Publisher, Hachette Audio (December 2009)

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Winner of the 2011 Audie® Award for Judges' Award - Paranormal

There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that's what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.

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 has 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.

About the Authors: Kami Garcia is a teacher and reading specialist with an MA in education, and leads book groups for children and teenagers. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her family. Written with Margaret Stohl, Beautiful Creatures is their debut novel.

Margaret Stohl has an MA in English and studied creative writing under poet George MacBeth at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her family.

Beautiful Creatures is their debut novel.