The Seven Sisters
Maia D'Apliese and her five sisters are adopted daughters of a mysterious billionaire they call Pa Salt. When he dies, each sister receives a clue to her true heritage. Maia's leads her to Rio de Janeiro, where she uncovers a story of love, loss, and identity spanning decades.
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After the death of the adoptive father they call Pa Salt, Maia and her five sisters return to the family's Geneva estate Atlantis to find sealed letters and a coordinate clue for each one. Maia's clue leads her to a colonial-era house in Rio de Janeiro and a buried family story from 1920s Paris.
Lucinda Riley's Seven Sisters series has eight books: one for each sister plus the closing Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, completed by her son Harry Whittaker after Riley's death in 2021.
Yes. A film and TV adaptation has been announced. As of 2025, the project remains in development.
The Seven Sisters was written by Lucinda Riley, published in 2014 by Xander.
The Seven Sisters is 480 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Seven Sisters takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
The Seven Sisters is a standalone novel by Lucinda Riley, not part of a series.
The Seven Sisters is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
