Finished: The Pearl Sister (Riley) Book 4 of the Seven Sisters Series! Six sisters gather at their childhood home to mourn the loss of their very wealthy father, who adopted them all as babies from different parts of the world, and named them all for the Seven Sisters constellation. The fourth sister, twenty-seven year old Celaeno D'Apliese (or CeCe as she was called), is the sister who is practically a twin with third sister, Star. She's also blunt, outspoken, and feels she's not nearly as pretty as all her other beautiful sisters. She's short and stocky and of an exotic lineage. She doesn't realize that she's beautiful as well, but the lack of confidence she has in herself plays a huge role in her personality. As all the sisters gather at home, along with their longtime female caregiver, Marina (Ma for short). They are devastated that they can't see their father, Pa Salt (as they called him) one last time. He's already been buried at sea privately, per his last wishes. However, he has left them all a letter and the coordinates for the locations where they were born. He encourages them to go out and find their biological families when they are ready. Cece is an extremely talented artist, but is also dyslexic and simply can't do well at school. After years of traveling with Star, she has been accepted into a prestigious art university and struggles with the criticism of her professors. With her dreams of college imploding she goes into panic mode, especially since Star has begun to pull away from her as she looks for her biological family. As Cece feels more and more like Star has deserted her, she decides to quit college to follow Pa Salt's advice and look for her own biological family. She had been intrigued when she met with the family lawyer and he handed her a black and white photo of a man and a boy and...a million dollars which the man had sent to the lawyer, claiming it was her share of an inheritance. Cece's coordinates take her to Australia! She is to look for the history of a woman named Kitty McBride who lived in a northwestern coastal town in Australia. As she begins to investigate, of course, we are sent back 100 years to Edinburgh, Scotland, where we meet 18 year old Kitty who is about to be sent across the ocean to Australia as the companion of an older, wealthy, female friend of her parents, who is going to visit her sister. The plan is for her only to be gone for nine months, but once there, Kitty is introduced to the twin sons of the sister, Drummond and Andrew Mercer, and both fall instantly in love with her. Drummond, being the second born, is who she meets first and is carefree and funny and they hit if off instantly. Andrew is the first born and set to take over the family Pearl fishing business, and is more serious and responsible, but very sweet to Kitty. This is another great story about a strong woman and love and duty and what wins out in the end. It's also the story of the extreme prejudices and miscarriages of justice that are carried out against the mixed-race population. The Aboriginal people are left alone in their own world, as most Europeans who move to Australia are afraid of them. However, if there is a ever a mixed child born between and Aboriginal and a white person, the child is instantly taken away and sent to a convent to be "turned Christian". Cece comes to discover that she's got Aboriginal blood, and what's more, that her grandfather was a talented, famous artist. As she finds her way in this hot, vast country, tracking down her clues, she meets a good friend, Christi, who looks just like her and she finally feels at home. She also meets her grandfather who is the one who sent her the inheritance and the picture, and he is able to tell her the entire family story. It's another good book. :-) Cece wasn't my favorite sister, but through this journey she learns and grows and becomes much more likable and relatable. On to book five....