The Seven Sisters – Book Three
A few months ago I mentioned on my Facebook page that I’m currently working my way through The Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. These are wonderful doorstep size tomes which drag you in and make you look forward to any spare minutes for absorbing more of the story. I’m around halfway through the third book, The Shadow Sister. The series was recommended to me by my sister-in-law and it’s a recommendation that was well deserved.
In a nutshell: the elusive billionaire, Pa Salt, dies leaving each of his six adopted daughters a clue about their true heritage. Each book is a timeslip novel which follows one of the girls in the search for their roots. The historical part of each story is based around a real-life happening and I’ve found these educational as well as enjoyable fiction. The contemporary part of the story contains an element of romance. Both parts are equally compelling!
The Seven Sisters – Book 1
Book one follows eldest daughter, Maia, to Brazil in the hunt for her heritage and the historical part deals with the construction of the giant Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio. In book two, sister Ally investigates her connection to Grieg’s iconic music for Ibsen’s play ‘Peer Gynt’. Book three is set in the UK and features Edward VII and his mistress, Alice Keppel – I have yet to uncover the full significance of this to the search of the third sister, Star, for her roots. It’s intriguing!
An ongoing mystery runs throughout all the books – why did Pa Salt never adopt and bring home his planned seventh daughter? Apparently, all is revealed in the last book of the series, aptly named, The Missing Sister.
Lucinda’s books are popular across the globe and, uniquely for a fiction author from the British Isles, over 90% of her sales have been in foreign languages. According to the Lucinda Riley website, there are plans to create a seven-season TV series based on The Seven Sisters.
Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died in 2021, aged only 56. ‘The Missing Sister’ was published only three weeks before she died.
If you get the chance to read these books – DO!
Sally Jenkins 
#1 by Joanna Bucktrout. on January 5, 2023 - 9:42 am
Wow! Sounds a good recommendation. Where would TV and cinema be without good npvels, eh?
#2 by Sally Jenkins on January 5, 2023 - 5:33 pm
Good point, Joanna. And we can all dream about our stories hitting the big (or little) screen.
#3 by Val Yates on April 20, 2024 - 7:11 pm
I too am loving these books, I’ve just got to the final chapters of the 4th – CeCe’s story.
just a little quibble about your write up. They are not time slip stories. In time slip a character actually goes back to the past and/or someone from the past comes to the future. So far Lucinda Riley has just alternated between two different periods of time. Kate Morton uses the same tequnique in her novels.
#4 by Sally Jenkins on April 21, 2024 - 6:51 am
Thanks for correcting my mistake, Val. I agree, time slip was the wrong wording.
Best wishes and I hope you enjoy the next books in the series.
#5 by Annette Tranter on January 20, 2025 - 10:53 pm
I just so enjoyed these books. They took me all over the world and time. Congratulations Lucinda.
so excited to hear there may be a TV series.
How can I keep in the loop to know when they may be released?
#6 by Sally Jenkins on January 21, 2025 - 6:36 pm
Hi Annette – Unfortunately I don’t have any inside knowledge about the possible TV series. I guess it’s a case of keeping an eye on Lucinda’s website for any announcement. Fingers crossed!
#7 by susanjanejones on March 1, 2025 - 7:03 pm
You’ve convinced me Sally. They’re on my list x
#8 by Amanda Dixon on March 15, 2025 - 7:16 pm
This is such a good series. I finished the last book today, “Atlas” which was finished by Lucinda’s son, Harry Whittaker as she sadly died just as the seventh book was published. I do so hope it’s made they are made into a tv series, too long to be a movie! I listened to them on audiobooks. So well read by all the different narrators.
#9 by Sally Jenkins on March 16, 2025 - 11:40 am
I agree Amanda, it needs a TV series for each of the books in order to do them justice.