I found Star's relationship with her sister CeCe understandable but also slightly infuriating - they are extremely codependent, and I felt so relieved throughout the book as Star started to break away from CeCe and live her own life. Her boss Orlando is one of my favourite characters in this story - part of me wants to reach into the pages and bring him into real life, even though he's not at all built for it!

Star gets a job working in a bookshop, and spends her time there surrounded by piles of books, many of them rare collectors items. This book is very focused on books, and I loved that. Star is the sister is identify with the most, so I've been looking forward to her story. 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. That is, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life.Īs 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. Flora is torn between passionate love and her duty to her family, but finds herself a pawn in a larger game. 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. 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.Ī hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. 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. 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.

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