The Sun Sister

Hectic and dazzling New York, a model battling the demons of addiction and her journey to her roots in a beautiful African country. According to people who don't know her personally, only from the spotlight and the covers of fashion magazines, Elektra D'Apliese has everything she could want from life: is one of the most famous top models in the world, she is beautiful, rich and famous. But underneath the glittering veneer is a young woman, exhausted by the pressure and hectic life she leads. Her fragile mental balance is shaken by the death of her father, Salty, a mysterious billionaire who adopted six daughters from different parts of the world as babies and raised them in a lavish mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva. Elektra is the youngest of them. After this devastating news, he increasingly seeks solace in alcohol and drugs. It goes so far that people around her start to seriously worry about her health. One day she receives a letter from an unknown person who claims to be her grandmother. The thread of Elektra's life is intertwined with the fate of another woman - in 1939, Cecily Huntley-Morgan leaves New York for Kenya to heal her broken heart. She stays with her godmother, a member of the British Happy Valley community, known for enjoying fun and parties on the shores of the beautiful Lake Naivasha. Cecily meets a bachelor, Bill Forsyth, a cattle rancher who maintains a close relationship with the proud indigenous Maasai tribe. After the shocking revelation and fearing an impending war, Cecily has little choice. She agrees to Bill's proposal, moves to the Wanjohi Valley and finds herself isolated, separated from people. He lives alone until the day he finds a small child abandoned in the woods near his house. Elektra's search for her own roots and her successful battle with drug addiction make her a strong and admirable character in the sixth story, and one of the most sympathetic and best-portrayed sisters adopted by the mysterious billionaire Daddy Salty. "One thing life has taught me is that one should never put off special things for another day because tomorrow may never come. " "I just dreamed of a world where I wouldn't feel like an outsider, a world where I belonged. Because that's the only thing I've ever really wanted. " They said about the title "Heartbreaking, uplifting and utterly charming. Lucinda Riley is 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. Stunningly good. " - Lucy Foley, New York Times best-selling author