The Storm Sister (The Seven Sisters, 2)

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Star D’Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father – the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world.

The novel ends with an insight into Star’s perspective, a sister that has so far remained enigmatic. She was born in Ireland and divided her time between England and West Cork with her husband and four children.Ally D’Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world’s most dangerous yacht races when she learns of her adoptive father’s sudden, mysterious death. Star D'Aplièse, in her late twenties, is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father – the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world.

And I wanted to celebrate the achievements of women, especially in the past, where so often, their contribution to making our world the place it is today has been overshadowed by the more frequently documented achievements of men. Ally and Anna both deal with many different kinds of grief throughout their fictional journeys – did you identify with their reactions to their circumstances? and had many children with the various Gods who were fascinated by their strength, beauty and ethereal air of mysticism.Some say they were the Seven Mothers who seeded our earth – there is no doubt that, in their stories, they were all highly fertile!

When I first had the idea of writing a series of books based on The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, I had no idea where it would lead me. She is happy and secure in her home in the Lake District, living close to her idol, Beatrix Potter, when machinations outside her control lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society’s most notorious players, Alice Keppel. Daily Mail The Storm Sister is like a literary musical score - crashing waves, staccato heartstopping moments and a crescendo waiting in the wings. There, Ally begins to discover her roots and her inextricable connection to a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived over a hundred years ago and sang in the first performance of Grieg’s iconic music set to Ibsen’s playPeer Gynt.Ally takes on various personas in different aspects of her life: ‘Al’: the sailor in a male-dominated environment; Ally: the lover of Theo; Alcyone: the leader in a family of five female siblings; and subsequently ‘Felicia’; Thom’s sister. Rushing back to her family home to meet her five sisters, she discovers that her father—an elusive billionaire affectionately known to his daughters as Pa Salt—has left each of his daughters a beguiling clue to their true heritage. How well do Ally and the other characters correspond in the modern day to their mythological counterparts?