The Seven Rings - Nora Roberts

The Seven Rings

By Nora Roberts

  • Release Date: 2025-11-18
  • Genre: Romantic Suspense
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 115 Ratings

Description

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author Nora Roberts concludes her compelling Lost Bride trilogy as two women—one dead, one alive—prepare for a terrifying final showdown…

Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in that house—a manor that has been cursed for generations. Within its walls, she has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings. And now, to break the curse and banish a malevolent spirit once and for all, a difficult task must be completed.

After Sonya, her boyfriend, Trey, and their friends are forced to hear, see—and feel—the suffering of the house’s many ghosts as their torment is reenacted by the evil presence, their bond only strengthens and their anger is renewed. Refusing to let her spirit be broken, Sonya searches each room for clues to her ancestors’ hidden story, putting the picture together, unearthing small treasures, and uncovering the moments of joy that existed among the sorrows. She’s determined to bring light to this haunted place—to fill it with people, with life and hope, once again.

But the enemy in the black dress continues to hover, to come at her in frightening forms. They may be illusions—but illusions can be powerful enough to wound and kill. She feeds on fear, and lies are her weapon. This dark-hearted witch wants to be mistress of Poole Manor, at any cost. And Sonya will need to fight a battle across two realms to finally take possession of the house on the clifftop—and of her own future…

Reviews

  • Same ‘Ol Recipe

    1
    By Justambie
    I don’t know what happened to Nora Roberts and her romance novels. Once upon a time they were my absolute favorite. I mean, who did not love the “Born In” series? Each book about a very different couple with their own complexities and personality. However, her romance novels have ceased to be romantic. It used to be that under Nora Roberts she would write romance novels and under JD Robb she would write her non-romance fiction. At some point, there was a shift where these books under Nora Roberts became all about good versus evil with a very strong supernatural twist, particularly anything in a multi-part series. You can still find a decent book from her as long as it’s not part of a series. But once the series component comes into play, the recipe remains the same: non-offensive main character has some kind of life-changing event. The life-changing event not only changes their life, but also ushers in some sort of malignant supernatural force. And just for giggles a romantic interest enters, but there’s no complexity to how that relationship is developed. There’s no real dance between the characters. Next thing you know there is a limited band of friends, all uniting against some supernatural evil. And it gets worse. The rest of the book is completely absorbed with haphazard planning meetings on how to deal with this supernatural force interspersed with mediocre intimate scenes. Everything is theory none of it is proven out. Just a handful of ah-ha moments where the characters introduce a theory and then everyone else takes it up like it’s the emperor’s new clothes and oh my God, isn’t it wonderful? When in reality there’s nothing there. The plan to defeat this supernatural nemesis has all the sophistication of a pack of grade school children making up scenarios to defeat a great evil. I think I’ve probably read at least half a dozen of her series that follow this exact same recipe. Because I was such a great fan years ago I keep hoping when I pick up a new book of hers that it’s going to give me all the fields like I got from The Gallaghers of Ardmore series. But she just doesn’t right that way anymore, if she’s the one writing them at all. I’ll probably get suckered into reading a few more of her books, but without a course correction I’m just about at the end. It’s really disappointing because again at one time she was a favorite author.
  • The Seven Rings

    5
    By Kona O'Reilly
    A great book and a great series! She always delivers.