House of Marionne

ISBN: 0593527704

Author: Elle, J.

Condition: New

An INSTANT New York Times bestseller!An INSTANT USA TODAY bestseller!An INSTANT Sunday Times bestseller!A modern-day YA romantic fantasy series opener about a glamorous magical world of social elites, forbidden love, and a dark magic that could destroy it all.**Deluxe edition with special embellishments on first printing only!**"Dazzling and deceptive. The perfect escape!" - Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ballad of Never After"The forbidden love story of my wildest dreams!" - Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love HypothesisBURY YOUR SECRET OR DIE FOR IT.17-year-old Quell has lived her entire life on the run. She and her mother have fled from city to city in order to hide the deadly magic that flows through Quells veins.Until someone discovers her dark secret.To hide from the assassin hunting her and keep her mother out of harms way, Quell reluctantly inducts into a debutante society of magical social elites called the Order that she never knew existed. If she can pass their three rites of membership, mastering their proper form of magic, shell be able to secretly bury her forbidden magic forever.If caught, she will be killed.But becoming the perfect debutante is a lot harder than Quell imagined, especially when theres more than tutoring happening with Jordan, her brooding mentor and assassin-in-training.When Quell uncovers the deadly lengths the Order will go to defend its wealth and power, shes forced to choose: Embrace the dark magic shes been running from her entire life, or risk losing everything, and everyone, shes grown to love.Still, she fears the most formidable monster shell have to face is the one inside.Brimming with ballgowns and betrayal, magic and mystery, decadence and darkness, House of Marionne is perfect for readers who crave morally gray characters, irresistible romance, dark academia, and a deeply intoxicating and original world.