Inheritance by Nora Roberts

Hello everyone.  I hope you are having a great day.

Did I ever tell you that I am an heiress?  I inherited a fair amount of money, far more than small countries are worth.  Five large homes all over the world, which I hardly ever visit.  I hear the butler I employee at my Paris home is very good, although I've never met him.  Then there are the yachts.  Two to be exact, complete with crew.  It seemed like overkill, so I rent one out for that TV show Below Deck.  Yep, life is grand.  Believe me?  I'm usually telling you to stop laughing, but now I am the one giggling.  The only thing I ever inherited is a rocking chair and some pretty pronounced arthritis in my thumbs.  Can you guess what the book I just read is about and that I had nothing to relate to?  Pretty obvious huh?  Oh well, my pretend wealth was fun for the 10 seconds I had it.

I recently read Inheritance by Nora Roberts. This is the story of a young woman, Sonya, who has lost her dad.  She finds out her dad had a twin that he never knew about.  Her newfound Uncle has also passed away and despite not knowing her, has made Sonya his benefactor.  Not only does she get a boatload of money, but a stunning cliff top manor house.  One problem, it is haunted.  For her to get to keep her inheritance she must live the next three years in the house.  Since the manor is a long-time family home, it seems reasonable that most of the ghosts are her relatives.  Naturally she starts researching her extensive family tree.  It becomes obvious that the house carries a secret.  There is a curse in the form of an evil woman that after death, has become an evil long-term resident.  As Sonya meets the town population and becomes more settled, she realizes she must resolve this issue from the past to have a pleasant future.

This is exactly what you expect from Nora Roberts, a solid, well written story. I admit that it seemed a bit too long for me, but perhaps not.  This is the first of a trilogy, so she does a great job on introducing you to the town and people in it.  Hopefully, this setup will pay off in the next two volumes.  The haunting is well done, and is interesting without the cheap trick of gore, or becoming campy.  While it took me a bit to get into this story, for reasons unknown, I look forward to the next installment.

Many thanks to NetGalley and, the always generous, St. Martin's Press.