title: Masquerade at Monfalcone
author: Moore, Dorine
description: Renata knew not what to expect when her beautiful and enigmatic half-sister Fiammeta invited her to attend the festivities at the Pala zo of Monfalcone. The cast of characters was strange indeed: Count Enzo, the severe nobleman who presided over the estate; Cesare, the bold and reckless lover of Fiammeta; and Craig Stevens, the mysterious American to whom Renata felt herself irresistibly attracted.
  
  What was the reason for her presence here? Renata asked herself feverishly: What could Fiammeta, who had always taunted and despised her, want with her now? Was she to be the pawn in a dark drama of jewel theft, evil spirits, madness, and murder? The stage was set, the ballroom lights twinkled bewitchingly, and the moments ticked away until the final horror would unfold at the...Masquerade at Monfalcone