Gates of Paradise

Written by V.C. Andrews

Narrated by Andi Arndt

Now a major Lifetime movie event, from New York Times bestselling author and literary phenomenon V.C. Andrews (Flowers in the Attic, My Sweet Audrina) comes the fourth installment in the classic story of the Casteel family saga. Stunned by tragedy, a young woman finds herself desperate and alone, and clinging to the frailest of dreams. Can Heaven’s daughter find the inner strength to survive?

The car crash that killed Heaven and Logan left Annie Casteel Stonewall orphaned and crippled. Whisked off to Farthinggale Manor by the possessive Tony Tatterton, Annie pines for her lost family, but especially for Luke, her half-brother. Friend of her childhood, her fantasy prince, her loving confidante…without the warm glow of Luke’s love, she is lost in the shadows of despair. When Annie discovers Troy’s cottage hidden in Farthinggale’s woods, the mystery of her past deepens. And even as she yearns to see Luke again, her hopes and dreams are darkened by the sinister Casteel spell…treacherous, powerful, and evil.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Jun 18, 2019
• ISBN: 9781508287292

V.C. Andrews

One of the most popular authors of all time, V.C. Andrews has been a bestselling phenomenon since the publication of Flowers in the Attic, first in the renowned Dollanganger family series, which includes Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows. The family saga continues with Christopher’s Diary: Secrets of Foxworth, Christopher’s Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger, and Secret Brother, as well as Beneath the Attic, Out of the Attic, and Shadows of Foxworth as part of the fortieth anniversary celebration. There are more than ninety V.C. Andrews novels, which have sold over 107 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than twenty-five foreign languages. Andrews’s life story is told in The Woman Beyond the Attic. Join the conversation about the world of V.C. Andrews at Facebook.com/OfficialVCAndrews.

Reviews for Gates of Paradise

[paulagalvan-323293 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In this fourth installment of the Casteel Family Saga, Heaven and Logan settle in Winnerow—a small town in the hills of Virginia. Their daughter, Annie, and Logan and Fanny's bastard son, Luke Jr., are both eighteen and already profoundly attracted to each other. They haven't acted on their feelings, however, since they have the same father. Then Heaven and Logan are killed in an auto accident, which also leaves Annie in a wheelchair. She finds herself suddenly whisked away to the stately Farthinggale Manor by her grandfather, Tony Tatterton. Trapped there by Tony to recuperate and heal, she quickly learns her family's dreadful secrets and her own grandfather's sinister intentions. Just in the nick of time, Fanny and Luke Jr. come to her rescue, but not before Annie learns a shocking secret of Heaven's dark past and her own paternity.

[jamiem12 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Ok so here it is honestly.... SPOILER ALERT!!!
This book is honestly the worst V.C. Andrews of all 9 I have read. Typical storyline that follows the same pattern that all the first 8 did. Tragedy, victim, knight coming to the rescue, incest etc. About midway through the book 50-75 pages of useless not going nowhere storyline. I would have only given 2 stars yet now i have to read the last book. The only reason I read the first set was because I saw the lifetime movie did some research found it was based on a true story. Intrigued I reached the second set its also based on true events... How can one person know so many crazy people? Jeez.. maybe the next one will be better.

[bekkil1977 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

"Gates of Paradise" was especially bad. Annie and Luke being in love with each other when they thought they were half brother and sister the whole time was just gross beyond belief. I mean, even though they turned out not to be, still, who falls in love with someone when you're raised as cousins and half-siblings? Besides Christopher Foxworth, I mean, really, who does that?

[desilu42 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This was my least favorite book. This book with a few tweaks her and there in the story line seems to be a copy of the second book in the series. Annie is taken in by Tony Tatterton but she soon finds out he has an ugly side.

[ilana_weiss_3 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I like how Heaven's story ends in this book. I think it has a great and happy ending and I was very pleased. All of V.C. Andrews' books are amazing.

[bongobash · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I loved the last 3 books but this one wasn't as good. I didn't like the way Annie was the main character or the way Heaven died. I thought it was really boring up until the end.

[anagarika0sean · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It's been a long time, but I remember it being somewhat okay.