Caroline Gruner sees her life fall apart after losing both of her parents in a murder followed by suicide. Carrying a congenital heart disease called myocarditis, she needs to learn how to live again, but this time, on her own. A phone call offers an unexpected option, when a lawyer reveals that a great-aunt has left her as sole heir of a manor. However, this stroke of luck seems to come with a side of mysteries and unanswered questions. Bettina Stingelin was born in Blumenau, Santa Catarina (Brazil), on October 11, 1979. She has a postgraduate degree in History from the Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB), and was 17th in the 2003 Concurso Nacional Armazém Literário, with the essay Uma figura mágica. She also participated in the collection Réquiem para o Natal, published by Editora Andross in 2008, with Presente de Natal. She writes children's books and Regional History. Thirteen dolls is her first fiction novel.