The Mirror by Nora Roberts (2024 fiction)

This is the second book in the “Lost Bride Trilogy.” The first book,The Inheritance, was released about a year ago. Starting at the beginning, Sonya MacTavish inherits a mansion in Maine from an uncle she did not know she had. There is a condition to the inheritance that requires her to spend a certain amount of time in the house, a murder scene for seven family brides. Having broken her engagement and left her job in Boston at the same time, she decides to move in and discovers she is living with many benevolent spirits and one angry ghost. Thus far in the series, Sonya has started her own business. Her best friend has moved in with her, and being a Nora Roberts book, each is in a successful relationship. Sonya discovers she has a wonderful family she didn’t know existed. She has also discovered a “magic mirror” that gives her access to the past. The fly in the ointment is Hester Dobbs, the angry ghost who has caused the deaths of the seven brides and stolen their wedding rings. If Sonya can get the rings back, Hester will be gone. Yes, there is a lot of the supernatural in this series, but I am finding it to be reasonably realistic and a darn good ghost story. I do recommend reading The Inheritance first. And now I am impatiently waiting for the third book to come out.

Reviewed by Ginger Russell