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I had no idea that this book was one of a series when I picked it up, and wouldn't have learned of other books like it if I hadn't come here to place my reveiw. The author does a remarkable job of making this a stand-alone novel. It will only be a very short time before I get my hands on the rest of the series and get a chance to read them as well.

The is a wonderful story full heart-break, fear, sadness, and pain, but it is also full of happy endings and shows that many of the characters have a wonderful ability to prevail no matter what the adversity. You leave the story with a feeling of accomplishment and a knowledge that all will be well for the characters in the end.

This is the third book in saga of three sisters: Emmeline, Tamson and Arabella. Aola Vandergriff has done a wonderful job of describing the Hawaiian islands before they were part of the United States. If you are looking for a book to intrigue you about those islands and the mysteries there then this is the book for you. Two out of three sisters are living in the islands and trying to cope with their husbands' jobs there. This book will keep you on the edge of your seats with the volcanic erruption, death sentence and sickness, not to mention a child trying to break up a marriage. In this book you will also travel to Hong Kong with Martha, Emmeline's oldest daughter. Martha is brought into the book as a main character which lets you also see the next generation of daughters. At the exciting conclusion to this book you can journey on to Australia with Daughters of the Opal Skies. Enjoy.