Inheritance: The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 1

Nora Roberts

Nov 2023 · The Lost Bride Trilogy Book 1 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Nora Roberts and Brittany Pressley

About this audiobook

This program features an author's note read by Nora Roberts, sharing her inspiration for The Lost Bride Trilogy and the incredible personal history behind these stories.

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...

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Ratings and reviews

Extremely boring. Characters/story are unrealistic and lack depth. Most of the book is the main character's day to day life (her house is perfect, her dog is perfect, everything she does is perfect. Even the ghosts haunting her are boringly perfect). Lots of filler with not much happening. No real ending.

I was captivated! This book just sucks you right in. I can't wait for part 2 to come out!

This book is amazing. I cannot wait for the second and third books.

About the author

NORA ROBERTS is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 230 novels, including Inheritance, Identity, Nightwork, The Chronicles of The One trilogy, The Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy, and many more. She is also the author of the bestselling In Death series written under the pen name J. D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.