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Beautiful Creatures: Book 1

Is falling in love the beginning...Or the end? In Ethan Wate`s hometown there lies the darkest of secrets. There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it`s been promised. And no one can stop it. In the end, there is a grave. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. Ethan never even saw it coming. Don`t miss the Warner Brothers and Alcon Entertainment blockbuster movie of Beautiful Creatures directed by Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You) and featuring an all star cast including Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davies and hot young Hollywood
talent Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich and Emmy Rossum. Praise for Beautiful Creatures: ”This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz”. (Teen Vogue). About the authors: @kamigarciais a superstitious American southerner who can make biscuits by hand and pies from scratch! She attended George Washington University and is a teacher and reading specialist.She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family. @mstohlhas written and designed many successful video games, which is why her two beagles are named Zelda and Kirby. She has degrees from Yale and Stanford Universities in the US and has also studied in the prestigious creative writing department at UEA, Norwich. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her family. Also available in the Beautiful Creatures series:
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Is falling in love the beginning... Or the end? In Ethan Wate`s hometown there lies the darkest of secrets. There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it`s been promised. & no one can stop it. In the end, there is a grave. Lena & Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed & on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. Ethan never even saw it coming. Don`t miss the Warner Brothers & Alcon Entertainment blockbuster movie of Beautiful Creatures directed by Richard La Gravenese (P.S. I Love You) & featuring an all star cast including Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davies & hot young Hollywood talent Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich & Emmy Rossum. Praise for Beautiful Creatures: ” This novel has been generating Twilight-level buzz”. (Teen Vogue). About the authors: @kamigarciais a superstitious American southerner who can make biscuits by hand & pies from scratch! She attended George Washington University & is a teacher & reading specialist. She lives in Los Angeles, California with her family. @mstohlhas written & designed many successful video games, which is why her two beagles are named Zelda & Kirby. She has degrees from Yale & Stanford Universities in the US & has also studied in the prestigious creative writing department at UEA, Norwich. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her family. Also available in the Beautiful Creatures series: Beautiful Darkness, Beautiful Chaos & Beautiful Redemption. Don`t miss the brand new Dangerous Creatures series, set in the world of Beautiful Creatures. Exclusive ebook novellas also available: Dream Dark Dangerous Dream.

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