Lucinda Riley, página 4 de 10

Shortlisted for the Epic Novel award in the Romantic Novelists Association Books Awards 2014. Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a girl, Anahita Chavan, from 1911 to the present day ...In the heyday of the British Raj, eleven-year-old Anahita, from a noble but impoverished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira, the privileged daughter of rich Indian royalty. Becoming the princess's official companion, Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of the Great War. There, she meets the young Donald Astbury - reluctant heir to the magnificent, remote Astbury Estate - and his scheming mother. Eighty years later, Rebecca Bradley, a young American film star, has the world at her feet. But when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn, she's relieved that her latest role, playing a 1920s debutante, will take her away from the glare of publicity to the wilds of Dartmoor in England. Shortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling Astbury Hall, Ari Malik, Anahita's great-grandson, arrives unexpectedly, on a quest for his family's past. What he and Rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the Astbury dynasty ...

Tras una leyenda tailandesa, la acuarela de una exquisita orquídea y un diario olvidado se esconde la verdad que redimirá a tres generaciones de personajes inolvidables. De niña, Julia Forrester pasaba horas en el invernadero de Wharton Park haciendo compañia a su abuelo, el jardinero de la hermosa mansion aristocratica. Años despues, tras perder lo que mas sentido daba a su vida, Julia busca consuelo en ese escenario que marco su infancia. Pero Wharton Park es una sombra de sus dias pasados y Kit Crawford, el ultimo heredero de una gran familia, se ve obligado a ponerla en venta. Entre los objetos subastados se encuentra la acuarela de una rara orquidea, procedente de Tailandia, que pronto despertara en ella recuerdos enterrados. Poco despues, un sorprendente hallazgo en las dependencias de los criados suscita nuevas preguntas que solo su abuela, antigua doncella de la finca, podra responder. Reseñas:"Evocadora y desgarradora."Grazia UK "Una conmovedora saga de gran envergadura que cautivara a los fans de La casa de Riverton, Rebeca y Downton Abbey."Shelf Awareness

The second book in the Seven Sisters series by number one internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley.Ally D'Apliese is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden, mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her five sisters at their family home, she discovers that her father - an elusive billionaire affectionately known to his daughters as Pa Salt - has left each of them a tantalising clue to their true heritage.Ally has also recently embarked on a deeply passionate love affair that will change her destiny forever. But with her life now turned upside down, Ally decides to leave the open seas and follow the trail that her father left her, which leads her to the icy beauty of Norway...There, Ally begins to discover her roots - and how her story is inextricably bound to that of a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived there over 100 years before, and sang in the first performance of Grieg's iconic music set to Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt'. As Ally learns more about Anna, she also begins to question who her father, Pa Salt, really was. And why is the seventh sister missing?Following the bestselling The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister is the second book in Lucinda Riley's spellbinding series based loosely on the mythology surrounding the famous star constellation.

Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows she must make an agonising decision. Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it.Then a face appears from the past - Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken fifty years ago. Already struggling to cope with her son Sams inept business dealings, and the sudden reappearance of her younger son Nick after ten years in Australia, Posy is reluctant to trust in Freddies renewed affection. And unbeknown to Posy, Freddie - and Admiral House - have a devastating secret to reveal . . .Full of her trademark mix of unforgettable characters and heart-breaking secrets, The Butterfly Room is the new spellbinding, multi-generational story from Sunday Times bestseller Lucinda Riley.

Tras una leyenda tailandesa, la acuarela de una exquisita orquídea y un diario olvidado se esconde la verdad que redimirá a tres generaciones de personajes inolvidables. De niña, Julia Forrester pasaba horas en el invernadero de Wharton Park haciendo compañia a su abuelo, el jardinero de la hermosa mansion aristocratica. Años despues, tras perder lo que mas sentido daba a su vida, Julia busca consuelo en ese escenario que marco su infancia. Pero Wharton Park es una sombra de sus dias pasados y Kit Crawford, el ºltimo heredero de una gran familia, se ve obligado a ponerla en venta. Entre los objetos subastados se encuentra la acuarela de una rara orquidea, procedente de Tailandia, que pronto despertara en ella recuerdos enterrados. Poco despues, un sorprendente hallazgo en las dependencias de los criados suscita nuevas preguntas que solo su abuela, antigua doncella de la finca, podra responder. Reseñas:"Evocadora y desgarradora."Grazia UK "Una conmovedora saga de gran envergadura que cautivara a los fans de La casa de Riverton, Rebeca y Downton Abbey."Shelf Awareness

Full of her trademark mix of unforgettable characters and heart-breaking secrets, The Butterfly Room is a spellbinding, multi-generational story from Sunday Times bestseller Lucinda Riley.Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows she must make an agonizing decision. Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it.Then a face appears from the past Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken fifty years ago. Already struggling to cope with her son Sams inept business dealings, and the sudden reappearance of her younger son Nick after ten years in Australia, Posy is reluctant to trust in Freddies renewed affection. And unbeknown to Posy, Freddie and Admiral House have a devastating secret to reveal . . .

