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Vendetta Castle
Uprooted from a mountainside in Sicily and reconstructed in the Adirondacks, the fabulous Castle Mazzini both awed and frightened young Andrea Grant. She had been hired by the enigmatic Carlo Mazzini to come to his family fortress as a companion for his ageing mother - but the moment Andrea walked inside the castle she sensed that danger lay in wait for her. Soon her fears were confirmed - seemingly without reason, her life was being threatened. Somehow, she had become an expendable victim in a grand design of death...
352 pages, Hardcover
First published October 28, 1993
About the author
Julie Ellis
157 books14 followersLibrarians note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
From the inside cover of the Kappa Books edition of Eden:
Julie Ellis was born in Columbus, Georgia. She moved to New York at age 16 with her parents, after her high school graduation. Julie studied drama, and was part of the mid-'50s Off-Broadway scene as actress/playwright/co-producer. Seven of her plays were produced Off-Broadway and presented on the summer hotel/bungalow colony circuits. She wrote 76 sides of children's records (hitting BILLBOARD'S Bestseller List). Her first paperback novel was published in 1960 and between 1960 and 1974 she wrote 143 contemporary, gothic, romantic suspense novels and 3 non-fiction titles that were published by major paperback houses.
Julie has written one hardcover/softcover bestseller per year (a number of early paperback originals now being re-published in hardcover in the United Kingdom). Ellis is published in thirteen countries. A favorite among library readers across the country, Julie regularly appears on LIBRARY JOURNAL'S "Pre-publication Bestseller Lists." In 1993 she made the United Kingdom's Registrar of Public Lending Rights List of the most-read authors in the United Kingdom Library System (minimum of 300,000 loans per author).
A single mother since 1972 (first separated, then widowed), Julie considers her major productions her daughter Susan and her son Richard. Julie is a passionate environmentalist whose convictions appear regularly in her novels (the devastation of our Northwest forests in LOYALTIES, the unnecessary deaths caused by the tobacco industry in LASTING TREASURES, gun control in COMMITMENT). Julie is a vegetarian with occasional lapses due to social circumstances. She alternates between her Manhattan apartment and beach house in Montauk.
From the inside cover of the Kappa Books edition of Eden:
Julie Ellis was born in Columbus, Georgia. She moved to New York at age 16 with her parents, after her high school graduation. Julie studied drama, and was part of the mid-'50s Off-Broadway scene as actress/playwright/co-producer. Seven of her plays were produced Off-Broadway and presented on the summer hotel/bungalow colony circuits. She wrote 76 sides of children's records (hitting BILLBOARD'S Bestseller List). Her first paperback novel was published in 1960 and between 1960 and 1974 she wrote 143 contemporary, gothic, romantic suspense novels and 3 non-fiction titles that were published by major paperback houses.
Julie has written one hardcover/softcover bestseller per year (a number of early paperback originals now being re-published in hardcover in the United Kingdom). Ellis is published in thirteen countries. A favorite among library readers across the country, Julie regularly appears on LIBRARY JOURNAL'S "Pre-publication Bestseller Lists." In 1993 she made the United Kingdom's Registrar of Public Lending Rights List of the most-read authors in the United Kingdom Library System (minimum of 300,000 loans per author).
A single mother since 1972 (first separated, then widowed), Julie considers her major productions her daughter Susan and her son Richard. Julie is a passionate environmentalist whose convictions appear regularly in her novels (the devastation of our Northwest forests in LOYALTIES, the unnecessary deaths caused by the tobacco industry in LASTING TREASURES, gun control in COMMITMENT). Julie is a vegetarian with occasional lapses due to social circumstances. She alternates between her Manhattan apartment and beach house in Montauk.
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May 25, 2025
Started and finished date - 20.05.25 to 22.05.25.
My rating - Two Stars.
This was okay but I didnt love it and I found it both boring and dull also the cover of book was very simple but fine. The writing was okay to read and it was hard to follow also the ending of book was fine. Both mystery and the atmosphere was fine bit bland. The paced of plot was bit rush and this book had unsteady pacing. I had mixed feeling about the characters and they needed to flash out bit more
My rating - Two Stars.
This was okay but I didnt love it and I found it both boring and dull also the cover of book was very simple but fine. The writing was okay to read and it was hard to follow also the ending of book was fine. Both mystery and the atmosphere was fine bit bland. The paced of plot was bit rush and this book had unsteady pacing. I had mixed feeling about the characters and they needed to flash out bit more
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