Inheritance

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Teeming with tragedies across time as it tingles with romance and haunting family secrets, Nora Roberts’ Inheritance — the first book in The Lost Bride Trilogy — ticks a whole lot of boxes for fans of suspenseful family drama fiction, with supernatural elements upping the tension.

The novel opens tantalisingly in 1806, when a bride’s wedding day joy is extinguished in an instant. Skip forward to the present-day, and we meet another soon-to-be-bride, Sonya, whose life is overturned when she catches her philandering fiancé in the act with her cousin: “For the first time in her life, she fully understood the concept of head-spinning”.

Just as she begins to get back on track, with a new freelance career on the horizon, Sonya inherits a Victorian house from an uncle she never knew she had. Turns out, the house isn’t the only thing she’s inherited — it seems “Lost Bride Manor” might be cursed, and Sonya is compelled to solve an centuries-old mystery.

Driven by a determined young woman, and boasting an addictive gothic atmosphere, dedicated Nora Roberts fans will adore this spinetingling series opener.

Reviewed by Joanne Owen
Joanne Owen’s lifelong love of reading and writing began when she was growing up in Pembrokeshire, and very much wished that witches (and Mrs Pepperpot) were real.
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About Inheritance

Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts--a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. 1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him...Graphic designer Sonya MacTavish is stunned to learn that her late father had a twin he never knew about--and that her newly discovered uncle, Collin Poole, has left her almost everything he owned, including a majestic Victorian house on the Maine coast, which the will stipulates she must live in for at least three years. Her engagement recently broken, she sets off to find out why the boys were separated at birth--and why it was all kept secret until a genealogy website brought it to light. Trey, the young lawyer who greets her at the sprawling clifftop manor, notes Sonya's unease--and acknowledges that yes, the place is haunted...but just a little. Sure enough, Sonya finds objects moved and music playing out of nowhere. She sees a painting by her father inexplicably hanging in her deceased uncle's office, and a portrait of a woman named Astrid, whom the lawyer refers to as "the first lost bride." It's becoming clear that Sonya has inherited far more than a house. She has inherited a centuries-old curse, and a puzzle to be solved if there is any hope of breaking it...

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