Adrian Rizzo was seven when she met her father for the first time. That was the day he nearly killed her – before her mother, Lina, stepped in.
Soon after, Adrian was dropped off at her grandparents’ house in Maryland. There, she spent a long summer drinking lemonade, playing with dogs, making a new best friend and developing the stirrings of a crush on her friend’s ten-year-old brother. Lina, meanwhile, travelled the country promoting her fitness brand and turning it into a billion-dollar business. There was no point in dwelling on the past.
A decade later, Adrian has created her own line of yoga and workout videos, following in Lina’s footsteps but intent on maintaining creative control. And she’s just as cool-headed and ambitious as her mother. They aren’t close, but they’re cordial – as long as neither crosses the other.
But while Lina dismisses the death threats that Adrian starts getting as a routine part of her daughter’s growing celebrity, Adrian can’t help but find the vicious rhymes unsettling. Year after year, they keep arriving – the postmarks changing, but the menacing tone the same.
They continue after she returns to Maryland and becomes reacquainted with Raylan, her childhood crush, all grown up and as gorgeously green-eyed as ever. Sometimes it even seems like the terrifying messages are indeed routine, like nothing will come of them. Until the murders start, and the escalation begins…
Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than two hundred novels. She is both a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK and a number one bestseller in Australia. With over 500 million copies of her books in print, she is indisputably one of the most celebrated and popular living writers, and you could quite literally fill all the bookshops in the world with her novels. BR readers LOVE Nora Roberts, with her last novel, The Awakening, making our 2021 Top 100 list.
Now Roberts is back with Legacy, a powerful new standalone about a mother and a daughter, ambition and romance, and a traumatic past reawakened by a terrifying threat. And what a read this was! Part family drama, part captivating romance, and part suspenseful page-turner – the perfect recipe for a great read.
As always, Roberts’ characters stand front and centre – particularly her protagonist, Adrian. Roberts has a knack for creating strong, fabulous female leads and Adrian is no exception – she’s determined, ambitious, and very successful. It was fascinating to follow her story from childhood through to adulthood.
Thrilling, addictive and brilliantly crafted, Legacy is yet another fantastic standalone from master storyteller Nora Roberts. Do yourself a favour and pop this at the top of your TBR list, it’s the perfect weekend read.
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