The Pearl Sister

CeCe D’Apli?se 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.
En-route 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 realises 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 Pearl Sister is the fourth
book in the number one international bestselling Seven
Sisters series.