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THE SEVEN SISTERS

From the the seven sisters series , vol. 1.

by Lucinda Riley ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2015

Although the conceit of six sisters searching for their birth parents is certainly intriguing, one hopes the future books...

Launch of a projected series about six sisters who were adopted from all over the world by a mysterious Swiss tycoon.

When word comes of the death of the seafaring adoptive father they fondly called Pa Salt, his six daughters gather at Atlantis, the estate on Lake Geneva where they grew up. The eldest, Maia—each daughter is named for a star in the Seven Sisters cluster, though a seventh sister never arrived—is the only one who hasn't left the nest: she works from home as a translator. Pa Salt left a will providing all his daughters with the means to pursue their wildly divergent paths but with specific instructions that each investigate her origin. The clues provided by Pa Salt—a moonstone necklace, a set of coordinates, and a triangular stone tile—lead Maia to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro; the sole inhabitants, an old woman named Senhora Carvalho and her maid, Yara, are initially suspicious but relent when they note a family resemblance. A mammoth flashback comprises the bulk of the book. In 1927, Maia’s great-grandmother Izabela “Bel” Bonifacio, the daughter of a wealthy Italian coffee grower, is betrothed to Gustavo Cabral, scion of one of Rio’s most aristocratic Portuguese families. The Cabrals need the Bonifacio money, and the Bonifacios need the Cabrals’ social cachet. Against a backdrop of the Great Depression and the building of Rio’s giant statue of Christ, a tangled tale unspools of Bel’s affair with a Parisian sculptor, of Gustavo’s despair and forgiveness, and of Beatriz, the child of dubious parentage born to them. Maia’s interview with the dying Beatriz reveals additional startling clues about her lineage. The novel churns through a lot of exposition and logistics before racing to a satisfactory payoff. Maia’s frame story seems almost an afterthought, though—the Bonifacio-Cabral saga is clearly the main event.

Pub Date: May 5, 2015

ISBN: 978-1-4767-5990-6

Page Count: 480

Publisher: Atria

Review Posted Online: Feb. 13, 2015

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 2015

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A LITTLE LIFE

by Hanya Yanagihara ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015

The phrase “tour de force” could have been invented for this audacious novel.

Four men who meet as college roommates move to New York and spend the next three decades gaining renown in their professions—as an architect, painter, actor and lawyer—and struggling with demons in their intertwined personal lives.

Yanagihara ( The People in the Trees , 2013) takes the still-bold leap of writing about characters who don’t share her background; in addition to being male, JB is African-American, Malcolm has a black father and white mother, Willem is white, and “Jude’s race was undetermined”—deserted at birth, he was raised in a monastery and had an unspeakably traumatic childhood that’s revealed slowly over the course of the book. Two of them are gay, one straight and one bisexual. There isn’t a single significant female character, and for a long novel, there isn’t much plot. There aren’t even many markers of what’s happening in the outside world; Jude moves to a loft in SoHo as a young man, but we don’t see the neighborhood change from gritty artists’ enclave to glitzy tourist destination. What we get instead is an intensely interior look at the friends’ psyches and relationships, and it’s utterly enthralling. The four men think about work and creativity and success and failure; they cook for each other, compete with each other and jostle for each other’s affection. JB bases his entire artistic career on painting portraits of his friends, while Malcolm takes care of them by designing their apartments and houses. When Jude, as an adult, is adopted by his favorite Harvard law professor, his friends join him for Thanksgiving in Cambridge every year. And when Willem becomes a movie star, they all bask in his glow. Eventually, the tone darkens and the story narrows to focus on Jude as the pain of his past cuts deep into his carefully constructed life.

Pub Date: March 10, 2015

ISBN: 978-0-385-53925-8

Page Count: 720

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: Dec. 21, 2014

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 2015

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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

by J.D. Salinger ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 15, 1951

A strict report, worthy of sympathy.

A violent surfacing of adolescence (which has little in common with Tarkington's earlier, broadly comic, Seventeen ) has a compulsive impact.

"Nobody big except me" is the dream world of Holden Caulfield and his first person story is down to the basic, drab English of the pre-collegiate. For Holden is now being bounced from fancy prep, and, after a vicious evening with hall- and roommates, heads for New York to try to keep his latest failure from his parents. He tries to have a wild evening (all he does is pay the check), is terrorized by the hotel elevator man and his on-call whore, has a date with a girl he likes—and hates, sees his 10 year old sister, Phoebe. He also visits a sympathetic English teacher after trying on a drunken session, and when he keeps his date with Phoebe, who turns up with her suitcase to join him on his flight, he heads home to a hospital siege. This is tender and true, and impossible, in its picture of the old hells of young boys, the lonesomeness and tentative attempts to be mature and secure, the awful block between youth and being grown-up, the fright and sickness that humans and their behavior cause the challenging, the dramatization of the big bang. It is a sorry little worm's view of the off-beat of adult pressure, of contemporary strictures and conformity, of sentiment….

Pub Date: June 15, 1951

ISBN: 0316769177

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: Nov. 2, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1951

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The Seven Sisters – by Lucinda Riley – independent book review – Historical Fiction

Maybe even 4.5 stars! In this series, each novel tells the story of a different sister, all adopted by the same mysterious man who lives in a castle on Lake Geneva. It’s a series that totally hooked me!

This first novel presents the story of Maia, the oldest of the sisters. It begins with the death of her adopted father, Pa Salt, and the legacy he leaves each daughter, allowing them to learn more about their origins.

Eager to avoid a reunion with a former lover, Maia decides she will pursue her past immediately, leaving Geneva for Rio de Janeiro, where her specific clues point.

In Rio, Maia discovers the dramatic story of her beautiful ancestor, Izabel, born to a nouveau-riche coffee entrepreneur who is eager to achieve the status of a well-married daughter. As Izabel’s story slowly unfolds — from Rio to Paris and back in the 1920s– she finds herself among the artists creating Rio’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue that now hovers over the city. And by discovering Izabel’s story Maia is able to come to terms with her own dark secret.

THE SEVEN SISTERS is a wildly inventive and suspenseful story, where you won’t know what’s going to happen next, including a zinger of a denouement on the very last page. Completely absorbing and unique!

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The Seven Sisters Series :

THE STORM SISTER

THE SHADOW SISTER

THE PEARL SISTER

THE MOON SISTER

THE SUN SISTER

THE MISSING SISTER

ATLAS: THE STORY OF PA SALT

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THE BUTTERFLY ROOM

THE ROYAL SECRET

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THE LAVENDER GARDEN

THE MIDNIGHT ROSE

THE MURDERS AT FLEAT HOUSE

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Book Review: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

The Seven Sisters Seven Sisters Series #1 by Lucinda Riley

Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which 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 and its beginnings.

Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s 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. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s 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 loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before. -Goodreads

Published 2014. 400 pages.

My Thoughts

I had heard of the popularity of Lucinda Riley but had never read any of her books until recently when I read The Murders at Fleat House , I loved that book and googled the author and found that though she had written many books, this was her first crime novel. I was then drawn to The Seven Sisters, but I’m not sure of the reason. It was just a title that I picked out of many.

I was immediately hooked from the first page, and had trouble putting the book down. The clue that the adoptive father of the girls left to be opened after his death, intrigued me. That clue would lead them to find their birth families if they wished to do so. I couldn’t help wondering what I would have done in that situation. Would I follow that clue, or be happy to ignore itand continue to live the fabulous life that I had been living.

The Seven Sisters after setting up the clues, was about the oldest sister. The journey she took, following the clues took her to an unexpected place and led to experiences that she couldn’t have imagined.

The Seven Sisters is historical fiction, family saga and romance. The first in the Seven Sisters series of seven books. The smallest of these books is about 500 pages and the longest over 1100 pages. To read the series is a huge time commitment, which would usually put me off a series. However, not this series. Even though I could read the next books in the series right away, I plan to space them out a little, so I can enjoy them in my mind for longer.

Star Rating

Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book. For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Unputdownable. Would read it again.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic read. Not to be missed

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Enjoyable. Would recommend it.

⭐️⭐️ Wouldn’t read it again.

⭐️ Don’t recommend this book at all.

