Beautiful Sinner

A 18 ans, Eden Santoro n'a pas peur des monstres : elle aime Alhan, le plus dangereux d'entre eux. A 20 ans, tout a changé : elle fuit désormais Alhan et ce qu'il représente, le danger, les douleurs du passé, leur passion détruite... Mais, tapi dans l'ombre, son ancien amant rôde toujours, et il ne lui laisse pas le choix : elle doit replonger dans sa Colombie natale, dans l'univers sombre des trafics d'armes, dans les yeux si perturbants du monstre qu'elle a aimé. Forcée de cohabiter avec lui, Eden va découvrir que les mystères qui l'entourent sont plus inquiétants que jamais. Et si, plutôt que de fuir les ténèbres, elle décidait cette fois de danser avec elles ?

Une plongée au coeur des ténèbres, aux côtés d'un homme à l'âme tachée de sang. A 18 ans, Eden Santoro n'a pas peur des monstres : elle aime Alhan, le plus dangereux d'entre eux. A 20 ans, tout a changé : elle fuit désormais Alhan et ce qu'il représente, le danger, les douleurs du passé, leur passion détruite... Mais, tapi dans l'ombre, son ancien amant rôde toujours, et il ne lui laisse pas le choix : elle doit replonger dans sa Colombie natale, dans l'univers sombre des trafics d'armes, dans les yeux si perturbants du monstre qu'elle a aimé. Forcée de cohabiter avec lui, Eden va découvrir que les mystères qui l'entourent sont plus inquiétants que jamais.

"Le Fantôme de l'Opéra" (in English, "The Phantom of the Opera") is a novel written by the French author Gaston Leroux. This Gothic novel, published in 1910, is known for its suspenseful and mysterious storytelling. The story is set in the Paris Opera House, where a series of unexplained and eerie events are attributed to the "Opera Ghost" or "Phantom". The mysterious and disfigured figure, Erik, lives beneath the opera house and is infatuated with Christine Daaé, a talented and beautiful singer. He becomes her tutor, and a complex and haunting love triangle ensues between Christine, Erik, and Raoul, a young nobleman. "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra" combines elements of romance, horror, and suspense, and it explores themes of unrequited love, beauty, and the consequences of obsession. It has been adapted into numerous stage and film productions, most notably Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical of the same name.

This beautiful publication presents for the first time the Eveillard Gift of drawings to The Frick Collection, the most important gift of drawings and pastels in its history. It accompanies an exhibition at the Frick and includes a catalogue of the works and commentaries by noted scholars. Twenty-six works of art promised to The Frick Collection by Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard dramatically advance the museum's commitment to the research and display of European drawings. Included in this transformative gift from two longtime supporters of the Frick are exquisite drawings, pastels, prints, and one oil sketch by François Boucher, Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Thomas Lawrence, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, John Singer Sargent, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, and Jean-Antoine Watteau, among others. The works include fi gurative sketches, independent studies, portraits, and landscape scenes, each either deepening the museum's celebrated holdings or bringing the work of an artist who is not-but should be-represented in the collection. This lavishly illustrated publication, which accompanies an exhibition at the Frick, includes a catalogue of the works, as well as comprehensive commentaries on each of promised gifts written by noted scholars in their fi eld.

Queen Vispa and King Dungammei are the beloved rulers of their respective kingdoms. The two territories live in harmony, sharing a temple that crosses their mutual border, but they pray to different gods and have little in common outside of geography. The monarchs seem an unlikely pair, but when each violates the rules of the temple - one by entering the temple as a woman, and the other by praying to the other kingdom's god - both find themselves abandoned by their people, deciding soon after to declare the approval and presence of both gods in their hearts, as well as their love for each other. The King and Queen's subjects also abandon the shared temple, leaving it to the disobedient pair and building separate temples in their own territories. The monarchs' happy life together is, however, short-lived, as Queen Vispa dies upon giving birth to their child Delarai. The King is urged to repent and return to his kingdom. He complies, leaving princess Delarai with Magi, a nurse from a remote village, to raise her. Delarai rows up in near isolation, far from other people, spending most of her time among flowers and animals of the beautiful temple garden. Meanwhile, battles rage between the two kingdoms following the King's return. Delaware, a son begotten to the King and his next wife, gets badly wounded some years later in an attempt to stop the fighting. On his deathbed, the Prince insists on being taken to the forbidden temple to be buried there. The King, though ill himself, agrees to fulfill his son's dying wish. It is there where Delarai, having become quite an expert at herbal remedies, comes to their aid, preparing a special potion while praying to the temple's two gods in her nurse Magi's native language. As Delarai completes the life-saving act of curing the Prince, she tries to call for Magi, but the word that leaves her lips is "magic". Those who witness the event soon spread the word, and Delarai becomes recognized across both kingdoms as the creator of magic. The King, however, succumbs to old age, imparting his last kernel of wisdom unto his daughter : the two temple gods are one and the same. With this knowledge and their newfound inner strength, Delarai and Delaware unify the two kingdoms, and live happily ever after.