Listening length: 12 hours, minutesAfter Renee Winters discovers her parents lying dead in Californias Redwood Forest in what appears to be a strange double murder, her grandfather sends her off to Gottfried Academy in Maine, a remote and mysterious high school dedicated to philosophy, crude sciences, and Latin: the Language of the Dead. Its here she meets Dante, a dark and elusive student to whom she feels inexplicably drawn.As they get to know each other better, Dante cant seem to control his attraction either, and their desires gradually deepen into a complex and dangerous romance. Dangerous because Dante is hiding a frightening secret. A secret so terrible, it has him fearing for Renees life.Dantes not the only one with secrets, though. Turns out Gottfried Academy has a few of its own Like, how come students keep disappearing? Why are the prefect-like Monitors creeping around campus during the night? And what exactly are the Headmistress and Professors really up to? Renee is determined to find out why.Dead Beautiful is both a compelling romance and thought-provoking listen, bringing shocking new meaning to life, death, love, and the nature of the soul.