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I received this book for free from Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which 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 and its beginnings. Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s 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. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s 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 loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before.

First Impressions

The Seven Sisters is the first book I have read by Lucinda Riley and this introduction entered with a bang. It immediately grabbed me. Despite not knowing anything about astrology and certainly not the seven sisters, Riley drew me in with a lush story. This included defined characters and a vivid backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Therefore, it was not hard to be taken in.

Impressions While Reading

The Seven Sisters is told in two parts. Maia, the eldest sister searches for her biological family retracing steps back several generations with the reader following a “Genealogy Roadshow”. To be honest, Maia was a bit disappointing. As a character she had so much potential and just let it go to waste, Therefore, I was very frustrated.

I much preferred the second part of the novel. This featured Maia’s Great Grandmother Izabella during the 1920s. There was a liveliness and passion to Izabella’s story that quite frankly reminded me of Titanic. Like Rose, Izabella was caught in conformity wishing to be free of the necktie around her. She dges away from her Cal, Gustavo, who while not as attractive was just as smug and irksome. Laurent, was the Jack of the story of who she never fully let’s go of. It was quite the threesome. With the culture of Rio de Janeiro and 1920s Paris not to mention the creation of the statue of Christ the Redeemer, it infinitely held my attention.

Final Impressions

Overall, The Seven Sisters was a very good start to what could be an interesting series and look forward to reading of the other sister’s journeys.

Praise for The Seven Sisters

“A brilliant page-turner, soaked in glamour and romance.” -The Daily Mail

“Riley launches her most ambitious andexciting writing project to date…?a labyrinth of seductive time-switchstories, the enchanting brand of novel writing which has made Riley one of thebest women?s fiction authors on the market? An epic start to an epic series.” -The Lancashire Evening Post

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Lucinda Riley was born in Ireland and during her childhood travelled extensively abroad, particularly to the Far East to visit her father.

Moving to London she became an actress working in film, theatre and television. Five years ago she designed and built a house on the island of Koh Chang in Thailand, where her father had purchased land many years before. Her passion for history combined with her love of travel, and Thailand in particular, inspired her to write her novel Hothouse Flower, published by Penguin in November 2010.

She currently lives in Norfolk and France with her husband and four children.

For more information please visit Lucinda’s website . You can also find her on Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , and Goodreads .

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The Orchid House The Lavender Garden Girl on the Cliff The Italian Girl The Midnight Rose

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Absolutely brilliant story 👏 I've loved reading them! all the sister's have really good and interesting lives great to read all about the generations I'm rereading until par salts release 😀

The Seven Sisters — book review

The Seven Sisters, by Lucinda Riley

Yes, shivers run down spines and everyone is fabulously rich, mysterious and beautiful so put aside all hope for a literary experience, embrace the superlatives and read this for the sheer joy of a long and complicated story, well told.

Pa Salt is bottomlessly rich and travels the world looking for orphan baby girls to bring home to his gorgeous mega-home on the shores of Lake Geneva. A very dodgy premise, though it’s the girls telling these stories and they love their Pa Salt to bits and mourn him when he dies at the start of the series.

There are seven books, seven sisters, seven stars of the Pleiades but that’s not important right now. The main thing is that each girl takes an entire book to unravel the secrets of her hereditary past. I’ve read two and despite being a snooty reader I gobbled them up, at nearly 500 pages a pop. They’re Harry Potter for women (in a good way): escapist, plot driven, packed with fantastical detail and all engrossing.

There’s an overarching story going on behind the scenes, some mystery about whether Pa Salt is really dead and what on earth he is playing at and when the seventh sister is going to be revelaed. I’m sure if I make it through all seven that will tie up into a neat bow. One thing Riley does really well is plot. Each sister not only has her own current story, but we go back into complex stories of her forebears, all brilliantly structured through generations and paced covering wonderful historical topics. The first book has the backdrop of the making of Christ the Redeemer in Rio and the workshops of Paris; the second takes us yacht racing and then to a Norway orchestra and back in history to Edvard Grieg composing the Peer Gynt suite. No idea where the next books will take me but I’m keen for the ride.

Perfect summer reading. Go spend those book tokens.

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Book review: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

France’s Côte d’Azur, Switzerland , Manhattan, India in the heyday of the British Raj and the bustling back streets of Naples provided the breathtaking settings for novels like Hothouse Flower, The Girl on the Cliff, The Light Behind the Window, The Midnight Rose and The Italian Girl.

In the first of what promises to be a unique and deliciously escapist series of seven books, based on the legends of the Seven Sisters star constellation, Riley launches her most ambitious and exciting writing project to date as we head off to Lake Geneva, Rio de Janeiro and 1920s Paris for a thrilling story set against the building of Rio’s giant Christ the Redeemer statue.

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Six adopted sisters – a seventh intriguingly absent in this first foray into the lives of the wealthy Swiss D’Aplièse family – must unravel the secrets of their past with just a handful of tantalising clues after learning that their billionaire father has died.

Their journeys of self-discovery look set to take them to all four corners of the world and into a labyrinth of seductive time-switch stories, the enchanting brand of novel writing which has made Riley one of the best women’s fiction authors on the market.

Maia D’Aplièse and her five younger sisters, all named after the Seven Sisters stars, were adopted as babies by the elusive Swiss billionaire they call ‘Pa Salt’ – because of his love of sailing – and brought from all over the world to live at Atlantis, his fabulous, secluded castle on the shores of Lake Geneva.

A seventh sister never appeared, with Pa Salt mysteriously explaining that he had ‘never found her.’ But now they are all young women and have gathered at Atlantis after being informed of their beloved father’s sudden death and burial at sea.

Pa Salt’s lawyer hands each of them a clue to their true heritage. Maia, the eldest, most beautiful daughter, is the ‘family touchstone,’ the only sister who is still living at Atlantis.

Armed with just a small coloured tile and a moonstone necklace, Maia heads across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and begins to put together the pieces of her personal history starting in Rio in 1927.

It is there we find 18-year-old Izabela ‘Bel’ Bonifacio whose father, an Italian immigrant, has grown rich out of the coffee trade and harbours ambitions for his daughter to marry into the aristocratic Aires Cabral family whose fortunes are rapidly dwindling.

Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is working on a statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision.

Bel, passionate, constrained and eager to see the world, is allowed to accompany Heitor and his family to Europe before her forthcoming wedding to Gustavo Aires Cabral in Rio. But in Paris, at renowned sculptor Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafés of Montparnasse, she falls for his ambitious assistant Laurent Brouilly.

For the first time in her eighteen years, she feels truly alive with Laurent and knows that things can never be the same again…

Riley is a born storyteller and The Seven Sisters, a 600-page blockbuster heralding the start of a thrilling new series, gives her a magnificent stage on which to display her talent for weaving together the past and the present.

Impressive research, historical detail, an amazing ability to evoke time and place, and sheer imaginative power underpin a sumptuous, sweeping saga full of romance, passion, mystery, heartbreak and epic locations.

The enchanting stories of Maia and Izabela, set against the construction of the towering Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio, meld a vibrant fictional cast with some of the key players in the real-life design of this iconic landmark.

An epic start to an epic series…

(Macmillan, hardback, £14.99)

Lucinda Riley's The Seven Sisters books in order

Lucinda Riley's The Seven Sisters books in order

Loosely based on the mythology of the star constellation known as the pleiades (‘the seven sisters’), lucinda riley’s phenomenal bestselling series brings the sisters into the modern world. discover all you need to know about the seven sisters books in our ultimate guide..

Lucinda Riley was the No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the much-loved series, The Seven Sisters. Inspired by the Greek myth of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters books have captivated readers across the globe. The series finale, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt , came out in 2023, so whether you're a Lucinda Riley fan already, or are new to her writing, there is no better time to discover the series.

The series follows the story of seven sisters, and begins as their adoptive father – the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt – dies, and they are each given a tantalising clue to their true heritage. Each book is the story of one of the sisters as they trace their origins all over the world in spellbinding tales of love and loss.

The first book in the series is The Seven Sisters ; followed by The Storm Sister , The Shadow Sister , The Pearl Sister , The Moon Sister , The Sun Sister and The Missing Sister. The eagerly awaited final book of the series, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt came out in May 2023.

