Sister Siren Books
— home of the debut novel Moonstone Mountain —
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If you've ever felt the need to escape while still yearning to belong, you're in good company.
Meet Maggie Maudeline – a 28-year-old American expat who thought she had finally achieved her dreams of thriving abroad, nabbing a handsome, dependable man, and finding a new place to call home.
That is, until that handsome, dependable man decided to leave her on a whim for the intern at work.
And unfortunately for Maggie, heartbreak isn’t exactly convenient when your best friends are getting married, your ex is the Best Man, you’re the Maid of Honor, and you’re forced to face him and his new girlfriend in the romantic mountains of Sintra, Portugal.
Sure, she’ll get to party for days on end with her favorite people on the planet. Yeah, she'll get to momentarily escape the drear of London and the memories it holds for the sunshine and natural wine of Lisbon.
But, c’mon. Let’s be honest. Can she really ignore the fact that she’s still in love with him? Can she really forgive him for what he did?
Well, she can try. And also pray that nothing else weird, stressful, and/or spooky happens to her along the way. I mean, surely no random acts of divine intervention could disrupt her super-mature healing process, ultimately flinging her onto some time-bending, mystical journey of heart-wrenching transformation... right?
Riiight. That’s definitely not going to happen....
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Book Description:
If you've ever felt the need to escape while still yearning to belong, you're in good company.
Meet Maggie Maudeline – a 28-year-old American expat who thought she had finally achieved her dreams of thriving abroad, nabbing a handsome, dependable man, and finding a new place to call home.
That is, until that handsome, dependable man decided to leave her on a whim for the intern at work.
And unfortunately for Maggie, heartbreak isn’t exactly convenient when your best friends are getting married, your ex is the Best Man, you’re the Maid of Honor, and you’re forced to face him and his new girlfriend in the romantic mountains of Sintra, Portugal.
Sure, she’ll get to party for days on end with her favorite people on the planet. Yeah, she'll get to momentarily escape the drear of London and the memories it holds for the sunshine and natural wine of Lisbon.
But, c’mon. Let’s be honest. Can she really ignore the fact that she’s still in love with him? Can she really forgive him for what he did?
Well, she can try. And also pray that nothing else weird, stressful, and/or spooky happens to her along the way. I mean, surely no random acts of divine intervention could disrupt her super-mature healing process, ultimately flinging her onto some time-bending, mystical journey of heart-wrenching transformation... right?
Riiight. That’s definitely not going to happen....
At the Moorish Monserrate Palace, hidden deep in the mountains of Sintra, Portugal, Sister Siren uncovered a story seeping through the cracks of time.
She could see it all around her — the lavish parties, the scandals, the Gatsby-esque frivolity.
Despite the palace standing empty for nearly 80 years — and likely devoid of any such parties in over a century — it seemed to her the veil between the past and the present had grown thin on that May day in 2024.
She could sense the ghostly presence of the family that once lived there, the echoes of their music and laughter lingering in every room. Their energy was still thick, as if they were calling out from the faded wallpaper, from beneath the glossy marble floor, from behind the dusty bookcases, and beyond the closed doors.
And the more she wandered the grounds and gardens, the more she needed to know…
what it had really been like at Monserrate Palace, one hundred years ago.
So, she left Lisbon with a vision,
she researched,
and she wrote
of timing and its cost,
of love and loss,
and the power of letting go.
Moonstone Mountain
— a debut novel by Sister Siren —
Inspired by both fact and fiction, real places and imaginations, Moonstone Mountain is an immersive romantasy exploring love and loss, fate and choice — as one woman desperately searches for home in the midst of devastating change.
Meet the Author: Sister Siren
Sister Siren is the pen name for Olivia LeAnn O’Brien, author of Moonstone Mountain. Known for her TikTok presence (@sister.siren) as a professional life coach and content creator, she is now embarking on a new journey, fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a novelist.
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