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...
