Inheritance is a wildly heart pounding paranormal suspense that left me breathless from the first sight of Lost Bride Manor. There aren’t enough words to say how absolutely stunning this book is.

The characters are so well developed you feel like you’re a part of the group, included in their confidences, sharing their dreams, and fears.

Sonya inherited the manor house from a long lost uncle. She has no idea what she’s getting into when she agrees to the terms of the will and moves in. She soon discovers there’s much more than meets the eye. She may just be sharing her space with several friendly ghosts as well as one malevolent spirit.

With the help of Cleo her best friend, Trey her new love interest, and her cousin Owen she sets out to discover the whereabouts of seven rings and break the family curse they’re connected to.

There are so many depths to this story, layer upon layer. There is no resolution at the end but it’s left up to the reader’s imagination, at least until book two. Excellent book.

I received an early copy from St. Martin’s Press. This is my honest opinion of the book.

Inheritance has the signature Nora Roberts touch with an extra helping of magic, a heroine searching for answers, and a love interest that is a slow burn with a strong payoff. Sonya finds herself the recipient of an inheritance from an uncle she never knew who was the twin of her father, an added unknown. When the Victorian mansion that comes with money ends up haunted and the demise of not one but seven brides on their wedding day, Son is determined to find out what or who’s behind the murders. She has help from her best friend Cleo and other relatives she meets when she moves to the mansion. A good read that frustrated me BECAUSE it ends on a cliffhanger. Darn…how long before the next installment and (spoiler alert!) I learn what happens to Sonya and her cousin Owen when they step through the mirror?

I found the initial chapters more like backstory unless the fiancé who cheats on Sonya three weeks before their wedding shows up again in some capacity. Of course, his cheating ends the engagement, forces her from a job she loves, and serves as the catalyst for the succeeding action. Still, I wonder if it couldn’t have been woven in rather than enacted scene by scene. No doubt about it. Roberts is a master of her craft and keeps readers pining for the next installment!

This is another wonderful Nora Roberts book with fantasy elements. It is the first book in a trilogy that involves a haunted manor that belonged to an unknown twin brother of Sonya’s father. After a series of unfortunate events, Sonya is ready for a change when she learns that she has inherited the manor along the coast in Maine. She fell in love with the Victorian manor on first site and quickly made some new friends in the cute little town. The story really draws you in and then leaves you sad that you have to wait so long for the next book.

Nora Roberts' latest trilogy is a good old fashioned ghost story. Whenever the spirits living in FMC Sonya's new home make their presence known - some benevolently, some maliciously - the novel sparkles. But the other subplots are dullsville.

Okay, Sonya does catch her fiancé screwing one of her bridesmaids only weeks before the wedding, but she recovers quickly and the rest of her life is perfect. She has a loyal BFF, a supportive mom, and surprise! an uncle she never knew dies and bequeaths her a huge mansion in coastal Maine. Everyone she meets in her new hometown is friendly and welcoming, including the MMC, who represents the third generation of attorneys who worked with her uncle. Their romance proceeds gently and uneventfully; of course the guy is handsome, supportive, brave and thoughtful. Way too much time is spent describing Sonya's graphic design work, BFF Cleo's artwork, her new home's architecture and its interior design. As an example, here's the scintillating conversation the first time the MMC's buddy tours the house:

"Cherrywood, pristine. The wood's a little thirsty. This and the mermaid [statue] need a good buff with paste wax. Don't be using any supermarket spray shit on these pieces. Any of them. You can do the lemon oil, orange oil between, but once, maybe twice a year, you buff with a good paste wax."

Be still, my beating heart! Compare that to Roberts' Year One, where a mysterious plague starts killing off millions of people in the first chapter...I know, not all books need to have the same tempo, but I shouldn't want to skim multiple paragraphs to get to the good stuff.

The final chapters and abrupt cliffhanger ending do ramp up the paranormal eeriness. Maybe the slow start was necessary to set the scene for action-packed books 2 and 3. Hopefully, Roberts can sprinkle her magic storytelling dust and rescue this series from its sluggish beginning.

Uncorrected Digital Galley received from Net Galley in exchange for honest review.

Nora Roberts plunges her readers into a gothic-style romance with a modern edge from page one. We willingly follow Sonya, a graphic designer and web designer who recently suffered a failed romance, into her surprise inheritance and destiny: a haunted house with multi-layered secrets. Also, a BIG bad—a ghost with a significant axe to grind against the family she never knew existed.

You have to love a woman who faces her fears with her best friend by her side, the love of a man who respects and admires her, and beloved dogs that Nora weaves into the tale with humor and heart. I, for one, am not surprised that Roberts' social media has taken a leap in advance of the title, whose heroine is a social media expert. <3 I fully expect Sonya is running things.

Fans of Nora Roberts will not be disappointed with this blend of romance and suspense, with a dash of "ghost story" horror.
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I received a pre-release copy of this work in exchange for an honest review.

