{"product_id":"only-the-beautiful-ones-burn-pete-cossaboon-9798312334869","title":"Only the Beautiful Ones Burn","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis at night is \u003cb\u003ea city of secrets\u003c\/b\u003e-where power slips between candlelit dinners and whispered names, where desire can be bought, stolen, or burned into the skin like a brand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrien Moreau is \u003cb\u003ean outsider\u003c\/b\u003e. A struggling artist drowning in the weight of his own mediocrity, living in a world where beauty is currency, but his talent is worth less than the rent he's always late on. Then one night, a man in a black suit watches him \u003cb\u003etoo closely\u003c\/b\u003e from the doorway of an expensive hotel. A man who doesn't belong, but somehow fits. A man with \u003cb\u003ea name whispered in shadows\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ea past that doesn't exist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSébastien Lacroix is \u003cb\u003ean enigma.\u003c\/b\u003e He moves through Paris like a ghost, slipping between worlds, never leaving a trace. One moment, he's wearing the wealth of men who command empires-the next, he's vanishing into places that don't have addresses. He appears at Adrien's side like a beautiful omen, dangerous and irresistible. But \u003cb\u003enothing about him is real.\u003c\/b\u003e Not the name he gives, not the keys in his pocket, not even the places he calls home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, \u003cb\u003ea jacket is left behind.\u003c\/b\u003e Expensive, tailored, the inside lining damp with something dark. \u003cb\u003eBlood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd with it, \u003cb\u003eAdrien is pulled into a game he never agreed to play.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Sébastien leads him deeper into the underbelly of Paris, Adrien's world twists into something unrecognizable. There are places that shouldn't exist. Names that aren't spoken aloud. People who disappear, their faces only seen on missing posters or security footage that no one is supposed to find. \u003cb\u003eAnd at the center of it all is the Collector-a man who deals in debts that can't be repaid and lives that aren't meant to be kept.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesire becomes a trap.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eObsession becomes a weapon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd as Adrien's life spirals into something dark and inescapable, \u003cb\u003ehe realizes too late that he is no longer just running from Sébastien's past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe is running from the fire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fire that has already \u003cb\u003ebegun to consume him.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONLY THE BEAUTIFUL ONES BURN\u003c\/b\u003e is a dark, erotic psychological thriller that drags the reader through the high-fashion decadence and underworld depravity of Paris. \u003cb\u003eLaced with desire, danger, and betrayal, \u003c\/b\u003e it's a novel where nothing is as it seems, and love is just another way to be \u003cb\u003eowned, ruined, or set ablaze.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003cb\u003edark romance, neo-noir thrillers, and stories where beauty is just another way to bleed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill you survive the burn?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pete Cossaboon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798312334869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Pete Cossaboon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446792696063,"sku":"9798312334869","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_633529b3-d019-48b3-8170-799a5cdbe77e.jpg?v=1777226770","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/only-the-beautiful-ones-burn-pete-cossaboon-9798312334869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}