Riley, Lucinda: The Shadow Sister

After the death of her beloved adoptive father - Pa Salt - Star D‘Aplièse is at a crossroads. Her father has left each of his six daughters clues to their true heritage, but Star - the most enigmatic of the sisters - is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. When she finally decides to follow her first clue, it leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and to the start of a whole new world . . . A hundred years earlier, headstrong Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy and secure in her home in the Lake District, living close to her idol, Beatrix Potter. But when machinations outside her control lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society‘s most notorious players, Alice Keppel, Flora is pulled between passionate love and family duty. As Star learns more of Flora‘s incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of self-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 book in Lucinda Riley‘s spellbinding the Seven Sisters series. Discover yourself at the heart of history PRAISE FOR LUCINDA RILEY ‘Atmospheric, heart-rending and multi-layered‘ Grazia ‘Delicious reading‘ Daily Mail ‘A compelling novel on an epic scale‘ Sunday Express ‘Addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart‘ Dinah Jefferies