In the fictional world of Orléans from Dhonielle Clayton's novel The Belles, beauty is not natural unless you are a Belle. Camellia Beauregard is one of them, and she wants nothing more than to be chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live at the royal palace — a palace she later learns is full of dark secrets. Camellia's powers are even greater and more dangerous than she ever realised, and before she knows it, she's faced with the decision to risk her own life to help the princess.