What is the latest Seven Sisters book?

Atlas: the story of pa salt, by lucinda riley.

The eighth and final book in The Seven Sisters series

Paris, 1928. A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family, but he refuses to speak of who he truly is. As he grows into a young man, evil is rising across Europe and he knows me must soon flee again. The Aegean, 2008. The seven sisters are gathered together for the first time, on board the Titan to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly. To their surprise, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts. But for every truth revealed, another question emerges.

The paperback edition is out on 18 July 2024 and available to pre-order now .

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Book one in The Seven Sisters series

Maia D’Aplièse and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home having been told that their beloved adoptive father, the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalising clue to their true heritage – a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of where her story began. This new 10th anniversary edition is complete with a new foreword from Lucinda's son, Harry Whittaker, and additional reading group material.

The Storm Sister

Book two in The Seven Sisters series

Ally D’Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world’s most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father’s sudden, mysterious death. Ally decides to head out on the open seas and follow the trail that her father left her, which leads her to the icy beauty of Norway.

The Shadow Sister

Book three in The Seven Sisters series

The third spellbinding story in The Seven Sisters series is the story of Star D’Aplièse who follows Pa Salt’s first clue to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and discovers the incredible story of headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol a hundred years earlier.

The Pearl Sister

Book four in The Seven Sisters series

CeCe D’Aplièse has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father, the elusive billionaire Pa Salt, she finds herself at breaking point. Dropping out of art college, CeCe watches as Star, her beloved sister, distances herself to follow her new love, leaving her completely alone. In desperation, she decides to flee England and discover her past; the only clues she has are a black-and-white photograph and the name of a woman pioneer who lived in Australia over one hundred years ago.

The Moon Sister

Book five in The Seven Sisters series

After the death of her father Tiggy D’Aplièse moves to the remote wilds of Scotland. There she takes a job doing what she loves; caring for animals on the vast and isolated Kinnaird estate, employed by the enigmatic and troubled Laird, Charlie Kinnaird. Her decision alters her future irrevocably when Chilly, an ancient gypsy who has lived for years on the estate, tells her that not only does she possess a sixth sense, passed down from her ancestors, but it was foretold long ago that he would be the one to send her back home to Granada in Spain.

The Sun Sister

Book six in The Seven Sisters series

Supermodel Electra D’Aplièse appears to have everything; she is beautiful, rich and famous. The death of her adoptive father, Pa Salt, has rocked her fragile state of mind, and she turns to alcohol and drugs. As those close to her worry for her health, she receives a mysterious letter from a woman who claims to be her grandmother. As Electra learns about her family history set in the wide-open plains of Kenya, she battles her inner demons and discovers a cause bigger than herself that is truly worth fighting for.

‘ Never have I found myself so deeply involved or moved as I have been by the bravery, humanity and sheer determination of the incredible people, both past and present, that I have encountered during the writing of Electra’s story. ’ Lucinda Riley on The Sun Sister

The Missing Sister

Book seven in The Seven Sisters series

The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister? They only have one clue – an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search takes them across the globe uniting them all in their mission to complete their family at last. In doing so, they will slowly unearth a story of love, strength and sacrifice that began almost one hundred years ago, as other brave young women risk everything to change the world around them.

The Seven Sisters Special Edition

If you've already read The Seven Sisters series and are looking for something else to add to your bookshelf, look no further. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Lucinda Riley’s iconic bestselling series, this stunning hardback collector’s edition is complete with a new foreword from Lucinda's son, Harry Whittaker, and gorgeous illustrated endpapers.

Lucinda sadly died in 2021, and the Riley family shared the below message regarding Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt :

'Shortly before the publication of The Missing Sister , Lucinda announced an eighth and final book in The Seven Sisters series, promising to answer the question at the heart of the story: Who is Pa Salt? Before her death, Lucinda was able to write several important passages and detailed notes on the story. She expressed a clear wish that her eldest son, Harry, should complete the series if the worst were to happen.

We can now confirm that Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt will be published around the world in spring 2023, co-written by Harry Whittaker. Lucinda and Harry worked closely together on The Guardian Angels series for children. Harry writes: ‘Mum has passed on the secrets of the series, and I will keep my promise to her in sharing them with her loyal readers. Rest assured that in spring 2023, the whole world will know just who Pa Salt is and why he adopted the sisters.’ We thank those of you who have allowed us the space to grieve, and those who have donated so generously to Mary’s Meals .' – Lucinda’s family

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Review ‘The Seven Sisters’ by Lucinda Riley

2019 July 05th, 2019 Maureen Bakker 2 comments

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It doesn’t happen often I hear my family talking about a book series I haven’t heard anything about yet. But with ‘The Seven Sisters’ it was my family that started talking about this series being so good they couldn’t stop reading. My grandma was reading it, my mom, my mother in law, a family friend, the neighbors and in every bookstore I visited I saw copies from ‘The Seven Sisters’. So although I wasn’t completely sure this book would be for me, I had to know what the deal was and bought myself a copy.

In ‘The Seven Sisters’ we meet Maia D’Apliese the oldest sister of six adopted sisters. Maia is called home after their adoptive father has suddenly deceased. After having a love filled, but also a little mysterious childhood not one of the sisters know anything about where they came from or why they were put up for adoption. Now her father is deceased they all get a clue to find out more about their history.

Maia has never thought much about where she came from. She has always been the one that stayed safely home. But now her father is gone, and with the clues she got about her history, she is determined to change her ways and find out who her family is.

This book sure was a little different than my contemporary romance novels I’ve been reading a lot. But there was something about the writing and the mystery of the sisters that made me keep on going. And I’m glad I did keep on going because I started to love this book more and more the further I’d go. There was romance, there was mystery and I loved it.

There is something about Lucinda Riley’s writing that really interested me. Especially the way this story altered from future time to the past. There was so much going on and so much to figure out that it really made me want to keep on reading until I finished every single page.

Yes, although very different from my ‘normal’ reads, I really enjoyed this book. And now I know what all the fuss was about, I definitely want to read the next book too.

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The Seven Sisters

Written by Lucinda Riley Review by Caroline Wilson

The Seven Sisters tells the tale of six young women, all adopted by an enigmatic man for mysterious reasons. When he dies suddenly, he leaves behind a clue for each sister, and the past begins to unfold. This novel is the first in a new series about each sister’s path to uncover her history. The protagonist of this installment is the eldest sister, Maia. Her birth is tied to the sultry world of Rio de Janeiro, though it is the crushing reminder of love lost that drives her from her childhood home to confront the past. Her ties to an aristocratic Portuguese family are soon revealed; Maia is launched into a journey to uncover the secrets of her presumed grandmother, Izabela Bonifacio. Decisions made eighty years before resound even to the current day.

Lucinda Riley is one of the strongest authors in this genre of historical fiction. Her ability to weave stories together, using modern-day and historical settings, is top notch. The main character, Maia, is in some ways just as enigmatic as her adoptive father. Her heart still aches from a love gone wrong, and even the reader is kept guessing about the consequences of that love. Yet in discovering her true parentage, Maia finally gains closure in more ways than one. The addition of Izabela’s story connects the reader to the past, and the unique setting of Rio in the 1920s is a welcome change from the European-dominated historical fiction market.

This novel will appeal to readers of multiple genres as it contains excellent historical detail, heart-wrenching romance, and an engaging mystery.

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Lucinda Riley’s ‘The Seven Sisters’ Is A Must-Read Series

Today we want to introduce you to a unique book series which follows seven sisters on their discovery of her roots. In 2014, Lucinda Riley published her first book in the Seven Sisters series and since then, every year a new and beautiful book has been released.

The Northern Ireland historical fiction author says she wanted to celebrate the achievements of women, especially in the past. Every volume contains two stories—one in the past and one in the present.

The Seven Sisters tells the story of six sisters, adopted by a Swiss billionaire called by them as Pa Salt. He adopted the girls as babies from all over the world and gave them a home on his island in the middle of Lake Geneva. After his unexpected death, the sisters receive letters with coordinates and clues which will lead each of them to their roots and explore where they come from. On this journey, each of them not only find themselves, but also find love in different ways—a future husband, an additional family, and new friendships. In between, Riley tells also the story of a female ancestor of the protagonists books, which unfortunately for the sisters, they did not have a happy ending.