To the outside world, Electra D'Apliese seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world's top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous. 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. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs. As those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother . . . In 1939, Cecily Huntley-Morgan arrives in Kenya from New York to nurse a broken heart. 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. But after a shocking discovery and with war looming, Cecilyhas few options. Moving up into the Wanjohi Valley, she is isolated and alone. Until she meets a young woman in the woods and makes her a promise that will change the course of her life for ever. Sweeping from Manhattan to the magnificent wide-open plains of Africa, The Sun Sister is the sixth instalment in Lucinda Riley's multi-million selling epic series, The Seven Sisters. 'Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling. The Seven Sisters series is Lucinda Riley at the top of her game: a magical storyteller who creates characters we fall in love with and who stay with us long after we finish reading. Dazzlingly good.' Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 2019 Full of her trademark mix of unforgettable characters and heart-breaking secrets, The Butterfly Room is a spellbinding, multi-generational story from Sunday Times bestseller Lucinda Riley. Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows she must make an agonizing decision. Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it. Then a face appears from the past - Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken fifty years ago. Already struggling to cope with her son Sam's inept business dealings, and the sudden reappearance of her younger son Nick after ten years in Australia, Posy is reluctant to trust in Freddie's renewed affection. And unbeknown to Posy, Freddie - and Admiral House - have a devastating secret to reveal . . .

La hermana tormenta es el segundo volumen de Las Siete Hermanas, una emocionante saga basada en la mitología griega y en la astrología, por la autora superventas Lucinda Riley.Siete hermanas, siete destinos, un padre con un pasado misterioso...Ally D'Apliese esta a punto de competir en una de las mas peligrosas regatas de yates del mundo cuando recibe la noticia de que su padre acaba de fallecer. Al reunirse en la mansion familiar en Suiza con sus cinco hermanas descubren que su padre, un misterioso multimillonario conocido cariñosamente como Pa Salt, ha dejado a cada una de ellas una carta con informacion sobre sus origenes.Tras leerla Ally decide dejar a un lado tanto el mar como la apasionada relacion que acababa de comenzar para seguir una pista que la lleva hasta la nevada Noruega. Alli descubrira sus raices y como su historia esta unida a la de la joven Anna Landvik, una cantante desconocida que vivio en el pais escandinavo cien años antes y que canto en la primera representacion de Peer Gynt de Ibsen con musica de Grieg.Si quieres saber mas, incluso sobre mitologia griega, las Pleyades, las esferas armilares..., visita la web de Lucinda Riley en español: esp.lucindariley.co.uk. Tambien encontraras documentacion sobrePeer Gynt de Grieg, Henrik Ibsen, el Conservatorio Leipzig, la Orquesta Filarmonica de Bergen y Fastnet Race.La critica ha dicho...La serie "Las Siete Hermanas" es romantica, arrolladora, lujosa y glamurosa.The Daily MailLa segunda entrega de la emocionante serie de Lucinda Riley nos entusiasma. El talento de la autora para mezclar la actualidad con el pasado (aqui salta desde el presente hasta el siglo XIX en Noruega) gustara a las lectoras en busca de ficcion historica. Ademas, las fans de Kristin Hannah, por ejemplo, apreciaran ante todo la historia de amor, de dolor, pero tambien de profundos lazos familiares.BooklistLa segunda entrega de la serie sobre siete hermanas adoptadas y educadas en una mansion a orillas de un lago suizo. El misterioso padre y benefactor, Pa Salt, muere de forma repentina y les deja pistas sobre sus origenes. Una novela que no podras dejar, con mucho amor y drama.The Daily MailEn los blogs...Unas descripciones fantasticas que nos muestran una Noruega real. Es un libro que os recomiendo encarecidamente y que espero que muchos leais, ya que nos trasmite una gran historia.Blog Perdida en un mundo de libros

