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.

I just want to say that I have always loved these books! They are so great! I myself, am Tamsen, named after Tamsen McLeod/Tallant and I love that I can share it with such a brave woman. I strongly recommend these to everyone.

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.

A great bunch of stories. I enjoy them immensely, and reading them, I feel very invoved in the story, and I wish I was just like the characters- Tamsen, brave.. Emmeline, lovely... Arabella, wild... Thanks so much for the great stories

This is the fifth book in the series about the daughters: Emmeline, Tamsen and Arabella. Emmeline is now living in San Francisco along with her husband and son, Scott. Missy moved along with them when they left Australia to go to college. The family is done to just a few living in England. Everyone is spread around the world. Ramona is living in Scotland and makes a couple appearances in the book, as well as her husband and children. But the book deals mostly with Arab selfish ways of thinking. Luka falls in love with Alastair Forsythe, whom Arab sees as a monster. Dan and Juan visit Bombay with work from the Queen of England. During the book you will meet Phillip Winston, Dusty's look-a-like cousin. Is he really the nice guy he appears to be around Nell or is he hidding something. Luka also appears to have a capablity of talking to the people in the Wotherspoon Family Graveyard. She knows things about the past of this place that she couldn't possibly know. This book is filled with scandal, swindeling, hatred, love, marriage and most of all, family unitity. You'll either love the characters that appear in this book or you'll hate them. From the very beginning you'll be engolfed in this new main character - Luka. Once you have finished your stay in England, you can journey to California to visit the rest of the family, in Daughters of the Shining City.

I enjoyed it and you will too. Read it and know why readers all over the world are in love with them

This is the fourth book in the series about three sisters: Emmeline, Tamsen and Arabella. The sisters are all living in Australia with their families, Em in Melbourne, Tamsen and Arab on the Opal Station. The only one of the next generation of the McLeod family that is on her own is Martha, who is also living in Australia with her husband and kids. Although Em's other kids are mentioned, they aren't the center of attention in this book like Missy and Ramona are. The book deals with the problems of neglected children. Arab's favorite child is Luka, the strange one, and the other two girls are on the outskirts of her love. It isn't until a tragedy happens that she realizes that she's been neglecting them. This book is filled with kidnapping, murder, marriage, death of a family member, and romance. But through all the tradegies that this family goes through, they become stronger and continue to live, even when the situations seem hopless. When you've finished your stay in Australia you can continue the journey with this family to England. You never know what will happen next.

This is the book series I was named for. Tamsen, the brave and loveable yet hardheaded character and star of the Aola Vandergriff Daughters series. [...]

Tamsen is only one of the stars of the Daughters series. You get to know all the characters well. Her sisters: Emmeline and Arabella. Her lover: Daniel Tallant, adventurer and just too darn sexy for his own good! Her friends: Dusty, the affectionate tipsy Brit, Nell, the dirtymouthed cantina friend, and others along the way. I love this series simply for the character development. I've never felt more in love with Dan, more friendly with Nell, or more outraged at Arab's stupidity.

You follow the girls through history, which makes the novel all the more fascinating! Here, you start at the California Gold Rush, but end up in Hollywood during the movie age in the final book. You'll grow to love these characters, love their natures, and wholeheartedly enjoy this series. I recommend this novel with 5 stars-- and if you've never read it, start today and fall in love with Tamsen and Dan, and all their crazy adventures!

Aola brings you right into the life of three women: Emmeline, Tamson and Arabella, following these women through their triumphs and failures. Tamson, the strong one, helps the other girls and does what she thinks will help them survive the move to the west. If you'd like a book that gets you involved then you'd love this book. And then you Daughters of the Wild Country. You get to follow their lives as they grow up. It's a great series.

Wonderful stories about Tamsen, Emmeline, and Arabella

This book follows Daughter of the South Wind. It continues with the lives of three sisters: Emmeline, Tamson and Arabella. This book deals with their stuggles for love and trust. It also deals with the death of a loved one and the hardship one goes through in dealing with or not dealing with the death. The girls have now entered the gold mining fields and have to learn to survive in a rougher country. A great book for all. Then you can continue on with the lives of these wonderful sisters in Daughters of the Far Islands.

This is the sixth book in the series about the daughters: Emmeline, Tamsen and Arabella. This book does have the story line wrapped around these characters, but we also have two new comes. Melissa, Arab's daughter, makes an appearance as one of the main characters. She has been living in San Francisco with Em and her family since they left Australia. During her stay there she has written a book entitled "the Survivors" detailing the escapades of Em, Tamsen and Arab. This book deals around "the Survivors" book and how these three sisters, who are now in their seventies, are going to deal with their past, as black as it was, being brought into the open. Melissa becomes the main focal point of the entire book. These sisters are either going to hate her or see the book she wrote as a tribute, the way she meant it. Then there is Petra, Em's granddaugther, who comes on the scene. Petra feels her family has deserted her and sent her off to her grandma because they are ashamed that she is half chinese and not the daughter of Peter Chaning, the father she thought he was. Petra runs off to Missie's and then after hearing a conversation, runs off to china town to find "her own people". This book also features Nell, the daughter's beloved adopted mother figure. Nell takes on a whole new life as she adopts a street bum, Maggie. After finding Maggie is expecting a baby she gets Maggie a husband for that baby, Sean. This book will keep you laughing and cry. But even now, as the sisters are growing old, they have a lesson to learn. As you finish your stay at San Francisco you can then journey to France as World War I breaks out and meet a new generation of daughters in Daughters of the Storm.

This is the eighth and final book in the series about three sisters: Emmeline, Tamsen and Arabella. The book starts off with the news that Em has died, which leaves Arabella as the only survivor. Although this book doesn't have the stars of the first six, this new generation does prove to be as interesting and trouble making as the first. I was sad to see the end of this series. It was definately a work of art.

This is the seventh book in the series about the daugters: Emmeline, Tamsen and Arabella. Much has happened in the past 14 years between books. Many of the beloved family has died, some from old age, some from accidents. They can't live forever I guess. The main focus of the book now revolves around a new generation of daughters. There is Liane Wang, Em's great-grandchild; Jo Blaine and Denise Dugal, Arab's grandchildren; and Nora, Nell's adopted granddaughter. The book starts with the girls taking a trip to tour England, thanks to Em's money, with their chaperones, Maggie and Sean Murphy. War breaks out and they have to flee for their lives. Sean gets shot in an atempt to hind from the German soldiers who are hiding out in a farm. Now, still walking to the next town they must also pull Sean in a cart. Due to an infection that Sean gets in his leg, the group gets stuck in Paris until he is better. To pay for their lodging and the expences of Sean's medical treatment all of the girls volunteer as nurses in the hospital. Once Sean is well the whole group is supposed to go stay with Luka, in England, until the war is over. Nora decides to volunteer to go to another hopital and so Jo, Liane and Denise join her. This book deals mainly with the war and the wounded. The girls don't konw what they've gotten themselves into, but they stick it out through even the bloodiest situations. Along the way they find love, but in war time, nothing is guaranteed. This book will hook you in and you'll learn to love these girls as if they were Em, Tamsen and Arab. They may not carry the McLeod name, but they still carry the McLeod spirit, and they can get into just as much trouble as the generation before them. But what would life be without excitement and danger, NOTHING, where this family is concerned. When you've finished your stay in France you can journey back to San Francisco with these new girls in Daughters of the Silver Screen.