The book series name is inspired by the open star cluster located in the constellation of Taurus, which is the nearest cluster to earth, The Pleiades. The name comes from Ancient Greek, plein—to sail. The constellations are important to navigate on sea, which is a part of the books as well, because Pa Salt loved to be in the open water. In Greek Mythology, the Pleiades have been the seven companions of Artemis, Daughters of the Titan Atlas and Pleione. Because of their father’s faith and the loss of their brothers, the Hyas, the sisters committed suicide. Zeus took their remains and put them in the sky, but one sister, Merope, unfortunately disappeared from the night sky, because she is now not visible for the naked eye.

Before they became the star cluster they all had an important role in Greek mythology:

Maia—the eldest sister, was mother of Hermes by Zeus
Electra—mother of Dardanus and Iasion, by Zeus
Taygete—mother of Lacedaemon by Zeus
Alcyone—mother of Hyrieus, Hyperenor and Aethusa by Poseidon
Celaeno—mother of Lycus, Nycteus and Eurypylus by Poseidon and Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus
Sterope (Asterope)—mother of Oenomaus by Ares
Merope—the youngest sister, wooed by Orion. Other sources claim she was married to Sisyphus was mother of his children and became mortal.

The books see the sisters want love in their lives, but not in a traditional way. Riley’s goal is to show how women in the past had to be strong due to facing sexual and racial prejudices. Whereas women in the present have to be another kind of strong, to not be defined by clichés and be a modern woman who can follow her dreams. During her research, Riley travelled the world and explores the places she later wrote about.

In her own words:

“The world is sadly still not a perfect place, and I doubt it ever will be, because there will always be a new challenge ahead. Yet I truly believe that humans – especially women – thrive on this. We are, after all, the goddesses of multi-tasking! And every day – with one hand guiding my children, and the other a manuscript – I celebrate the fact that my ‘freedom’ to be who I am was won by thousands of generations of remarkable women, perhaps leading right back to The Seven Sisters themselves…

I’m sure that like me, there will be one sister in particular you will most identify with, and a sister you like the least. However, the beauty of writing about the girls is that each of them have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Just as we all do.

The Seven Sisters is a story about humanity: love, family, joy, loss, fear and pain. And above all, the one gift that is more important than any other, and has kept us humans alive throughout unbearable suffering: HOPE.”

The Seven Sisters | 2014

This book about the oldest sister, Maia, who is a translator and prefers to stay home on Lake Geneva. When her sisters leave after their father’s funeral, she opens the letter her father left for her. She soon finds herself in Brazil where she not only finds out where she comes from, but also love.

The Storm Sister | 2015

Ally loves sailing as much as her father did and her letter brings her to Norway and a sailing contest. She ends up with a new family and it may not seem as a happy end for her, but it is in its own unique way.

The Shadow Sister | 2016

Star and CeCe were brought together by Pa Salt in a short period of time that they are almost like twins. Star is more introverted and steps out of her sister’s shadow when she started to work at a bookshop in London where her journey begins.

The Pearl Sister | 2017

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CeCe has to find herself again after Star seems to not rely on her as much as she used to. She drops out of college and follows her father’s letter to Thailand and Australia.

The Moon Sister | 2018

The latest novel will tell the journey of Tiggy, which will take her to Scotland. The book will be published in late 2018.

This then leaves Electra’s story to be told in 2019. It will be interesting to see how the book series will end and if we will finally meet Merope. I cannot wait for the mystery to be revealed!

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In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before.

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Series: The Seven Sisters

#bookreview atlas: the story of pa salt by lucinda riley & harry whittaker @lucindariley @harrytwittaker @pgcbooks #atlasthestoryofpasalt #lucindariley #harrywhittaker #thesevensistersseries #pgcbooks.

Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, co-authored by her son Harry Whittaker, draws Lucinda Riley’s saga to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion.

1928, Paris. A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who he really is.

As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has vowed to keep. But across Europe an evil is rising, and no-one’s safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come when he must flee once more.

2008, the Aegean. The seven sisters are gathered together for the first time, on board the Titan, to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly.

To the surprise of everyone, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts. But for every truth revealed, another question emerges. The sisters must confront the idea that their adored father was someone they barely knew. And even more shockingly: that these long-buried secrets may still have consequences for them today.

In this epic conclusion to the Seven Sisters series, everything will be revealed.

Fascinating, heartfelt, and absorbing!

Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt is the eighth instalment in The Seven Sisters series, set from 1928 to 2008, that sweeps you away into the life of Pa Salt, the loving father of seven girls who, after gathering together for the first time in a long time to celebrate his life, finally have the opportunity with the journal he left behind to unravel the secrets of his past and discover how they all came together to become one big family.

The prose is eloquent and expressive. The characters are considerate, caring, and troubled. And the plot is a beautifully written, heart-wrenching tale of life, loss, familial drama, self-discovery, grief, friendship, forgiveness, unconditional love, courage, hope, selflessness, revenge, and survival.

Overall, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt is the brilliant conclusion to an extraordinary saga that is a testament to the amazing storytelling abilities of the late Lucinda Riley, as well as what must have been an incredibly difficult yet unbelievable literary achievement by her son Harry Whittaker. It is hard to believe that this fascinating, mysterious, exceptionally absorbing series has come to an end, but what a way to end. It doesn’t get much better than this. And even though it’s a little bittersweet to say goodbye to these characters I’ve come to know and love over these past eight books, it’s been a true pleasure and sheer delight to have been able to immerse myself in the histories, lives, loves and losses of them all.

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About Harry Whittaker

Harry Whittaker grew up in the 1990s and spent the first few years of his life on the rural west coast of Ireland. The son of the author Lucinda Riley, Harry became a storyteller himself, as an award-winning radio presenter for the BBC and a member of one of the UK’s most renowned improv troupes. In 2019, Harry and Lucinda co-authored the Guardian Angels series for children – four reassuring, timeless stories addressing worries that a small child may have.

After Lucinda’s death in 2021, it was announced that Harry would complete the Seven Sisters series on behalf of his late mother. Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt publishes globally in May 2023.

Harry lives in Yorkshire, England.

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About Lucinda Riley

Lucinda Riley was born in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four.

Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold thirty million copies worldwide. She is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestseller.Lucinda's Seven Sisters series, which tells the story of adopted sisters and is inspired by the mythology of the famous star cluster, has become a global phenomenon. The series is a number one bestseller across the world and is currently in development with a major TV production company.

Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 Lucinda fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written. Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died in June 2021

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#BookReview The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley @lucindariley @panmacmillan

To the outside world, Electra D’Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous.

Yet beneath the veneer, Electra’s already tenuous control over her state of mind has been rocked by the death of her father, Pa Salt, the elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from across the globe. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs. As those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother.

In 1939, Cecily Huntley-Morgan arrives in Kenya from New York to nurse a broken heart. Staying with her godmother, a member of the infamous Happy Valley set, on the shores of beautiful Lake Naivasha, she meets Bill Forsythe, a notorious bachelor and cattle farmer with close connections to the proud Maasai tribe. But after a shocking discovery and with war looming, Cecily has few options. Moving up into the Wanjohi Valley, she is isolated and alone. Until she meets a young woman in the woods and makes her a promise that will change the course of her life for ever.

Sweeping from Manhattan to the magnificent wide-open plains of Africa, The Sun Sister is the sixth instalment in Lucinda Riley’s multi-million selling epic series, The Seven Sisters.

Informative, expressive, and engaging!

The Sun Sister , the sixth instalment in The Seven Sisters series, is set during the 1930s through to 2008 and sweeps you back and forth between the bustling streets of NYC to the beautiful plains of Kenya as Electra , the youngest, most discontent D ‘Apliese sets out on a journey with the help of some new friends to overcome her addictions and unravel her parentage.

The prose is sincere and descriptive. The characters are multilayered, vulnerable, and lonely. And the absorbing, heartfelt plot is an incredibly moving tale of fame, fortune, substance abuse, familial drama, self-discovery, love, loss, grief, friendship, racial segregation, courage, hope, as well as a little insight into life in Kenya during its colonialism by Great Britain.

