After Renee discovers her parents dead in what appears to be a strange double murder, she is sent to Gottfried Academy, a remote and mysterious high school dedicated to philosophy, crude sciences,A" and Latin: the Language of the Dead. Here she meets Dante, a dark and elusive student who harbors a deadly secret, but to whom she feels inexplicably drawn. Despite himself, Dante cannot control his attraction to Renee either and their desires gradually deepen into a complex and dangerous romance. But Dante's not the only one with secrets - Gottfried Academy has a few of its own. When Renee begins to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a former student, she begins to realize just how deadly these secrets are - Dark romance meets haunting murder mystery in this captivating tale of love, death and destiny.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Dead Beautiful, Dead Beautiful Novels, Dead Beautiful Trilogy .

This book has been graded for interest at 14-16 years.

There are 512 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Yvonne Woon grew up in Massachusetts, where she attended Worcester Academy. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts in fiction from Columbia University. She now lives in California.