I cannot stop thinking about this book. Initially I gave it a four because I have some questions about the way this book is structured because it doesn't really seem to contain a full romantic ARC, so are we having a trilogy where there will be two romances that carry us the whole way through? Or was I meant to be satisfied with where we left this romantic relationship and it will be the side story of the next book? Questions like this aren't necessary for me to have the answers to, but in the initial aftermath, it did affect my rating. And then days and weeks passed and I realized that I've thought about this book basically every single day. All the time. So clearly this book is a five star.

When Nora Roberts wants you to feel the atmosphere of a place, she will absolutely make sure that you do. At first, this book starts out in Boston with Sonya finding out that her fiancé is cheating on her with her cousin. Disrespectful, that one. Anyway, she kicks him out and keeps trucking along at work, despite the fact that they work for the same company, until one day she finds out that she has inherited a house in Maine. A mansion, more specifically. Eventually, turns out the house is haunted. And from there, things just really take off. Roberts builds out a cast of characters that has me so utterly captivated and really, just, didn't ever want to stop listening. This audiobook is really well done, btw. Especially because the beginning is a little slow. But did it stop me from loving it desperately? Nope. And now I need book two. Like immediately.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to preview this novel! This is a classic Nora Roberts novel and I absolutely loved it! I can't wait to see the rest of this series! As always, Nora sucks you in and doesn't let go! This reminded me of some of Nora's earlier bride series, but will definitely capture peoples hearts like her other novels!

DNF. I really liked the premise but the writing did not work for me at all. It wouldn't be fair to the book if I finished reading and gave it a low rating. I've loved Nora's other books (Bride Quartet, Three Sisters Island) but the spark isn't there anymore.

This is book 1 in the new series The Lost Bride. 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…

Years later Sonya MacTavish finds out that her dad had a twin she didn't know about. Even more astonishing is the fact that he left seemingly everything to her. A Victorian home, money, and a curse that she must find a way to break.....

Sonya McTavish is weeks away from getting married when she finds out that her soon-to-be husband and cousin have been having an affair behind her back. She is upset that she has been betrayed by the man she thought she loved, but it was more the money she forked over for the wedding that hurt the most and then having to quit a job that she loves so much because working with her ex is starting to be harmful to her mental health. So, she decides to go it alone and start her own business. When a knock comes to the door and Sonya finds out she has inherited a manor from an uncle she didn’t know in Maine, and she was not aware that her father was twin that had been given away at birth. So, with her mother’s blessing and her best friend she moves up to Maine to check things out. Little did she know that she would be sharing the house....with spirits of the past.

Trey is a handsome young lawyer and the son of the lawyer who came to visit Sonya. He helps her navigate all the house with all its spirits and doors slamming and a mysterious housekeeper...and becomes a very important part of her stay at the Manor. And let’s not forget the music that plays when no one is around to turn it on. There are many mysteries in this house and Sonya is detrained to find out just who and why the brides of the manor were killed and breaking the curse that is upon this manor, because despite all that is going on this house, Sonya is not leaving...

I loved this book from start to finish. Nora Roberts gives us romance, mystery, paranormal, humor and great characters we are going to fall in love with. She gives us great friendships old and new and delights us with a wonderful story. This is a book you are going to want on your TBR list this year.

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's press for allowing me to have a ARC of this book to read and review. I have given my honest thoughts in review for this books.

I love the concept of this book with the house being haunted and the FMC interacting with the spirits that live there, however, this ain't no American Horror Story. The feel of this book is like a Hallmark movie. It's cheesy and the characters seemed pretty one dimensional. I was really hoping to find some spookiness. I believe there are probably many people out here who would love the way this book gave you all the warm fuzzies but it was just not my cup of tea.

Nora Roberts is one of the first authors I truly enjoyed reading. I was thrilled to receive this gifted copy from NetGalley and St Martin's Press!

I don't typically reads books that are part of a series. I prefer standalones, but this is a series you will NEED to check out. I devoured this book. I loved the characters, the history, the way the author perfectly describes every detail of the mansion and what is happening, and the overall plot is addicting.
Because this is a series, this book ends with a cliffhanger. I NEED to know how Sonya's story continues. I highly recommend this book!

I loved this book! This is the first book in the Lost Bride trilogy. Sonya is busy planning her wedding when she comes home early and catches her fiance in bed with one of the bridesmaids...her cousin no less. To make matters worse she works in the same graphic design firm that he does and knows things won't end well.

In the process of resigning and starting to work on her own she finds out she had an uncle she never knew about, it was her late father's twin. They were separated at birth and her father never knew he existed. Her uncle found out too late, but in his death he decided to leave his house (aka manor) to his niece, along with a small portion of their shipbuilding business. With the house, there is a stipulation however. She must live there for three years. All of the expenses that deal with the home will be covered by trust, and her percent in the family business will be more than enough to get her through.

