"Riley's engaging and mesmerizing story of self-discovery and
love...can be perfectly read as a stand-alone. This book will appeal to
readers of Edwardian novels and Jane Austen-style fiction." --Library
Journal (starred review)
"[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
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 New York Times 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 their true heritage, and
Star's clue leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the
start of a new journey.
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...
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.
Ideal for fans of Downton Abbey and the historical fiction of Kate
Morton and Kristin Hannah, The Shadow Sister is the "perfect
curl-up-in-an-armchair read" (Daily Mail) for anyone who wants to
travel through the lush English countryside and explore the lives and
loves of the British aristocracy.