Overall, The Sun Sister is another epic saga by Riley at just over 800 pages, but with a timely, astute, present tale and a fascinating, immersive, past tale the pages seem to turn themselves. It is truly hard to believe that this series is close to its end, and I think for every reader whether they’ve been a die-hard fan and read them all or merely a part-time connoisseur whose been swept away by only one or two the fact that there is only one more left to come is truly bittersweet.

This book is available now in the UK (US/CAN May 19, 2020).

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Thank you to Pan Macmillan for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

#BookReview The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley @lucindariley @AtriaBooks

From the breathtaking beaches of Thailand to the barely tamed wilds of colonial Australia, The Pearl Sister is the next captivating story in New York Times bestselling author Lucinda Riley’s epic series about two women searching for a place to call home.

CeCe D’Aplièse has always felt like an outcast. But following the death of her father—the reclusive billionaire affectionately called Pa Salt by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe—she finds herself more alone than ever. With nothing left to lose, CeCe delves into the mystery of her familial origins. The only clues she holds are a black and white photograph and the name of a female pioneer who once traversed the globe from Scotland to Australia.

One hundred years earlier, Kitty McBride, a clergyman’s daughter, abandoned her conservative upbringing to serve as the companion to a wealthy woman traveling from Edinburgh to Adelaide. Her ticket to a new land brings the adventure she dreamed of…and a love that she had never imagined.

When CeCe reaches the searing heat and dusty plains of the Red Centre of Australia, something deep within her responds to the energy of the area and the ancient culture of the Aboriginal people, and her soul reawakens. As she comes closer to finding the truth of her ancestry, CeCe begins to believe that this untamed, vast continent could offer her what she’s always yearned for: a sense of belonging.

Poignant, enthralling, and exceptionally moving!

The Pearl Sister , the fourth instalment in the The Seven Sisters series, is predominantly set in the dusty Australian heat during both the early 1900s and twenty-first century as it delves into the life, ancestors, and heritage of CeCe, the struggling, awkward artist who seems adrift and in desperate need of some inspiration, companionship, and contentment.

The prose is expressive, eloquent, and heartfelt. The characters are complex, genuine, and endearing. And the plot is a compelling, heartwarming saga filled with familial drama, introspection, love, loss, grief, determination, passion, and loyalty, as well as an in-depth look at the culture, history, and politics of Australia, including the effects and influence of both the aboriginal people and the pearling industry.

The Pearl Sister is hands down another mesmerizing, superbly written time-slip novel by Riley that continues to highlight her incredible talent and imagination as a masterful researcher and storyteller.

This book is available now.

Thank you to Atria Books for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

#BookReview The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley @lucindariley @AtriaBooks

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.

Atmospheric, absorbing and incredibly descriptive!

In this third instalment of The Seven Sisters we delve into the life of Star, a young woman who is yearning for a little independence from her sister CeCe and who discovers on her journey to find her parentage that she loves the simple things in life, taking care of others, dusty bookshops and small-town country living.

The story, itself, is exceptionally compelling and is filled with drama, familial dynamics, emotion, self discovery, secrets, love, loss, duty, courage, heartbreak and passion; as well as an intriguing look at the influential, glamorous, and regal figures of the Edwardian period. The characters are unique, flawed, multifaceted, lovable, and eccentric. And the prose is remarkably well-turned and eloquent.

This truly is a beautifully written novel that grabs you from the very start and does a wonderful job of blending historical facts with compelling and believable fiction. It is certainly a book for book lovers and even though I have loved all The Seven Sisters books so far, I think this one might just be my favourite. If you haven’t read this series yet, you really should!

Thank you to NetGalley, especially Atria Books, for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.

#BookReview The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley @lucindariley

Ally D’Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world’s most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father’s sudden, mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her five sisters at their family home, she discovers that her father – an elusive billionaire affectionately known to his daughters as Pa Salt – has left each of them a tantalising clue to their true heritage.

Ally has also recently embarked on a deeply passionate love affair that will change her destiny forever. But with her life now turned upside down, Ally decides to leave the open seas and follow the trail that her father left her, which leads her to the icy beauty of Norway…

There, Ally begins to discover her roots – and how her story is inextricably bound to that of a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived there over 100 years before, and sang in the first performance of Grieg’s iconic music set to Ibsen’s play ‘Peer Gynt’. As Ally learns more about Anna, she also begins to question who her father, Pa Salt, really was. And why is the seventh sister missing?

Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister is the second book in Lucinda Riley’s spellbinding series based loosely on the mythology surrounding the famous star constellation.

Fascinating, enchanting and bittersweet!

This story is predominantly set in Norway during the late 1800s, as well as present day, and is told from two different perspectives, Ally, a young sailor who journeys to Scandinavia to unravel the mystery surrounding her ancestry after suffering heartbreaking tragedies; and Anna a country girl with an angelic voice that at times was not only a blessing but a curse.

The story, itself, is a dramatic tale filled with family, love, loss, grief, introspection, and new beginnings; as well as a comprehensive look into the composition of music and the art of sailing.

The prose is lyrical, fluid and vividly descriptive. The characters are complex, intriguing, sympathetic and real. And the plot is written in a back and forth, past/present, style that captivates and engages you as it sweeps you along through the highs and lows of both Ally and Anna’s life.

This once again is another large novel by Riley, with over 700 pages, but it is so remarkably researched and well written that before you know it the story is finished and you’re yearning for more. I absolutely loved this story and even though it can be read as a standalone novel I strongly recommend you read The Seven Sisters (Book #1) first.

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#BookReview The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley @lucindariley

In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before.

Intriguing, heartwarming, and incredibly captivating!

This is the first book in “The Seven Sisters” series and boy is it a good one.

This is the story of Maia, a young woman who embarks on a journey to discover her parentage and ancestry after recently suffering the loss of her beloved, adoptive father.

It is predominantly set in Rio, Brazil during both the late 1920s, as well as present day, and is told from two perspectives, Maia and Maia’s maternal great-grandmother, Izabela.

The story, itself, is a sweeping saga filled with self discovery, family, loss, determination, strength, grief, heartbreak, happiness, and everlasting love; as well as an in-depth look into the culture, history and landmarks of Rio, complete with the construction of the iconic Christ the Redeemer and the boom and subsequent demise of the coffee industry.

The prose is precise, poetic, and exquisitely descriptive. And the characters are multi-faceted, genuine, empathetic, and engaging.

I have to admit I was a little skeptical at first about the size of this novel, but don’t be daunted. This is truly a powerful, fascinating story that will make you cry, make you smile and will have you mesmerized from start to finish.

I can honestly say that after reading this novel, The Storm Sister (Book #2) available now, and The Shadow Sister (Book #3) releasing soon, will be jumping to the top of your “to read” pile.

Pick up a copy of this story from your favourite retailer or from the following links. You won’t be disappointed.

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Review: The Missing Sister (The Seven Sisters #7) by Lucinda Riley

It’s finally here…..the last book in one of my favorite book series, The Seven Sisters. I have adored my time with the D’Aplièse sisters and their respective romances and stories. Some of the books I liked better than others but overall this series is rock solid with rich characters and stories. I love the alternating time lines and how epic and sweeping the stories always feel.

These books have so much content for readers to sink their teeth into in both the main modern story and the historic one. Personally I always enjoy the historical side better but the D’Aplièse sisters and the mystery of Pa Salt kept me engaged and curious throughout the series. Through the other six books I often wondered if there was truly going to be a 7th book. It was noted so many times in the series there there was a missing sister and honestly I wondered if there would only be six books.

However the sixth book, The Sun Sister, left zero room to doubt that a 7th book would be forthcoming and I couldn’t have been more excited. I hoped that all the lingering questions from the other books would be cleared up in this one…..but it didn’t. If anything it left me with more questions then answers.

The six D’Aplièse sisters have each been on their own incredible journey to discover their heritage, but they still have one question left unanswered: who and where is the seventh sister?

They only have one clue – an image of a star-shaped emerald ring. The search to find the missing sister will take them across the globe; from New Zealand to Canada, England, France and Ireland, uniting them all in their mission to at last complete their family.

