The first book in a major new series from #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley, author of The Midnight Roseβhailed as βan extraordinary story [and] a complex, deeply engaging tale filled with fascinating charactersβ (Library Journal).
Maia DβApliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, βAtlantisββa fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Genevaβhaving been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each sister is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritageβa clue that takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story.
Eighty years earlier in the Rio of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacioβs father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabelaβpassionate and longing to see the worldβconvinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowskiβs studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.
In this sweeping, epic tale of love and lossβthe first in a unique, spellbinding new seriesβLucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talents like never before.
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