In Riley's "Seven Sisters" series, the father of the adoptive D'Aplièse siblings has left each a clue to her particular origins. Here, Tiggy D'Aplièse meets a Spanish gypsy who tells her the story of Lucía Amaya-Albaycin, a celebrated flamenco dancer who must choose between art and love. With a 50,000-copy first printing; radically upticked sales for each sister's story.

Riley's latest "Seven Sisters" novel (after The Pearl Sister) introduces Tiggy D'Aplièse, the fifth sister of seven who have recently lost their adoptive father, Pa Salt. While she mourns him, Tiggy lives a rather peaceful life in a deer sanctuary in the Scottish Highlands. This idyllic setting is disrupted, however, when the sanctuary is forced to close, and Tiggy is offered a job at the estate of the mysterious Charlie Kinnaird. Tiggy has the gift of foresight, but she doesn't readily want to believe in the accuracy of her visions. Despite her sensible personality, she is increasingly drawn to Charlie, even though there are many things about him she doesn't know and may not be prepared to find out. Tiggy will discover her fate intersecting with that of Chilly, a Spanish Gypsy who escaped his homeland 70 years before, and a flamenco dancer born decades earlier. VERDICT In each of her series novels, Riley draws magnetic and strong women, polar opposites in personality but all of them fearless and determined. This entry will delight followers of Riley's series but also appeal to new readers since each book can be read as a stand-alone. [See Prepub Alert, 8/27/18.]—Adriana Delgado, West Palm Beach, FL

Riley's riff on the myth of the Pleiades is analogous to a Thomas Kinkade painting: her descriptions create sweet images, but they don't correspond to any recognizable reality. This fairy tale begins in the present-day Scottish Highlands, where Taygete "Tiggy" D'Aplièse has taken a position as a wildlife consultant on the Kinnaird estate being restored by Charlie, reluctant laird and unhappily married surgeon. Tiggy has little work to do but feed some captive wildcats and keep up the cottage she shares with a male coworker. She strolls with Charlie, ducks overtures from estate guests, and tends to Chilly, a pensioner. She's preoccupied with the recent death of her adoptive father and hints he's left about her origins. Chilly, a grossly stereotyped "crazy ancient Gypsy," cackles additions to these hints. Pressured to leave Kinnaird by Charlie's jealous wife, Tiggy jets off to Spain to unravel her family mystery, launching flashbacks that detail the romantic histories of her grandmother and mother. It's less a plot than a tapestry of breathless word-pictures about dancing and love and destiny. One such work can be charming, but the planned series's worth may lead to sugar shock. Agent: Stephen Riley. (Feb.)