The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts is a captivating tale of love, family legacy, and the supernatural. Set against the haunting backdrop of Poole Manor, the story revolves around Sonya MacTavish, who inherits the manor with its dark history.
As Sonya settles in, she becomes entangled in a centuries-old curse tied to the manor’s past, a curse that claims the lives of brides in each generation. Determined to break the curse, Sonya confronts a malevolent spirit, Hester Dobbs, whose power stems from seven rings that hold the key to undoing the dark legacy. The novel combines elements of mystery, romance, and the paranormal, drawing readers into a world where the past refuses to remain buried and the fight for a future free from darkness is a life-or-death struggle. It’s the third and final book in The Lost Bride Trilogy.
Wyoming author C.J. Box told Cowboy State Daily his new book “The Crossroads,” starts off dark: Joe Pickett has been shot in the head and is clinging to life.
The book opens with a hellish scene no Joe Pickett fan wants to imagine. Someone has shot the game warden in the head, leaving him for dead on a remote, dead-end crossroad in nowhere Wyoming. A random passerby finds Pickett, unresponsive, inside a vehicle riddled with bullet holes.
Deputy Frank Carroll calls Pickett’s wife to tell her the bad news.
“It’s Joe’s pickup, Marybeth,” he tells her. “He’s inside.”
There’s a long pause and then he tells her there’s blood.
“A lot of blood,” he says.
That’s the cliffhanger on the book’s jacket, which Box will freely share. From there, however, he is coy about Pickett’s chances for survival.