The Shadow Sister: Star's Story (The Seven Sisters)

The Shadow Sister: Star's Story (The Seven Sisters)

<b>"Riley's engaging and mezmerizing story of self-discovery and love...can be perfectly read as a standalone. This book will appeal to readers of Edwardian novels and Jane Austen-style fiction." €"<i>Library Journal </i>(starred review)<br> <br> €œ[Lucinda Riley] is a master of plotting€¦ This substantial book is a surprisingly quick and easy read, with engaging characters, a tantalizing glimpse of Edwardian society, and dual storylines that are inventive and intriguing.€€"Historical Novel Society</b><br><br>In this spellbinding novel, two independent women€"separated by a hundred years but linked by forces larger than themselves€"discover the secrets of their birth in the spellbinding third book of an epic series by <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Lucinda Riley.<br> <br>Star D€Apli¨se 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 their true heritage, and Star€s clue leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a new journey.<br> <br>A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy in her home in England€s picturesque Lake District€"just a stone€s throw away from her childhood idol, Beatrix Potter. But when circumstances carry her to London, and into the home of one of Edwardian England€s most notorious society hostesses, Alice Keppel, she finds herself a pawn in a larger game; forced to choose between passionate love and duty to her family. That is, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman reveals answers Flora has been searching for€¦<br> <br>Star€s voyage of discovery takes her deep into Flora€s remarkable story, and into her own past. But the more she uncovers, the more Star begins to question herself, and her place in the world.<br> <br>Ideal for fans of <i>Downton Abbey</i> and the historical fiction of Kate Morton and Kristin Hannah,<i> The Shadow Sister </i>is the €œperfect curl-up-in-an-armchair read€ (<i>Daily Mail</i>) for anyone who wants to travel through the lush English countryside and explore the lives and loves of the British aristocracy.