#thelostbridetrilogy

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The Seven Rings (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #3) by Nora Roberts

Pub date - 11/18/25

What I loved best about this series was the friendships, otherwise this book was a lot of ‘let’s look for furniture and portraits’, “what Cleo and Sonya are working on’, and ‘here’s what we’re making for dinner tonight’ (in some ways, reading this was exhausting, because I don’t understand how Cleo can work all day long and still have find the high in cooking a few courses for dinner).

I found these asides clogged the story so much that it made for a weaker closing novel of the trilogy.

*For sensitive readers, some of the paranormal activity here includes a pet attack and suggested suicide.

*I loved the mention of M83 (one of my favorites)

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the DRC

The Seven Rings (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #3) by Nora Roberts

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The Mirror (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #2) by Nora Roberts 

US pub date - 11/19/24

After being completely enthralled by the first book, I was thrilled to be invited to read an advance copy of the second book of this trilogy. 

Nora Roberts is an auto-buy author for me, and I read this one slowly, trying to savor the story; it picks up right where Inheritance left off and kept my attention throughout. 

Very enjoyable second title for the trilogy and I’m absolutely looking forward to the final title 🙂

I was fortunate enough to receive an ALC as well and though Brittany Pressley’s narration took a little while for me to get used to her performance certainly adds to the story. 

Recommended!

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the DRC

The Mirror (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #2) by Nora Roberts

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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.