Lucinda Riley, autora superventas mundial, presenta una nueva y emocionante serie basada en la mitología griega y en la astrología que hará las delicias de sus lectoras.A la muerte de su padre seis hermanas iran en busca de su origen y lo que descubran les hara comprender que su amor estaba escrito en las estrellas.Maia D'Apliese y sus hermanas regresan a la impresionante mansion familiar donde crecieron al descubrir que su adorado padre, que las adopto en distintos lugares cuando no eran mas que bebes, acaba de fallecer. Cada una recibe un sobre que contiene una prometedora pista sobre su origen. A Maia, la mayor de las hermanas y nuestra protagonista, la suya le lleva a una casa en ruinas en Rio de Janeiro. Alli comenzara a recomponer las piezas de su historia.Ochenta años antes, en la Belle Epoque de Rio de Janeiro, el padre de Izabela Bonifacio aspira a que su hija se case con un aristocrata. Por su lado, el arquitecto Heitor da Silva Costa trabaja en la concepcion de una inmensa estatua que se llamara el Cristo Redentor, y su busqueda del escultor idoneo para llevar a cabo tan ambiciosa obra lo conduce hasta Paris. Apasionada y deseosa de conocer mundo, Izabela convence a su padre para que la deje acompañarlo a Paris antes de casarse. Alli, entre el estudio de Paul Landowski y los bulliciosos cafes de Montparnasse, Izabela conocera al ambicioso y joven escultor Laurent Brouilly, y sabra desde el primer instante que su vida ha cambiado para siempre.Si quieres saber mas, incluso sobre mitologia griega, las Pleyades, las esferas armilares..., visita la web de Lucinda Riley en español: esp.lucindariley.co.uk. Tambien encontraras documentacion sobre el Cristo Redentor y el escultor Paul Landowski.La critica ha dicho...La serie Las Siete Hermanas es romantica, arrolladora, lujosa y glamurosa.The Daily MailUna pizca de misterio, un poco de romance, algo de ficcion historica y mucho drama familiar en una historia maravillosa. Una apuesta segura para fans de Kate Morton, Kristin Hannah o Maeve Binchy.Library JournalRiley es una experta contadora de relatos romanticos que entreteje con habilidad la historia con la ficcion. Un libro absorbente y fascinante que explora la mitologia y la astronomia que esconde la constelacion de las Siete Hermanas.BooklistLucinda Riley nos deleita con la novela mas ambiciosa y emocionante de cuantas ha escrito. Un laberinto de historias atractivas escritas con la famosa y habitual pluma que ha convertido a Riley en una de las mejores autoras de ficcion de hoy en dia.The Lancashire Evening PostLos lectores han dicho...Me recuerda mucho a las historias de Kate Morton, en donde se mezclan historias y protagonistas actuales con pasados, me parece apasionante.Blog Los augurios de la lunaUn libro de ficcion historica y amor que te atrapa entre sus paginas y que entre dos generaciones distintas te hace soñar con el verdadero amor.Blog Foreverland: el paraiso para siempreUn libro con dos historias de amor preciosas, una novela llena de intriga, te deja con ganas de continuar en todo momento. Un libro que recomiendo mucho, me ha encantado.Blog Los libros de Marta MartitiUna historia con la que se da inicio a una saga familiar que combina personajes ficticios y reales, y nos proporciona una interesante leccion de historia con una lectura de lo mas amena.BlogBookeando con Mª Angeles

Grace and the Christmas Angel, created by bestselling author Lucinda Riley and her son Harry Whittaker, is a reassuring, timeless story and the first book in the Guardian Angels series. Because somewhere, an angel is listening . .. It's Christmas Eve. The tree is decorated, the presents are wrapped and it's a big day for Grace.She is singing a song in the nativity show, and her fisherman daddy has promised to be back in time to watch her. But when a storm blows up at sea, Grace walks out on stage to find Daddy is not there. She's very worried.But luckily, Grace has someone watching over her. Will Hope, the Christmas Angel, be able to help Daddy get home safely for Christmas morning?A beautiful gift-edition hardback, complete with an angel ribbon marker.

Journey to the dusty plains of Central Australia in The Pearl Sister, the fourth book in the number one bestselling Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. A spellbinding story of love and loss, inspired by the mythology of the famous star constellation. CeCe D'Apliese 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 realizes 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 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 epic multi-million selling series continues with The Moon Sister.

Star d'Aplièse ist eine sensible junge Frau, der es nie gelang, aus dem Schatten ihrer Schwester CeCe herauszutreten. Als ihr geliebter Vater Pa Salt stirbt, steht Star plötzlich an einem Wendepunkt. Wie alle Mädchen der Familie ist auch sie ein Adoptivkind mit unbekannter Herkunft, doch der Abschiedsbrief ihres Vaters enthält einen Anhaltspunkt: die Adresse einer Londoner Buchhandlung sowie den Hinweis, dort nach einer gewissen Flora MacNichol zu fragen. Star folgt diesen Spuren, die sie auf ein wunderbares Anwesen in Kent und in die Rosengärten des Lake District im vergangenen Jahrhundert führen. Ganz langsam beginnt sie, ihr eigenes Leben zu entdecken - und ihr Herz zu öffnen für das Wagnis, das man Liebe nennt ...

