The Beautiful Ones: A Novel

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Truly one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time. This sweeping tale of love lost and found is told with old-world elegance and grace with just the right touch of magic. -M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling authorThe Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a sweeping fantasy of manners set in a world inspired by the belle poque.In a world of etiquette and polite masks, no one is who they seem to be.Antonina Beaulieu is in the glittering city of Loisail for her first Grand Season, where she will attend balls and mingle among high society. Under the tutelage of the beautiful but cold Valerie Beaulieu she hopes to find a suitable husband. However, the haphazard manifestations of Ninas telekinetic powers make her the subject of malicious gossip.Yet dazzling telekinetic performer and outsider Hector Auvray sees Ninas powers as a gift, and he teaches her how to hone and control them. As they spend more and more time together, Nina falls in love and believes shes found the great romance that shes always dreamt of. But Hectors courtship of Nina is deceptive.