Review: Inheritance

Inheritance by Nora Roberts
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

4.5 rounded up.

As you can see by the book's synopsis, this is a lost family, a huge odd inheritance, a murder mystery,
possible time travel, (we'll have to see what happens in the next part of the trilogy), a ghost mystery with romance thrown in. Whew! Heck of a sentence!

I loved this book, although it was a bit childish in parts for me. I so wanted to yell to these people to, you know, DON'T GO IN THE BASEMENT!! But no, they wouldn't listen to me, and it's a good thing, or the book wouldn't be the thriller/horror/romance it is.

I do think this book is going to resonate with many readers, but you are going to have to have patience. This book ends on a nail-biting cliffhanger, and so far there is no date for the next book. Crumb buns...

*ARC Supplied by NetGalley, the publisher St. Martin's Press, and the Author.
Release date is November 21, 2023.

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SYNOPSIS "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 it 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…"