THE SHADOW SISTER by Lucinda Rileyis the third installment
of the planned
Seven Sisters
series, each book focusing on one sister.
Each book has it's own story and can stand alone. Pa Salt
was a wealthy man who adopted six baby girls (yes six, not
seven - why?) from all over the world and brought them up
with love, luxury, and opportunity at his lakeside castle in
Geneva. Now he's dead and has left an envelope with clues
for each daughter, for if they wish to find their birth
parents and family they can do so. Star is the third sister
and this book is of her story.
Star has always been the quiet sister, who has always been
content to let her sister CeCe take the lead. They are the
closest sisters in age and have bonded very well through
the years. Star has even given up many of her dreams for
her sister CeCe.
Pa Salt's clues to Star's heritage lead her to an old book
shop in London where she meets the gorgeously eccentric
Orlando. As instructed by Pa's letter, she asks about a
Flora McNeil, and Orlando's interest is instantly piqued.
He takes her to stay at his ancestral home in Kent and
introduces her to his dysfunctional family, including his
surly brother Mouse. As she spends more and more time with
them, she begins to relax into her newly found independence
and confidence, and settles down to read Flora's diaries.
Nearly one hundred years earlier, Flora is a free spirit
delighting in the knowledge that due to a lack of funds she
can't be presented into society. Brought up in the Lake
District with a passion for nature plus a friendship with
Beatrix Potter, she finds love but sacrifices it for her
sister. Her mother sends her to the London residence of her
friend Alice Keppel, where life takes a few unexpected
turns as Flora unearths a family secret.
I loved THE SHADOW SISTER and look forward to reading the
rest of
the author's books about Pa Salt's daughters. This read is
dynamic both in the present day read and the past read,
same story, with dual timelines. I loved Star, Orlando and
Mouse, and loved everything about Flora's story. Star and
Flora are so similar, each living in the shadow of their
sister, each giving up things they love, each blossoming
under new relationships. Both are happiest with the
simplest things in life and have become my favorite leading
ladies in this series so far, as has this book.
The first two sisters, Maia and Ally, are mentioned as
their own stories reach their conclusions, and it was nice
to touch base with them, seeing how the sisters'
discoveries are linked in time. CeCe's story is just
beginning at the end of Star's and I look forward to reading
her story.
Travel through the lush English countryside and explore the magnificent estates of the British aristocracy in this next spellbinding love story in The Seven Sisters series by #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley. Star D’Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father—the elusive billionaire, affectionately called Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted from across the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to her true heritage, and Star nervously decides to follow hers, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world. A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy and secure in her home in England’s picturesque Lake District—just a stone’s throw away from the residence of her childhood idol, Beatrix Potter—when machinations lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society’s most notorious society hostesses, Alice Keppel. Flora is torn between passionate love and her duty to her family, but finds herself a pawn in a larger game. That is, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life... As Star learns more of Flora’s incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love. The Shadow Sister is the third in the sweeping Seven Sisters series, “soaked in glamour and romance” (Daily Mail) and perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and the novels of Kate Morton.
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