Wie auch ihre Schwestern ist CeCe d'Aplièse ein Adoptivkind, und ihre Herkunft ist ihr unbekannt. Als ihr Vater stirbt, hinterlässt er einen Hinweis - sie soll in Australien die Spur einer gewissen Kitty Mercer ausfindig machen. Ihre Reise führt sie zunächst nach Thailand, wo sie die Bekanntschaft eines geheimnisvollen Mannes macht. Durch ihn fällt CeCe eine Biographie von Kitty Mercer in die Hände - eine Schottin, die vor über hundert Jahren nach Australien kam und den Perlenhandel zu ungeahnter Blüte brachte. CeCe fliegt nach Down Under, um den verschlungenen Pfaden von Kittys Schicksal zu folgen. Und taucht dabei ein in die magische Kunst der Aborigines, die ihr den Weg weist ins Herz ihrer eigenen Geschichte ...

Lucinda Riley, autora superventas mundial, presenta una nueva y emocionante serie basada en la mitología griega y en la astrología que hará las delicias de sus lectoras.A la muerte de su padre seis hermanas iran en busca de su origen y lo que descubran les hara comprender que su amor estaba escrito en las estrellas.Maia D'Apliese y sus hermanas regresan a la impresionante mansion familiar donde crecieron al descubrir que su adorado padre, que las adopto en distintos lugares cuando no eran mas que bebes, acaba de fallecer. Cada una recibe un sobre que contiene una prometedora pista sobre su origen. A Maia, la mayor de las hermanas y nuestra protagonista, la suya le lleva a una casa en ruinas en Rio de Janeiro. Alli comenzara a recomponer las piezas de su historia.Ochenta años antes, en la Belle Epoque de Rio de Janeiro, el padre de Izabela Bonifacio aspira a que su hija se case con un aristocrata. Por su lado, el arquitecto Heitor da Silva Costa trabaja en la concepcion de una inmensa estatua que se llamara el Cristo Redentor, y su busqueda del escultor idoneo para llevar a cabo tan ambiciosa obra lo conduce hasta Paris. Apasionada y deseosa de conocer mundo, Izabela convence a su padre para que la deje acompañarlo a Paris antes de casarse. Alli, entre el estudio de Paul Landowski y los bulliciosos cafes de Montparnasse, Izabela conocera al ambicioso y joven escultor Laurent Brouilly, y sabra desde el primer instante que su vida ha cambiado para siempre.Si quieres saber mas, incluso sobre mitologia griega, las Pleyades, las esferas armilares..., visita la web de Lucinda Riley en español: esp.lucindariley.co.uk. Tambien encontraras documentacion sobre el Cristo Redentor y el escultor Paul Landowski.La critica ha dicho...La serie Las Siete Hermanas es romantica, arrolladora, lujosa y glamurosa.The Daily MailUna pizca de misterio, un poco de romance, algo de ficcion historica y mucho drama familiar en una historia maravillosa. Una apuesta segura para fans de Kate Morton, Kristin Hannah o Maeve Binchy.Library JournalRiley es una experta contadora de relatos romanticos que entreteje con habilidad la historia con la ficcion. Un libro absorbente y fascinante que explora la mitologia y la astronomia que esconde la constelacion de las Siete Hermanas.BooklistLucinda Riley nos deleita con la novela mas ambiciosa y emocionante de cuantas ha escrito. Un laberinto de historias atractivas escritas con la famosa y habitual pluma que ha convertido a Riley en una de las mejores autoras de ficcion de hoy en dia.The Lancashire Evening PostLos lectores han dicho...Me recuerda mucho a las historias de Kate Morton, en donde se mezclan historias y protagonistas actuales con pasados, me parece apasionante.Blog Los augurios de la lunaUn libro de ficcion historica y amor que te atrapa entre sus paginas y que entre dos generaciones distintas te hace soñar con el verdadero amor.Blog Foreverland: el paraiso para siempreUn libro con dos historias de amor preciosas, una novela llena de intriga, te deja con ganas de continuar en todo momento. Un libro que recomiendo mucho, me ha encantado.Blog Los libros de Marta MartitiUna historia con la que se da inicio a una saga familiar que combina personajes ficticios y reales, y nos proporciona una interesante leccion de historia con una lectura de lo mas amena.BlogBookeando con Mª Angeles

The Pearl Sister is the fourth book in the number one international bestselling Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. CeCe D'Apliese 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 realizes, 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 . .

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. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, but Star - the most enigmatic of the sisters - is hesitant to step out of the safety of the close relationship she shares with her sister CeCe. In desperation, she decides to follow the first clue she has been left, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world . . .A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy and secure in her home in the Lake District, living close to her idol, Beatrix Potter, when machinations outside of her control lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society's most notorious players, Alice Keppel. Flora is pulled between passionate love and duty to her family, but finds herself a pawn in a game - the rules of which are only known to others, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life . . .As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love.

DER VERBOTENE LIEBESBRIEF