Lucinda RileyThe Complete Seven Sisters Collection (6 Books)

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Every great story begins with an extraordinary woman.

Loosely based on the mythology of the star constellation known as the Pleiades (‘The Seven Sisters’), Riley’s bestselling books bring the sisters into the modern world. When the sisters’ adoptive father - the elusive billionaire they call Pa Salt - dies, they are each given a tantalizing clue as to their past. Each book follows one of the sisters as they trace their origins all over the world in a spellbinding tales of love and loss. The series begins with The Seven Sisters and continues in The Storm Sister, which has been nominated for the prestigious Premio Bancarella literary prize in Italy, followed by The Shadow Sister and then The Pearl Sister.

Lucinda Riley is the top ten Sunday Times bestselling author of The Angel Tree, The Italian Girl and Hothouse Flower (also called The Orchid House)

The Seven Sisters

Maia - The First Sister: ’I knew that my ‘gift’ of beauty had helped to bring about the most painful moment of my life, simply because I was too naive at the time to understand the power it wielded. So now, I hid it away, which meant hiding myself.’ The eldest of the adoptive sisters, Maia, with her shiny, brown hair, perfect skin and huge expressive eyes, known as the beauty of the family. Deeply affected by events in her early adulthood, she has withdrawn from the world to protect her damaged heart. But, with her extraordinary grasp of languages, Maia’s attachment to home hinders her potential, until she discovers the clue left to her by the sisters’ late adoptive father, Pa Salt.

Maia’s defences must come down if she is to discover her connection to Brazilian beauty Izabela Bonifacio and finds love in the passionate city of Rio de Janeiro.

The Storm Sister

Ally - The Storm Sister: ‘I’m very practical by nature, and I suppose that’s partly why my sisters have always looked to me as the “leader” of our little band. But that doesn’t mean to say I don’t have respect for what I don’t know or understand.’ Ally inherited her love of sailing from Pa Salt and possesses all the presence of mind and fearlessness required for rough seas. However, when Ally suffers the greatest loss of her life, she must summon every ounce of strength to carry on with her life.

Equipped with her clues of a small model frog and a set of coordinates, Ally heads to Norway to discover what ties her to an unknown singer from the past, called Anna Landvic.

The Shadow Sister

Following on from the bestselling The Seven Sisters and The Storm Sister, The Shadow Sister is the third book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series, loosely based on the mythology of the Seven Sisters star cluster.

Star - The Shadow Sister: ‘Apparently, I was the peacemaker. Well, if staying silent meant peace reigned, then maybe that was me.’ Always overshadowed by her outspoken sister CeCe, Star’s outwardly timid nature belies inner courage. Behind the silence, she hides a passion for books, cooking and gardening, the last of which was a hobby she shared with Pa Salt. It is his parting letter that sends Star to an antiquarian bookshop, which leads her to uncover the diaries of Flora MacNichol, friend and neighbour to Beatrix Potter. But Star can only discover her connection to these women if she is willing to strike out on her own.

The Pearl Sister

The Pearl Sister is the fourth book in the number one international bestselling Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley.

CeCe D'Apliese has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father, the elusive billionaire Pa Salt - so-called by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe and named after the Seven Sisters star cluster - 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.

Enroute to Sydney, CeCe heads to the one place she has ever felt close to being herself: the stunning beaches of Krabi, Thailand. There amongst the backpackers, she meets the mysterious Ace, a man as lonely as she is and whom she subsequently realizes has a secret to hide... A hundred years earlier, Kitty McBride, daughter of an Edinburgh clergyman, is given the opportunity to travel to Australia as the companion of the wealthy Mrs McCrombie. In Adelaide, her fate becomes entwined with Mrs McCrombie's family, including the identical, yet very different, twin brothers: impetuous Drummond, and ambitious Andrew, the heir to a pearling fortune.

When CeCe finally reaches the searing heat and dusty plains of the Red Centre of Australia, she begins the search for her past. As something deep within her responds to the energy of the area and the ancient culture of the Aboriginal people, her creativity reawakens once more. With help from those she meets on her journey, CeCe begins to believe that this wild, vast continent could offer her something she never thought possible: a sense of belonging, and a home...

The Moon Sister

The Moon Sister is the fifth epic story in the Seven Sisters series by the international number one bestseller Lucinda Riley.
After the death of her father – Pa Salt, an elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from around the globe – Tiggy D’Aplièse , trusting her instincts, 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 gipsy 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 . . .
In the shadow of the magnificent Alhambra, Tiggy discovers her connection to the fabled gypsy community of Sacromonte, who were forced to flee their homes during the civil war, and to ‘La Candela’ the greatest flamenco dancer of her generation.

From the Scottish Highlands and Spain, to South America and New York, Tiggy follows the trail back to her own exotic but complex past. And under the watchful eye of a gifted gypsy bruja she begins to embrace her own talent for healing. But when fate takes a hand, Tiggy must decide whether to stay with her new-found family or return to Kinnaird, and Charlie...

The Sun Sister

To the outside world, Electra D’Aplièse seems to have it all: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous.

Yet 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 stranger claiming 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, 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.

About the Author

Lucinda Riley (née Edmonds) was born in 1966; An Irish author of popular historical fiction and a former actress, she spent the first few years of her life in the village of Drumbeg near Belfast before moving to England.

At age 14 she moved to London to a specialist drama and ballet school. At 16 she got her first major television role in the BBC adaptation of The Story of the Treasure Seekers, followed shortly afterwards by a memorable guest role in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. She remained a working actress for the next seven years, also marrying, but her career was interrupted by a long bout of mononucleosis at age 23. This caused her to turn to writing, and her first novel Lovers and Players was published in 1992. In 2016 producer Raffaella De Laurentiis purchased the television rights to her Seven Sisters series