The Sea Stone Sisters by Eleanor Buchanan

The Sea Stone Sisters by Eleanor Buchanan




The Sea Stone Sisters by Eleanor Buchanan
 was published by Headline Books on 12th March 2026. 
My thanks to the author and publisher for sending me a copy to review and to Random Things Tours for inviting me onto the tour.





Synopsis

Four great stones once stood on a remote Scottish headland – the Sisters of Skara. Legend has it they were raised by a grieving father, to guide his abducted daughters home. A curse was placed on anyone who laid the stones low: their family, too, would be scattered to the winds, never to find their way home. Let yourself be whisked away from Scotland to Ceylon and from Australia to London in this epic tale about family mysteries, unexpected love and enduring courage. 1931. When businessman Charles Blackmore takes down the stones on the Scottish headland, he soon finds his fortune lost, his wife dead and his four daughters torn apart. They each cling to a ring they inherited from their mother, alongside the hope of one day reuniting. Iris, the eldest daughter, is the first to leave, making for Ceylon in search of a long-lost uncle who might help keep the family together. Promising to return as soon as she can, her journey takes her from the exotic beauty of Ceylon to the vast Australian outback, but will it ever take her home? Present day. Roz moves to London from Australia with one singular personal item – an old ring that used to belong to her mother. Feeling adrift, everything changes when she discovers a painting of old standing stones which ignites an uncanny connection to the ring on her finger. Hunting down the history of this painting, Roz starts to piece together the story of Iris’s journey, unravelling her own family history in the process. She soon learns that the past has a power that cannot be easily escape. 






My Thoughts

Before I even opened the book I was intrigued both by the title and the absolutely stunning cover by Alice Clark which will have a place on my bookshelf for a long time.

The story pulled me in straight away with its cursed stones and the events that follow on with Iris in the 1930s and Roz in the present day. 

The pace at which the story progresses is fast and keeps you turning the pages at break neck speed to find out what is happening in both time lines . You really need to put some time on one side to read this as I forsook everything else that needed doing to read it as it is so compelling. 

The characterisation is excellent and you will feel as though you are with them as they search for answers to move their situations forward. This is an absolutely engrossing read that fires the imagination and will stay with you for a long time.

I am really looking forward to reading more from Eleanor in the future as she certainly is an author to look out for.




About Eleanor






After a haphazard early career that took her around the world, Eleanor Buchanan settled in York and began writing award-winning romance, historical, and time-slip novels under various pseudonyms. She has now turned her hand to a brand-new series of enthralling stories that combine her passion for travel, her belief in the power of evocative love stories and her enduring fascination with the relationship between the past and the present. 




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