appare ai suoi sudditi. E Shahrzad scoprirà anche che la tragica sorte delle ragazze non è stata voluta dal principe. Per lei ora è fondamentale svelare la vera ragione del loro assurdo sacrificio per spezzare una volta per tutte questo ciclo di morte.

It started as playful, if barbed, banter before rising to a fateful wager with a most notorious rake—the Captain of the Guard, Jalal al-Khoury—who may have finally met his match in a lovely, if haughty, handmaiden, Despina. But she, too, seems to have met her match in the handsome Jalal. What begins as a tempestuous battle of will and wit in short order becomes a passionate affair spurred on by tragedy of the worst kind.

Existe bajo el agua. Muévete despacio. En una tierra desértica, cada nuevo amanecer cubre los secretos que se ocultan entre las dunas. Día tras día, una joven protege los suyos a costa de la lealtad de quienes confiaban en ella. Cuenta historias. Miente. No muy lejos de allí, un rey reconstruye lo irreparable y un chico recurre a la magia para desentrañar el enigma de un viejo castigo. Pero hay verdades que es arriesgado desvelar. Algunas están más seguras tras un candado y una llave...

Cien vida por la que tomasteis. Una vida por cada amanecer. En una tierra regida por un monstruoso califa, cada nuevo amanecer rompe el corazón de una familia. Día tras día, el rey contrae matrimonio con una joven que al alba es ejecutada. Si falláis una sola vez, os arrebataré vuestros sueños, os arrebataré vuestra ciudad. Y os arrebataré estas vidas multiplicadas por mil. Por eso es un misterio cuando una desconocida se presenta voluntaria para casarse con él. Esa misma noche, ella empieza a contarle una historia. Yo no estoy aquí para luchar. Estoy para ganar. Y por primera vez, la aurora no llega teñida de rojo. Os juro que viviré para ver todos los atardeceres posibles. Y que os mataré. Con mis propias manos.

Personagem central da história, a jovem Sherazade se candidata ao posto de noiva de Khalid Ibn Al-Rashid, o rei de Khorasan, de 18 anos de idade, considerado um monstro pelos moradores da cidade por ele governada. Casando-se todos os dias com uma mulher diferente, o califa degola as eleitas a cada amanhecer. Depois de uma fila de garotas assassinadas no castelo, e inúmeras famílias desoladas, Sherazade perde uma de suas melhores amigas, Shiva, uma das vítimas fatais de Khalid. Em nome da forte amizade entre ambas, Sherazade planeja uma vingança para colocar fim às atrocidades do atual reinado. Noite após noite, Sherazade seduz o rei, tecendo histórias que encantam e que garantem sua sobrevivência, embora saiba que cada aurora pode ser a sua última. De maneira inesperada, no entanto, passa a enxergar outras situações e realidades nas quais vive um rei com um coração atormentado. Apaixonada, a heroína da história entra em conflito ao encarar seu próprio arrebatamento como uma traição imperdoável à amiga. Apesar de não ter perdido a coragem de fazer justiça, de tirar a vida de Khalid em honra às mulheres mortas, Sherazade empreende a missão de desvendar os segredos escondidos nos imensos corredores do palácio de mármore e pedra e em cenários mágicos em meio ao deserto.

En 1872, Nueva Orleans es una ciudad donde reinan los muertos. Pero para Celine Rousseau es un lugar seguro donde refugiarse después de verse obligada a huir de su vida como modista en París. Las hermanas del convento de las Ursulinas la reciben en plena temporada de carnaval, y Celine rápidamente queda embelesada con todos los secretos de la vibrante ciudad: desde la música hasta las veladas elegantes, e incluso el peligro. Pronto, se ve envuelta en el deslumbrante submundo de Nueva Orleans, conocido como La Cour des Lions, cuando cautiva la atención del enigmático líder del grupo, Sébastien Saint Germain. Cuando el cuerpo de una de las chicas del convento es encontrado en la propia guarida de Sébastien -la segunda chica muerta que ha aparecido en las últimas semanas-, Celine debe luchar contra su atracción por el joven y las sospechas de su responsabilidad en dicha muerte; además debe lidiar con la vergüenza que siente por el secreto que oculta. Después de un tercer asesinato, el caos comienza a reinar en la ciudad, ya que todo parece indicar que hay un asesino en serie suelto. ¿QUIÉN ES EL ASESINO? ¿POR QUÉ ESTÁ CELINE ENVUELTA EN EL ESCÁNDALO? VEN, SUMÉRGETE EN ESTAS PÁGINAS Y DESCÚBRELO.

Mariko siempre ha sabido que, como hija de un importante samurái, su único propósito en la vida era casarse. Aunque su astucia rivalice con la de su hermano y, como a menudo le recuerdan, su físico no sea muy femenino. En cuanto cumple diecisiete años, su familia la envía al palacio imperial para que conozca a su prometido. No obstante, la reunión no llega a producirse debido a un inesperado obstáculo: en el viaje, un clan de mercenarios ataca la comitiva y ella es la única superviviente. Disfrazada de joven campesino, Mariko se infiltra entre sus atacantes para averiguar quién ordenó su asesinato. Pero lo que descubre junto a sus peligrosos compañeros va mucho más allá de lo que esperaba.

Cris Pereira hates starring in a cautionary tale. Alas, her recent heartbreak relegates her to this unbecoming fate. The only good thing about being dumped a foot from the altar is the newest layer to her punchy sarcasm. All she wants is a do-over, but this is not your average fairy tale, and wishes don't come true in the real world. One Sunday afternoon, she meets a movie star. Tom Abramson is intelligent, charming, and impetuous. In other words, he plays the role a bit too well. She isn€™t falling for it. She knows better. All British men are not descendants of Fitzwilliam Darcy, and movie stars are genetic mutations gone X-Men with statistical disadvantages and emotional handicaps. Keep your knight in shining armor. A modern girl can rescue herself, thank you very much. After all, dreams are for the foolhardy, nightmares are just a part of life, and . . . this is not your average fairy tale.

Die komplette Fluch-des-Kalifen-Reihe in einer E-BoxEine märchenhafte Geschichte wie aus 1001 Nacht: Jeden Tag erwählt Chalid, der grausame Herrscher von Chorasan, ein Mädchen. Jeden Abend nimmt er sie zur Frau. Jeden Morgen lässt er sie hinrichten. Bis Shahrzad auftaucht, die eine, die um jeden Preis überleben will. Sie stehen auf verschiedenen Seiten und könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein ... Und doch werden sie magisch voneinander angezogen ...Die E-Box enthält:Zorn und Morgenröte (Band 1)Rache und Rosenblüte (Band 2)Sowie drei Kurzgeschichten: Honig und GiftFluch und FlammenMotte und Licht (inklusive Interview mit der Autorin Renée Ahdieh)

The Wrath and the Dawn is a retelling of the classical One Thousand and One Nights tale. Every day, the Caliph of Khorasan marries a new bride and by dawn, he has her killed. Shahrzad marries him to get revenge for her best friend and within three days, she's putty in his hands.