In doing so, they will slowly unearth a story of love, strength and sacrifice that began almost one hundred years ago, as other brave young women risk everything to change the world around them.

The Missing Sister is the seventh instalment in Lucinda Riley’s multimillion copy epic series.

Discover yourself at the heart of history. ( summary from Goodreads )

Don’t get me wrong, this was a good book and I liked it, but I had hoped that there would be more resolution in this one than what we actually got. It sounds like there is an 8th book in the series that will be about Pa Salt and I am still trying to decide how I feel about that. On one hand I am excited for it but on the other I wish we had some more resolution in this one rather than dragging it out into another book.

This book spent a lot of time in the beginning catching up with that other sisters which I thought was nice, but would have liked to have seen it wrap up a little faster than it did. The first 20% of the book was catching up with each individual sister in some capacity and seeing what they were doing and how things were going with their respective relationships. We see a number of characters pop in from other books which is fun but for me, I could have done without so much of it. The other thing that kind of bugged (minor spoiler)—-the sisters basically follow Mary around the globe to try and connect with her. It felt presumptuous and beneath them. Each sister has their own adoption story and some of the sisters were hesitant to follow the letter from Pa Salt to find out ‘who they were’ and for me it didn’t seem like Mary wanted to know more but rather wanted nothing to do with them and it felt awkward that they were forcing her to connect with them rather than respecting her choice.

While I might have had a hard time with the sisters parts of this one, the historical part was wonderful! I am not big on Irish history and the home rule but I found it exciting and interesting in this book. Riley does a great job explaining the ’cause’ reasons and the context that some of the different groups were feeling at that time and what the issues were. I thought it added a lot of richness and intrigue to the story. I think historical fiction fans will enjoy these parts and fans of this series will enjoy the book even if some parts were a little odd. I am excited to read the Pa Salt story and hopefully get more resolution on different plot points in the larger narrative. If you haven’t read this series, I do not recommend picking this one up randomly. This is a series that really needs to be read from beginning to end to fully appreciate the characters and sisters.

Book Info and Rating

Format 560 pages, Paperback

Published May 27, 2021 by Blue Box Press

ISBN9781952457227 (ISBN10: 195245722X)

Free review copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and in no way influenced.

Rating: 3 stars

Genre: historical fiction

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Just one more chapter…, the seven sisters – book review.

The Seven Sisters is the intriguing first book to Lucinda Riley’s spell-binding new series.

When the beloved and wealthy adoptive father of Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters unexpectedly dies, they are each given a tantalising clue to their true heritage, which propels Maia across the world to a crumbing mansion in Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings.

Eighty years earlier, Izabela’s father had aspirations for his daughter to marry into 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 help implement his plan. Longing to see the world, Izabela convinces her father to allow her to accompany him to Europe before she is married. There she meets the ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows then that her life will never be the same again…

Honestly, I probably never would have picked up this book without it being suggested to me by Pan Macmillan Australia, so thanks! This book just had never appeared on my radar before. Apparently Lucinda Riley is quite famous? Perhaps I’ve been living under a rock because this is honestly the first I’ve heard of her. When I read the synopsis of The Seven Sisters , I was intrigued and skeptical. Firstly, why wouldn’t I be intrigued with that kind of a synopsis? It was like a siren, beaconing me to come closer. I was eager to find out what kind of mysteries this book would encapsulate. However, I’m always a little skeptical about reading books I’ve never heard of. I have this little routine I do – first, I mentally think back to whether I’ve seen the book in my favourite book store. If so, that’s a good sign. If not, I wonder why. Is that because it isn’t popular, or did I just not see it? Next, I wander over to Goodreads. Ahh, trusty Goodreads. I check the star rating. I know, I know: don’t just a book by its stars. But honestly, if a book has less than three stars, there’s not much of a chance I’ll pick it up. Over four stars and I’m heading straight to the bookstore. Often I also check YouTube to see if my favourite book bloggers have read it. With this book though, I only had to go so far as Goodreads to confirm that reading this book was going to be a good idea. A 4.17 star rating and almost every review with five stars? Count me in!

But – yes, there’s always a but – I was a little unimpressed when I began reading this book. One of the reasons why was because of the writing style. There was just something about it which seemed a little… clunky? Is that just me? Perhaps I’m just used to reading books by well-known YA authors, but I don’t think that’s the reason. The more I read, the more uneasy the writing style made me feel. There were harsh transitions between flashbacks and the present which only confused me. I feel like that’s part of the reason I found this book a little hard to get into. Although I eventually got into the flow of this novel, however it did take me a while. Once I really got into this book and Lucinda’s style of writing, it was quite spell-binding. I could almost feel the heat of Brazil and the smell of the salt and the sea. Reading about Paris was also very magical. I haven’t read many novels set in these places, so that was great to finally experience.

Another reason why I initially found it difficult to get into this book was because of the lack of excitement in the first few chapters. Sure, the protagonist’s ‘father’ just mysteriously died. But the thing is – I didn’t know her father. Nor did I know her. So did I care? Not particularly. I just wanted something more enthralling to happen. I read about three chapters with absolutely nothing happening except characters thinking about how utterly awful their lives were now that they weird adoptive father was dead. The worst part was that I didn’t even find their grief and sadness convincing. Maybe that was a part of Lucinda’s writing style, but I felt absolutely 0% sympathy for these girls. Each one would just gasp and delicately dab their noses with handkerchiefs. Snore . In that way, it felt incredibly unrealistic and hard for me to sympathise with these characters.

Eventually , I started to feel something for these characters. Which would be a little hard to not do, seeing as this book is so thick. As I got to know the characters better, I found them to be quite interesting and diverse. They each had their own unique voices, which was much appreciated. Otherwise this book would literally just be six clones doing things. Well maybe a bit more than that, but you get the point. I also really enjoyed getting know Maia’s grandmother – Izabela. She was quite interesting to read about, however I felt like Maia took the back seat sometimes. This book was meant to be about her finding her heritage and everything and I understand that finding out things about your grandmother is a part of that, but Izabela took on such a major role that I felt as though she stole the spotlight at times. In all honestly, I was more curious about Maia’s adoptive father and his family. He always seemed like a bit of a creep to me, adopting all those girls and whatnot. I guess he is dead, so he can’t defend himself. But still. I would have liked a bit more information to do with that.

Overall, this book was an okay read for me. I felt as though the pace really dragged in places and it definitely could have been condensed to keep things more interesting. I would have liked seeing more resolutions with the ending as there were still so many unanswered questions, but I guess I’ll just have to read the next book! If you want to read a book with intriguing settings and unique characters, I’d recommend trying this series. You’ll have to be patient to finally get what you hope for though. I’d give The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley a score of 6 out of 10. Let’s discuss! Does this sound like a book you’d be interested in trying? What’s your opinion of Goodreads? Do you hate slow-paced books like I do? I’d love to know! 🙂

Oooh, hello there! Surprise! I’m not done yet! I just wanted to add that I saw on Goodreads that this series is going to be comprised of seven novels? Ahahahahaha! I’m serie-ously not going to read all of them. Not unless the second book is really phenomenal. And did I just make a ‘series’ pun? *hides face* I’m so sorry. 😉

Thanks to Pan Macmillan Australia for providing me with this book in exchange for an honest review!

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Seven Sisters Books In Order

Publication order of the seven sisters books.

The Seven Sisters	(2014)
The Storm Sister	(2015)
The Shadow Sister	(2016)
The Pearl Sister	(2017)
The Moon Sister	(2018)
The Sun Sister	(2019)
The Missing Sister	(2021)
Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt	(2023)

The Seven Sisters is a historical fiction series by Lucinda Riley. This series covers the lives of six girls who grew up together while explaining what happened to the seventh of these sisters. The girls’ adoptive father raises them to be responsible, but upon his death, he also leaves them clues that help them trace their heritage. Each of the books in this series takes the reader on a journey to different parts of the world where the girls will discover their identities while revealing a part of their father they never knew. The author is an excellent storyteller making these books captivating. There is a lot of love and good in these girls’ stories, but they also come with their fair share of heartbreaks.

