V.C. Andrews

El libro en que el se basa la exitosa adaptación televisiva Flores en el ático, un best seller clásico sobre la terrible experiencia vivida por cuatro niños que crecen en un lúgubre encierro, aislados del mundo... Desde su publicacion en ingles en 1979, Flores en el atico se convirtio en un fulminante best seller y fue adaptada al cine con gran exito. Corre el año 1957, y los Dollanganger parecen una familia perfecta que vive sin preocupaciones en su idilica casa de Gladstone, Pensilvania... hasta que la tragedia llama a su puerta. Ocurre el dia en que Christopher, el patriarca de la familia, muere en un accidente. Su viuda, Corrine, debe hacer frente al peso de una gran deuda que no puede asumir. Su unica opcion: regresar a la mansion de sus acaudalados padres en busca de ayuda. Su madre, Olivia Foxworth, la acoge bajo la cruel condicion de que los niños se escondan en el desvan. De esta forma empieza el tormento de los hermanos Dollanganger -Cathy, Chris y los gemelos Carrie y Cory-, victimas inocentes de pasiones prohibidas y condenados a vivir aislados del mundo.La critica ha dicho...Bello, macabro y meticulosamente cruel... Evoca el lado mas oscuro de cuentos como La caperucita roja o Hansel y Gretel con un toque victoriano.Daily Express

El esperado desenlace de la Saga Dollanganger Mucho antes de que el terror se apoderara de su familia, Olivia, recién casada con Malcolm Foxworth, llegó a Virginia llena de esperanza e ilusión. Esperaba hallar la felicidad junto a su atractivo marido. Sin embargo, la siniestra y laberintica mansion Foxworth Hall parece albergar algo maligno que poco a poco se adueña de Olivia. Dia tras dia aumenta la obsesion por sus hijos, sobre todo por Corinne, una hermosa muchacha con un encanto especial. Jardin sombrio revela los terribles acontecimientos que marcaran para siempre el destino de la familia Dollanganger.La critica ha dicho...Una saga horripilante... La trama es absorbente, muchos millones [de lectores] no han podido dejarla.Ms London

Cuarta entrega de la Saga Dollanganger El amor prohibido que surgió entre Cathy y Chris durante su cautiverio en Foxworth Hall es uno de los secretos más oscuros de la familia Dollanganger. Ni siquiera formando una nueva familia ni adoptando un apellido diferente pueden escapar de su perverso legado. El dia en que Bart, hijo de Cathy, cumple veinticinco años la familia se reune en la propiedad que acaba de heredar, una escalofriante replica de la mansion familiar. Para Bart, ha llegado el momento de conocer la devastadora verdad acerca de su pasado, del temible espectro que siempre le ha acechado y de lo que realmente ocurrio en aquel atico, donde sus padres perdieron la inocencia.La critica ha dicho...Un cuento de hadas moderno e ingeniosamente retorcido.The Times Magazine

Virginia AndrewsThe novel that launched Virginia Andrews' superselling career: the tale of four children locked in an attic by their once-loving mother! It was a game of happy families. The four children lived such perfect lives in such a happy, golden family. It was a game of hide and seek. Their father died suddenly. The children now lived alone, hidden in the airless attic. It was a case of tender, loving murder. Their mother promised that they would stay only long enough to inherit her family's fortune. But gradually she forgot how much she adored those children. Millions of readers have been enthralled by this gripping story of a family's betrayal and heartbreak, love and revenge - which then sows the seeds for the future.

Esta cautivadora novela romántica pertenece a la saga de la familia Casteel, integrada por los títulos Los sueños de Heaven leigh, Ángel negro, Las puertas del paraíso y Telaraña de sueños.

The second in her spellbinding new two-part series, concluding the story which began with Broken Flower.

From the imagination behind Flowers in the Attic comes a sensational new novel that spins a seductive web between fantasies and lies -- and uncovers the price for keeping Secrets in the Attic Two Friends As Close As Sisters. One Killer Secret That Will Tear Their Small Town Apart. In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything -- fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather''s unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen''s stepfather in his place. It wasn''t supposed to turn deadly. But in the attic Karen shares one more secret with her best friend -- a secret to take to the grave...

Virginia AndrewsEveryone says her mother was mad. Is she doomed to repeat the past? Up in the attic, that's where Alice's mother used to escape to - and it's where, so Alice has been told, she plotted the murder of her own stepfather. Now, years later, with her mother locked away for life, the attic is where Alice finds comfort in her solitude, writing poetry and painting pictures. When Alice finally finds the courage to come out of her shell, exchanging her dowdy looks for flattering clothes and make-up, her life is completely transformed. She even attends her high school prom with a cute, popular boy. But it's a night that suddenly turns tragic - sending her new-found happiness crashing down around her, and hurtling Alice into a shattering new life, one that leads her to a shocking reunion with the shadows she had fled.

Virginia AndrewsTwo friends as close as sisters - and one killer secret that will tear their small town apart. In the dust and shadows of the attic, the two girls shared everything - fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous history, the best friends concoct a scheme that will put Karen's stepfather in his place. It wasn't supposed to turn deadly. But in the deceptive stillness of the attic, Karen shares one more secret with her best friend - a secret to take to the grave ...