Iluminados - Aimee Agresti

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Résumé :
Romantic, mysterious, and disturbing, this young adult novel takes us into the heart of an evil game. Haven Terra is a smart student, but is antisocial by nature and is labeled as an outcast. But everything changes when she is awarded a prestigious internship at a posh Chicago hotel. There she meets Aurelia Brown, the attractive owner of the establishment; Lucian Grove, a dashing gentleman that is her second-in-command; and their stunning yet aloof staff of glamazons called The Outfit. As Haven begins falling for Lucian, she discovers that these beautiful people are not quite what they seem. With the help of a mysterious book, she uncovers the evil agenda of Aurelia and company: they're in the business of buying souls. Will they succeed in wooing Haven to join them in their recruitment efforts, or will she be able to thwart this devilish set's plans to take the souls of her classmates on prom night at the hotel?

Haven Terra es una estudiante inteligente que, sin embargo, posee un car?cter antisocial que la ha convertido en una desadaptada. Un d?a todo cambia para ella cuando consigue un puesto como pasante en un lujoso hotel de Chicago. All? conoce a Aurelia Brown, la atractiva due?a del establecimiento, y a Lucian Grove, su segundo al mando. Muy pronto Haven se enamora del atractivo Lucian sin imaginar que este individuo no es lo que parece. De hecho, tanto Aurelia como el resto de los habitantes del hotel ocultan un terrible secreto. Con la ayuda de un misterioso libro, Haven descubre los terribles planes de Aurelia y de quienes la rodean: todos est?n nada menos que en el negocio de compra y venta de almas.

Biographie:
Aimee Agresti is an entertainment journalist and author. She is a staff writer at Us Weekly and her work has appeared in People, the Washington Post, Mademoiselle, and the New York Observer. Illuminate is her first novel for teens. She lives in Washington D.C.