The Seven Sisters

The Seven Sisters is the first book in The Seven Sisters series. The series tells the stories of six girls, all adopted who grew up as sisters. Each book covers the past, present, and heritage of these girls, and we start with Maia D’Apliese’s on this one. Maia is the eldest of the sisters, and she works as an interpreter and translator. She is among the first to arrive in their family home in Atlantis, Switzerland, after their father’s passing. All the girls started their journey together on this isolated island where they grew in opulence. The man who raised them, and who they all fondly called Pa Salt leaves each girl an envelope containing leads to their past.

Maia’s letter leads her to Rio de Janeiro. The young woman, still grieving the loss of a father who gave his all for his daughters, follow the clues to a crumbling mansion in Brazil. It is from this mansion that Maia starts to connect the story of her life. Her research leads her eighty years earlier to a time when a young lady named Izabela Bonifacio’s convinces her father to let her follow architect Heitor da Silva and his family to Paris. Curious to see the world, Izabela considers this as a perfect opportunity to follow her dreams. She meets an ambitious sculptor known as Laurent Brouilly in Europe and immediately knows that her life will never be the same again. What follows is an intriguing tale of discovery, heartbreak, and finally, love.

This is one fascinating story. The author alternates between fiction and history to tell Maia’s story and that of her kin. In this sweeping tale of love and heartaches, the author will let you in Maia’s origin, her current life, and the circumstances that led to her adoption. As you get to know about Maia, you will also accompany her on a journey from Switzerland, to Rio and Paris. The ride may be heartbreaking at some point, but you can bet that it is well worth it.

There is a lot to love about The Seven Sisters. First is the unique and intriguing storyline. It is also interesting how the clues leading to Maia’s past are arranged. The fact that this book only tells Maia’s story also means that you get know her well enough. It is incredible meeting her great-grandmother Bel and hearing her life story. This is a well-written story with great characters and beautiful settings. The author will take you back and forth in time as Maia works to fill in details about her life. Everything from the narration to the pacing is perfect, and you cannot help but get curious to hear the other girls’ stories.

The Storm Sister

The Storm Sister is the second book in the Seven Sisters series. It tells the story of Ally D’Aplièse, a young woman who is just starting to discover who she is. Ally is about to participate in a perilous yacht race when news about her adoptive father’s demise reaches her. She rushes to meet her five sisters at home, where she discovers that her billionaire father has left her clues to her true heritage. These changes come at the worst of times. Ally is the middle of a passionate love affair that will completely alter her destiny.

With her life as it is now, Ally chooses to leave the seas and follow the trail that leads her to Norway. Her story takes the reader back in 1875 when a young mountain girl named Ann Landvik came out of obscurity to join the list of Europe’s most celebrated classical singers. Ally learns that her heritage is connected to the story of this young singer who lived and performed her art over a century ago. Her inexperience on matters music caused Ann enough bumps on her journey to success. As she delves deeper into Anna’s life, Ally starts to question who Pa Salt really was and whatever happened to the seventh sister.

Follow the second of the seven sisters on a journey to her past. This story explores Grieg, a Norwegian composer who stood out as a historical figure. The book also starts to give details about Pa Salt’s life and the role he played in the girl’s past. Other notable characters you will interact with in this book include Anna, Tom, and Felix. It is impressive that Ally finds living blood relatives who offer more details about her past. As you get deeper into Ally’s life, it becomes easy to understand her motivations and the woman she has become. There is a lot she will be forced to deal with in the course of the story. However, her gains and losses will only push her to become a better person.

The Storm Sister takes you deeper into a series that stays with you for a long time. You will go through a range of emotions as you follow Ally down memory lane to an unpredictable era for most people, especially in German. The author also offers a glimpse of Ally’s current life, and these timelines are weaved so beautifully it all makes sense. In the end, you will realize that this story is about three couples who lived in three different times and their different experiences where love is concerned.

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I have just finished enjoyed reading “ The Seven Sisters” and am now reading “ The Storm Sister “. I really enjoyed reading the history behind the Christ statue in Brazil. And now as I now nothing about sailing am enjoying learning about the different sailing races . But apart from that , I am really enjoying the intriguing story about these beautiful talented girls and how their story develops . Lucinda is an extremely talented lady .

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Book Review: Seven Sisters by ML Bullock

My thoughts about Seven Sisters by ML Bullock

The book synopsis for seven sisters by ml bullock, historian carrie jo dreams about the past, will the ghosts of seven sisters allow her to tell their secrets.

Read all the books in the Seven Sisters series, and the spin offs, Idlewood, Return to Seven Sisters and Gracefield!

Seven Sisters Series

Seven Sisters

Moonlight Falls on Seven Sisters

Shadows Stir at Seven Sisters

The Stars That Fell

The Stars We Walked Upon

The Sun Rises Over Seven Sisters

Idlewood Series

The Ghosts of Idlewood

Dreams of Idlewood

The Whispering Saint

The Haunted Child

Return to Seven Sisters

The Roses of Mobile

All the Summer Roses

Blooms Torn Asunder

A Garden of Thorns

A Wreath of Roses

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Haunted Gracefield

The Three Graces

Grace Before Dying

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The Seven Sisters

THE PLOT: ‘The Seven Sisters’ by Lucinda Riley is historical women’s fiction about the adopted daughters of a mysterious millionaire. After the death of their adoptive father, Maia and her sisters gather together at their family mansion in Geneva where each sister is handed a clue about their natural parents. As the eldest, Maia’s clue takes her to Rio Janeiro where she begins to put together her family’s story. Through a dual timeline, we are transported back to 1927 where Maia’s great grandmother must choose between her head (marrying into an aristocratic family) and her heart (romance with an impoverished sculptor working on a new statue of Christ).

RATING: This is a fun, accessible novel that is perfect for lovers of historical fiction that skews more commercial. With strong elements of mystery and romance, I can see why this book would appeal to a wide range of readers. Although this series is inspired by the Pleiades in Greek Mythology, it’s very much set in the real world and it was a pleasure to learn about Brazil and Paris in the 1920’s via the dual timeline. However, I don’t think I’ll read the rest of the series. It’s very long and I don’t feel passionately enough to invest my time in them when there are so many other books on my ‘to-buy’ list. Overall, it’s a solid four stars for an enjoyable read but it didn’t rock my world.

GOOD BITS: The author does two really clever things to hook the reader. The present timeline starts with the mystery of the dead millionaire father and the reader wonders why he adopted each sister (and how he really died). It morphs into the mystery of the eldest sister on a quest to find her birth parents and then transports the reader to the past, where our main character has to choose between love and duty. This plants so many curiosity seeds and such an engaging premise. There were a few slow bits where the past timeline felt like a soppy romance, but I connected with both the past and present main characters and enjoyed their arcs.

NOT SO GOOD BITS: My main criticism is a huge spoiler so I’ll try to keep it vague. The dual timeline comes to a very abrupt end. After spending so much time falling in love with the characters in the past, their stories are suddenly wrapped up in the present-day. This felt a little anti-climactic and it was a shame because my favourite characters disappeared from the novel. I don’t think the author could’ve changed this structure because of the frame narrative of each of the adopted sisters finding out their true heritage, but it made me less engaged with the overall story.

Additionally, in the past timeline the Black characters who were descendants of slaves and continued to work for their former coffee plantation owners into the present timeline, which didn’t sit well with me. Along with having the two sisters of colour being a) adopted by a random white millionaire and seemingly be stolen from their native countries, and b) be the bolshy “problematic” ones painted in a more negative light than the white sisters, I felt a bit uncomfortable. This book was published a decade ago and I don’t think it’s helpful to be too “woke” in this instance so it didn’t stop me enjoying the book but my Spidey senses were tingling…

OVERALL: I’d recommend this book to fans of ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid, ‘The Return’ by Victoria Hislop and ‘The Ship of Brides’ by Jojo Moyes. I reckon this series would make great holiday books if you’re travelling to where each of the sisters’ past timelines are set.

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Delighting in all things bookish, book review: seven sisters by katherine kovacic, about the book:.

Naomi started grief counselling prepared to run for cover as soon as her therapist, Mia, pulled out a crystal or tried to align her chakras.

When Mia suggests that she join a support group, Naomi is sceptical: how could she begin to describe what it felt like to lose her sister, Jo? How could she possibly share her loss and rage to a room full of people? How could she express her helplessness that Jo’s killer walks free on a suspended sentence?

