The Beauty Trials Men's Studies Her aspirations won't ever take

Her aspirations won't ever take her far from home

confronts her maternal history and the legacy of Corregidora

these characters try to ground themselves—to grow where they find themselves planted—in a world in which the tension between what’s said and unsaid can bend the soul

—The New York Times Book Review

–San Francisco Chronicle

The Beauty Trials Men's Studies Her aspirations won't ever takeNow available in paperback! New York Times best selling author Dhonielle Clayton returns to her sweeping, lush fantasy series, The Belles. Rebellious, outspoken, fan favorite Edel Beauregard enters the Beauty Trialsa deadly competition to find the next Queen of Orleans. Sophia, the dangerous and erratic former queen, has been imprisoned, restoring peace to Orlans. Now her sister, Charlotte, sits on the throne and has decided to invoke the ancient