Electra is the party girl, always at glamorous events but the fame and her party lifestyle are fuelled by drink and drugs. From the vast plains of Kenya to the society of Manhattan, this book will take you on a journey you will never forget.Įlectra has made an appearance in the earlier books and has come across as self centred and distant from her other sisters, but reading this book made me love her character and admire her strength.

When she is contacted by someone claiming to be her grandmother, Electra’s life changes for the better as she learns her story and that of Cecily Huntley-Morgan. At six foot, with her ebony skin and razor sharp cheek bones, she is instantly recognisable and lives a life of work, parties, drink and drugs. Electra is twenty six and one of the worlds most famous models. After their father’s death they are given clues to their true heritage to find out who they really are. Electra is the youngest of the D’Aplièse sisters, all adopted by Pa Salt from different parts of the world and brought up on a beautiful Island, Atlantis in Switzerland. I have spent all year in anticipation for the sixth book in the series, The Sun Sister, and this epic read in both story and size, at eight hundred and forty eight pages long it is her biggest book, and I think the best do far. It is no secret Lucinda Riley is one of my favourite authors, and her Seven Sisters books are one of my favourite series. Until she meets a young woman in the woods and makes her a promise that will change the course of her life for ever. Moving up into the Wanjohi Valley, she is isolated and alone.

But after a shocking discovery and with war looming, Cecily has few options. Staying with her godmother, a member of the infamous Happy Valley set, on the shores of beautiful Lake Naivasha, she meets Bill Forsythe, a notorious bachelor and cattle farmer with close connections to the proud Maasai tribe. In 1939, Cecily Huntley-Morgan arrives in Kenya from New York to nurse a broken heart.

As those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs. Yet beneath the veneer, 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. To the outside world, Electra D’Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous.

Publisher: Macmillan Main Market edition (31 Oct.

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