Paris at night is a city of secrets—where power slips between candlelit dinners and whispered names, where desire can be bought, stolen, or burned into the skin.

Adrien Moreau is a struggling artist drowning in mediocrity, his talent worth less than the rent he’s late on. One night, a man in a black suit watches him from a hotel doorway. A man with a past that doesn’t exist.

Sébastien Lacroix is an enigma. He moves through Paris like a ghost, wrapped in wealth one moment, vanishing the next. He appears at Adrien’s side, dangerous and irresistible. But nothing about him is real.

A jacket is left behind. Expensive, tailored—its lining damp with blood.

Adrien is pulled into a game he never agreed to play.

Sébastien drags him into Paris’s underbelly: places that shouldn’t exist, names that shouldn’t be spoken, people who vanish. At the center is the Collector—a man who trades in debts that can’t be repaid and lives not meant to be kept.

Desire is a trap. Obsession is a weapon.

As Adrien spirals, he realizes he’s not just running from Sébastien’s past. He’s running from a fire that’s already consuming him.

Only the Beautiful Ones Burn is a dark, erotic thriller set in Paris’s decadence and depravity. Laced with betrayal, it’s a story where love is another way to be owned, ruined, or set ablaze.

For fans of dark romance and neo-noir where beauty is another way to bleed.

Will you survive the burn?