Why the 3 year stipulation with the manor? Well, it is haunted. And, 7 brides have died in one way or another during their stay there. Not only is the manor haunted, but one of the spirits is mean and will do anything to get Sonya out of the house. But, Sonya doesn't scare easily, and the longer she stays the more she falls in love with the manor and the town surrounding it. And, Trey is a little bonus - his firm is handling the will for Sonya and Sonya and Trey notice that there is a spark between them. And, he is more than willing to help her figure out who is haunting the manor, and what their end game is.

The one downfall of this book? It ended on a major cliffhanger.

I haven’t read a Nora Roberts book in maybe 20 years, but when I had a chance to read this latest from her, I jumped at the chance because the description really just sounded like a good book, and it was to be a trilogy. Well. I didn’t expect it to be quite so good, or to leave me on such a cliffhanger that I have no choice but to impatiently wait for the second book in the trilogy. I had forgotten how totally Roberts can draw you in with a carefully woven tale of myth, legend and lore, romance, and mystery. After finding her fiance in bed with her cousin, newly single Sonya is stunned to learn that her late father had a twin brother he never knew about, and that she’s been named his heir. With the caveat that she lives in his remote manor on the Maine coast for three years. A slightly (very) haunted manor named the Lost Bride Manor, after seven wives in the Poole family have lost their lives over the last 200 years. Drawn to the opportunity for a fresh start as much as she is the chance to find out why the twins were separated at birth, Sonya takes up residence in the seemingly empty house. Except she’s not alone, she’s co-existing with the lost brides, who are friendly and downright helpful spirits, and one evil presence determined to drive her away. With help and support from the Poole’s bay community and the Doyle family (especially young lawyer Trey *wink wink*), Sonya is prepared to get to the bottom of her family’s history and set to rights the young brides who lost their lives and loves. If you love tightly-spun tales of suspense, love, family, and the supernatural, or were a big fan of Karen White’s Tradd Street series, the new Lost Bride trilogy is for you!

Nora Roberts is back with another Trilogy!

In Book 1, we meet Sonya MacTavish, a graphic designer who has inherited a majestic home on the coast of Maine from an uncle she never knew she had. What wasn't told to her, is that the mansion is haunted by the Lost Brides; each generation, a women has died within the mansion.

As a fan of Nora Roberts, I understand how her series usually works: in trilogies, three female friends/family end up pairing off with three male friends/family. Each book details their romance along with whatever story surrounds them. The couple declare their love for each other and by the end of their book - they have their happily ever after.

Except this time NR has turned the tables on us. While there is definitely a romance brewing with Sonya and Trent, I can foresee only one other potential couple being paired off. Who will be the third?

And to switch things up even more... Nora has left us with an absolute zinger of a cliffhanger! I don't think any of her other trilogies have ended so abruptly - so much so that I am unsure how I feel about it.

This first book reminds me of the In The Garden and Boonsboro Inn Trilogies, so if you are fans of those two series, you will love this one.

I can't wait for the next book in this series!

Sonya MacTavish thought she had the dream life: engaged, soon to be married, and dream job. It all suddenly crashes when she catches her fiancé is cheating on her. Sonya is in limbo when the unexpected happens an inheritance from her dead uncle her father's twin. Now Sonya is on her way to a life she never expected to have in a haunted manor filled with ghosts. Can Sonya live this dream life? Find out Inheritance.

Wow!!! Nora Roberts did it again!! I have been a big fan for years and she has another winner!! Yeah, this is the first book in a new trilogy, but will capture the reader from the very first page and doesn't let go, not even at the end, Who doesn't like an inheritance to beat all inheritances, a big spooky house with lots of ghosts, bangs and eerie sounds late at night, a treasure hunt and long lost loves? The ending comes with a BIG surprise, but it's only meant to make sure you tune into the next book in this trilogy to learn more. Well worth the read and I wish I could give it more than 5 stars!!! Highly recommend!! Thanks, Nora, for another wonderful tale. Looking forward to reading the rest.

It had been a long time since I had read a Nora Roberts book. I love her style of writing. I was so happy when I found out I was going to be able to read an advance copy. At first I thought this was one of the Inn Boroughs book. The cover looks very similar to that series. It also has the same feel to it. I loved every part of this book.
I highly recommend reading this book.

Nora Roberts is a master storyteller. This book grabs you from the first page until the last word. I could not put it down. The characters, the setting , the story itself is pure magic. Five stars is not enough and I so need the next book!!!

The Lost Bride Trilogy starts off with a great first installment! I was quickly pulled into the story with the introduction of the first bride. It was a very dramatic start that sets the backstory for all of the future brides.

The book switches to a current day perspective in the first chapter with the introduction of our main character, Sonya MacTavish. Sonya's start in this book is definitely difficult but it helps to set up the premise behind the rest of story. Struggling with life events (not to be spoiled), Sonya comes into an unexpected inheritance which includes a house. She quickly moves into the house only to quickly realize that everything isn't as it seems.

Is it her imagination that has objects shifting around or is it something else? How many possible ghosts inhabit this house? Are they all friendly? Maybe, maybe not!

I really enjoyed the supernatural aspects of the book and look forward to reading the next installment, especially since it ended with a bit of a cliff hanger!