{"product_id":"salom-isbn-9798217045938","title":"Salomé","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Smart, thoughtful, and sensual.\" —Chloe Benjamin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immortalists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA gothic-tinged fever dream that reimagines the young American in France, \u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003efollows an adrift journalist who accepts an alluring stranger’s invitation to stay at her home in a small French town, only to uncover a dangerous family history that could bend the course of humanity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t open your eyes…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCourtney notices Salomé the moment she steps onto the plane. She’s magnetic, quicksilver, and, best of all for incurable Francophile Courtney, French. So when Salomé invites Courtney to her mother’s town in northwestern France, Courtney doesn’t even have to think about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut things are, almost immediately, surreal. Despite feeling right at home with Salomé, Courtney is confronted by a house outfitted with cameras and the dark, watchful presence of Salomé's mother. Courtney senses she should leave, but with Salomé she feels as if she’s rediscovered the \"French Courtney,\" an alternate version of herself who made a life in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is, until she starts to experience paralyzing nightmares in which strange voices intone \u003ci\u003eDon’t open your eyes\u003c\/i\u003e . . . and encounters Salomé’s charismatic stepfather, Marco, whose pyramid-scheme vitamin company offers a tempting segue into an even more insidious group obsessed with eternal life. Or is it an actual cult? And how much does Salomé really know? As a conspiracy unfurls, Courtney is torn between her loyalty to Salomé and what might be the story of a lifetime, the kind that could make a journalist’s career—if it doesn’t kill her first.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA modern reclamation of the original femme fatale whose story, until now, has been almost exclusively told by men, \u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003eis a tantalizing, feminist tale exploring power, loyalty, connection, and the measures we’ll take to harness our deepest desires.\"What begins as a tantalizing slow-burn transforms into a paranoia-fueled speculative thriller . . . This deserves credit for its ambition.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003ereinvents the gothic for 2026, blending the moodiness and suspense of the genre's origins with a modern social consciousness. Baird's novel explores lust and friendship alongside the perils of today's world: corporate and technological greed; the erosion of privacy; the widening wealth gap. The result is a smart, thoughtful, and sensual retelling of a classic tale.\" —\u003cb\u003eChloe Benjamin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Immortalists \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading this book feels like sitting on a velvet couch and drinking absinthe. Part gothic seduction, part cult psychology, \u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003ereckons with how easily smart, searching women can be pulled toward the promise of transcendence . . . and what it costs when the fantasy talks back. I loved it.\" —\u003cb\u003eAmanda Montell, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWordslut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCultish\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Magical Overthinking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Set in a secluded French town, \u003ci\u003eSalomé\u003c\/i\u003e is a hauntingly seductive exploration of desire, grief, and avarice. Baird’s lush, hypnotic prose had me in a trance from the very first page. A riveting debut!\" —\u003cb\u003eMonika Kim, internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Eyes are the Best Part\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sexy, bold, and impossible to put down. \u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003eis an exhilarating and original reimagining of the young American in France, told through a seductive friendship between two women. Leslie Baird builds suspense with remarkable control as she explores the delicious thrills and dangers of obsession.\" —\u003cb\u003eSanaë Lemoine, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Margot Affair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Baird’s prose is a bit like descending into a Parisian catacomb—at once darkly terrifying, and somehow simultaneously, bewitching. \u003ci\u003eSalome\u003c\/i\u003e is equal parts viscerally sharp and cloyingly subtle; scenes of swiftly fading girlhood, with its nostalgia and romances, are met by unexpected interludes on the science of immortality and the peril of extremist ideologies, all blurring elegantly into a scintillating balm which belies the desperate, cathartic, honesty at the novel’s center. The highest praise I can give any work of art, is that it has made me think. And Leslie’s novel has given me thoughts for many years to come.\" —\u003cb\u003eEilish Quin, author of \u003ci\u003eMedea\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Leslie Baird's debut is an alluring exploration of ambition, friendship, and secrets. If you had the chance to go on an unexpected adventure in a gorgeous place, wouldn't you consider taking it? Baird gives us this delicious opportunity from the first pages. This atmospheric, evocative novel will be a hit with readers everywhere. I can't wait to read what Baird writes next!\" —\u003cb\u003eSaumya Dave, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guilt Pill \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Leslie Baird’s \u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping, sensual thriller about the perils of charm and unexpected connection. It explores the complicated space where hospitality threatens to tilt into control, where generosity cannot untangle itself from ulterior motives. \u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003eis an engrossing debut novel about the impact of technological progress on family, mourning, and love.\" —\u003cb\u003eIsle McElroy, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople Collide\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thrilling story of desire and deception set against the intoxicating backdrop of Paris. . . . A wild ride in every way—a seductive thriller where astral realms collide with bodily desires, where beauty masks malevolence, where science borders on sorcery, where nefarious billionaires reach new depths of depravity, and the line between victim and willing participant vanishes completely. Breathless, electric, and utterly consuming. I was addicted.\" \u003cb\u003e—Lisa Gabriele, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Winters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wonderful and compelling, well-drawn and riveting. The book has everything—France, a mysterious town, a seductive friend\/lover, a menacing mother, a cult—all moving toward a beautiful description of loss, being present, and how to live a life. A beautiful and original book!\" —\u003cb\u003eKaren E. Bender, author of \u003ci\u003eRefund \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Words of Dr. L\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie Baird \u003c\/b\u003eis an author and ghostwriter. She holds an MFA in fiction from Sewanee, the University of the South, and lives in Europe. \u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.","brand":"G.P. 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