And how could she share her deepest desire to see Jo’s killer dead by her hand?

In the group sessions, Naomi finds that her experiences and her anger are shared between the other members: Gabrielle, Brooke, Katy, Olivia and Amy. Under the enigmatic leadership of Mia, a plan begins to take shape.

Published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia

Released January 2023

My Thoughts:

I didn’t mind the premise for this novel, but it became apparent from the first chapter in, that this was not the book for me. It’s filled with rage, every page, and while that was not entirely surprising given the theme and storyline, the characters were almost aggressive with their rage, and I found it tiring to listen to. And by the third vigilante act, it also became repetitive. The characters remained wooden, and I remained uninterested in the story, right until the very end.

Goodreads shows an overwhelming number of positive reviews for this book but there are a few hidden in there that say similar to what I have. I am rapidly realising though, more and more, that genre fiction, specifically crime, thrillers, and domestic noir, are no longer for me. I should probably cut the genre some slack and just stop reading it.

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Book review: Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic

Beware the vengeful sisters! Katherine Kovacic’s novel Seven Sisters is a crime thriller about women who take the law into their own hands, doing what some fantasise about, but few act on.

Naomi is referred to a support group by her therapist to help her with her grief after the murder of her sister. She joins six other women at the Pleiades, and despite thinking they couldn’t possibly have anything in common, she bonds with them over their shared trauma and rage.

In Seven Sisters misogyny becomes misandry when the women of the therapeutic support group on Sydney’s northern beaches make a plan with their therapist to take the law into their own hands and dish out some karma.

These men don’t change. The police try – well some of them do – but again and again the system lets the women down. Someone has to take care of the problem. Why not us?’

Meanwhile, Detective Fiona Ulbrick, a seasoned on-the-ball cop with an interest in domestic violence cases gets suspicious when perps she has cases on start turning up dead.

It is a conflicting tale to read about a group of delusional women traumatised by domestic abuse and the failure of the justice system to apply appropriate punishment. If you like fast paced revenge thrillers, this vigilante story is for you. The ending will leave you wondering.

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The Seven Sisters (The Seven Sisters, #1) by Lucinda Riley
Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold thirty million copies worldwide. She is a No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. Lucinda's The Seven Sisters series, which tells the story of adopted sisters and is inspired by the mythology of the famous star cluster, has become a global phenomenon.
Book Review: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold thirty million copies worldwide. She is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestseller.Lucinda's Seven Sisters series, which tells the story of adopted sisters and is inspired by the mythology of the famous star cluster, has become a global phenomenon.
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Launch of a projected series about six sisters who were adopted from all over the world by a mysterious Swiss tycoon.
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THE SEVEN SISTERS is a promising beginning to a multi-novel series by the late Lucinda Riley (1965-2011). Awarded four stars on Goodreads. Maybe even 4.5 stars! In this series, each novel tells the…
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The Seven SistersSeven Sisters Series #1byLucinda Riley Summary Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, "Atlantis"—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the s…
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
The Seven Sisters is the first book I have read by Lucinda Riley and this introduction entered with a bang. It immediately grabbed me. Despite not knowing anything about astrology and certainly not the seven sisters, Riley drew me in with a lush story. This included defined characters and a vivid backdrop of Rio de Janeiro.
The Seven Sisters (The Seven Sisters #1) by Lucinda Riley: A Book Review
In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before. My Review: After the death of her adoptive father, Maia decides to move to Brazil to discover her origins. When she arrives in Brazil, she learns the story of her ancestor ...
The Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters, by Lucinda Riley. Yes, shivers run down spines and everyone is fabulously rich, mysterious and beautiful so put aside all hope for a literary experience, embrace the superlatives and read this for the sheer joy of a long and complicated story, well told. Pa Salt is bottomlessly rich and travels the world looking for orphan ...
Book review: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
Riley is a born storyteller and The Seven Sisters, a 600-page blockbuster heralding the start of a thrilling new series, gives her a magnificent stage on which to display her talent for weaving together the past and the present. Impressive research, historical detail, an amazing ability to evoke time and place, and sheer imaginative power ...
Lucinda Riley's The Seven Sisters books in order
Lucinda Riley was the No.1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the much-loved series, The Seven Sisters. Inspired by the Greek myth of the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters books have captivated readers across the globe. The series finale, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, came out in 2023, so whether you're a Lucinda Riley fan already, or are new to her writing, there is no better time ...
Review 'The Seven Sisters' by Lucinda Riley
The first five books, The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister, The Pearl Sister and The Moon Sister have all been No.1 bestsellers across the world, and the rights to a multi-season TV series have already been optioned by a Hollywood production company. For more information about Lucinda please visit her website.
The Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters tells the tale of six young women, all adopted by an enigmatic man for mysterious reasons. When he dies suddenly, he leaves behind a clue for each sister, and the past begins to unfold. This novel is the first in a new series about each sister's path to uncover her history. The protagonist of this installment is the eldest ...
Lucinda Riley's 'The Seven Sisters' Is A Must-Read Series
In 2014, Lucinda Riley published her first book in the Seven Sisters series and since then, every year a new and beautiful book has been released. The Northern Ireland historical fiction author says she wanted to celebrate the achievements of women, especially in the past. Every volume contains two stories—one in the past and one in the present.
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Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold thirty million copies worldwide. She is a New York Times and Sunday Times number one bestseller.Lucinda's Seven Sisters series, which tells the story of adopted sisters and is inspired by the mythology of the famous star cluster, has become a global phenomenon.
Review: The Missing Sister (The Seven Sisters #7) by Lucinda Riley
Review: The Missing Sister (The Seven Sisters #7) by Lucinda Riley. It's finally here…..the last book in one of my favorite book series, The Seven Sisters. I have adored my time with the D'Aplièse sisters and their respective romances and stories. Some of the books I liked better than others but overall this series is rock solid with ...
3 in 1 Book Reviews: The Seven Sisters Series by Lucinda Riley
The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley is a magnificently huge book that weaves a truly glorious story of love and history, set in Paris and Rio during both the 1920s and 2007. This is your sweeping saga type of novel, one to settle down with for hours at a time, running with a dual storyline in which both are so wonderful that you won't be able ...
The Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters is the intriguing first book to Lucinda Riley's spell-binding new series. When the beloved and wealthy adoptive father of Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters unexpectedly dies, they are each given a tantalising clue to their true heritage, which propels Maia across the world to a crumbing mansion in Brazil. Once there,…
Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters is the first book in The Seven Sisters series. The series tells the stories of six girls, all adopted who grew up as sisters. Each book covers the past, present, and heritage of these girls, and we start with Maia D'Apliese's on this one. Maia is the eldest of the sisters, and she works as an interpreter and translator. She is among the first to arrive in their family ...
The Seven Sisters Series
The Seven Sisters Series is an amazing concept for a family saga of seven books by Lucinda Riley. In 2013 inspiration came as she gazed upon the Pleiades star cluster and pondered the mythology surrounding 'The Seven Sisters' throughout the centuries in all types of cultures. This star cluster can be seen with the human eye from any country and ...
Book Review: Seven Sisters by ML Bullock
The handsome and wealthy Ashland Stuart has hired her to uncover the history and the secrets of Seven Sisters, an aging antebellum mansion in sultry downtown Mobile, Alabama. A series of dreams, an untimely death and the betrayal of someone she loves lead her back in time to uncover the truth about a missing young heiress and a web of secrets.
The Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters THE PLOT: 'The Seven Sisters' by Lucinda Riley is historical women's fiction about the adopted daughters of a mysterious millionaire. After the death of their adoptive father, Maia and her sisters gather together at their family mansion in Geneva where each sister is handed a clue about their natural parents.
Book Review: Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic
About the Book: Naomi started grief counselling prepared to run for cover as soon as her therapist, Mia, pulled out a crystal or tried to align her chakras. When Mia suggests that she join a suppor…
Book review: Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic
Beware the vengeful sisters! Katherine Kovacic's novel Seven Sisters is a crime thriller about women who take the law into their own hands, doing what some fantasise about, but few act on. Naomi is…
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