Gates of Paradise (Casteel Series) - Hardcover

Andrews, V. C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671670638 ISBN 13: 9780671670634

Publisher: Poseidon Pr, 1989

Synopsis

The bestselling saga of the Casteel family - Heaven, Dark Fallen Hearts - continues in this dazzling new story from Virginia Andrews. Gates of Paradise is the story of Annie, Heaven's daughter, a sweet and loving young woman who has known the sort of happy home that always seemed out of her mother's reach - until a terrible car crash shatters her world. Heaven and Logan are killed and Annie is left paralysed. Taken to Farthinggale Manor by her mysterious 'great-grandfather', Tony Tatterton, Annie pines for her lost family, but especially for Luke, her half-brother, her fantasy prince, the loving confidant of her childhood. At Farthinggale Manor she becomes lost in the despair of the decaying mansion, haunted by the growing suspicion that Tony is trying to keep her an invalid. Then Annie discovers the secret cottage owned by Tony's brother Troy, which is hidden deep in Farthingale woods, and the mystery deepens. Even as Annie yearns to be well again, to regain her old life, and to see Luke once more, her tender hopes are threatened by the sinister plans of Tony Tatterton and the shadowy secrets of Farthingale Manor - where nothing is as it appears to be.

About this title

Review:

Praise for Virginia Andrews:

‘Beautifully written, macabre and thoroughly nasty... it is evocative of the nasty fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and The Babes in the Wood, with a bit of Victorian Gothic thrown in. ... What does shine through is her ability to see the world through a child’s eyes’ Daily Express

‘Makes horror irresistible’ Glasgow Sunday Mail

‘A gruesome saga... the storyline is compelling, many millions have no wish to put this down’ Ms London

‘There is strength in her books – the bizarre plots matched with the pathos of the entrapped’ The Times

About the Author:

One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of her spellbinding classic Flowers in the Attic. That blockbuster novel began her renowned Dollanganger family saga, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. Since then, readers have been captivated by more than fifty novels in V.C. Andrews' bestselling series. V.C. Andrews' novels have sold more than one hundred million copies and have been translated into sixteen foreign languages.

About this edition

• Publisher: Poseidon Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0671670638
• ISBN 13: 9780671670634
• Binding: Hardcover