The Condo is a short novel about Ellen Sortell, a socialite and the adopted daughter of one of the wealthiest families in America. She lived a sheltered life, first with her family in America and then in Paris, where she studied art with Peter Renol, one of Frances prestigious artists. He was a man she admired and fell in love with but never married. After the death of her parents, she moved to the Chesterfield Towers in Winter Haven, Florida. Ellen was fifty-three. It was here that she found loving friendships and people who accepted her just as she was. She felt loved and safe. But her peaceful existence came to a startling end when her friends became entangled in a frightening lawsuit that ultimately tore the condo apart.