Nora Roberts Sign of Seven CD Collection: Blood Brothers, The Hollow, The Pagan Stone

Sign of Seven #1-3

by Nora Roberts, Various (Reader)

Blood Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen. It began when three young boys - Caleb, Fox, and Gage - went on a camping trip to the Pagan Stone. This modern-day legend draws reporter and author Quinn Black to Hawkins Hollow with the hope of making the eerie happening the subject of her new book. It is only February, but Caleb Hawkins, descendent of the town founders, has already seen and felt the stirrings of evil. Cal will need the help of his best friends, but surprisingly he must rely on Quinn as well. The As the dreaded seventh month looms before them, Caleb, Fox, and Gage can feel the storm brewing. But this year, they are better prepared, joined in their battle by three women who have come to The Hollow. Since that day at The Pagan Stone, town lawyer Fox has been able to see into others’ minds, a talent he shares with Layla. He must earn her trust, because their link will help fight the darkness that threatens to engulf the town. The Pagan Though Gage and Cybil share the gift of seeing the future, that’s all they share. But Gage knows that a woman like Cybil — with her brains and strength and devastating beauty — can only bring him luck. Good or bad has yet to be determined — and could mean the difference between absolute destruction or an end to the nightmare for Hawkins Hollow.

Genres: Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary

Audio CD

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 novels, including Hideaway, Under Currents, Come Sundown, The Awakening, Legacy, and coming in November 2021 -- The Becoming -- the second book in The Dragon Heart Legacy. She is also the author of the futuristic suspense In Death series written under the pen name J.D. Robb. There are more than 500 million copies of her books in print.

Reviews

[Shawna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reread July'2022

5+ stars - Horror/Paranormal Romance

This is one of my all-time favorite Nora Roberts series/trilogies. It's like Nora decided to write a creepy Stephen King horror story with romance, and it works.

Original rating/review

5 stars - Horror/Paranormal Romance

I loved this trilogy! It completely consumed me for five days! It was fantastically dark, eerie, creepy, and scary and had me turning on lights and jumping at every little noise in my house! I loved all three couples, and the romance between Gage and Cybil in The Pagan Stone was my favorite of the series.

[☆.。.:*・°☆Love2Read♡HEAs☆.。.:*・°☆ {Anne} · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 "Light Conquers Darkness" Stars

This is one of my Top 10 Favorite Series. It was phenomenal!

Read my reviews under the individual books, 01 - 03. I couldn't fathom to type all of that again, sorry.

If you enjoy reading Paranormal, Teamwork, Suspense, Romance, Action, Historical, Horror, Violence, Sexy & Protective Heroes, Medium Steam, Strong, kickass Heroines and last but certainly not least, Nora Robert's brilliant writing ability to spin one hell of a tale...then you gotta read this series. It will grab you from page 01.

Happy Reading!

[Suze · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are so good! They are like an old fashioned horror movie. These days they have much better special effects, but somehow these older films are scarier. This story has that terrifying atmosphere. I loved the connection between the six main characters and how piece by piece the solution revealed itself. I could totally picture the town, the people, the houses, etc. It was very real. Something that could have happened. These books are gripping page turners with a very well executed story. I'm not going to say more about it as I don't want to spoil anything, but I think you should read these books.

[Habiba · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic!! lively characters, an engaging plot, a true page truner with a heart of gold.

[Tammie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kept me on my toes great trilogy thanks Nora!!

[Christina Todd · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not a huge Nora Roberts fan but I do adore this trilogy. Supernatural, a little scary, a little gore, a lot of erotic lustful sex. Perfect.

[Ditchthebun · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall I really enjoyed this trilogy, I loved the mix of fantasy, thriller, romance etc. One thing I believe is that Nora Roberts is either an amazing researcher and should possibly have also been a librarian or she is just extremely knowledgeable about a tonne of topics. Generally speaking the trilogy was awesome. I loved the character of Cybil, she was my favourite – being a researcher are you really surprised I identified with the character of the same profession?

I actually really liked that the story initially starts with 3 male protagonists. It’s not often that seems to happen in books like this so it was nice to see. I loved the grandma character of Elsie, one weird thing I noticed was that in the first book she was 97 and in the second she was referred to as 93… apparently the Grandma is Benjamin Button… who knew? hahaha. Sorry for nitpicking, I can’t help it.

Whilst it was an easy read it dealt with some intense things at times. I kind of liked that it made me uncomfortable, most writers would stop before writing about taboos like rape (don’t worry this isn’t much of a spoiler). To me the fact that this writer didn’t shy away from writing about the kind of things that would in reality happen if the situation could happen in reality shows some balls. Kudos.

The only other thing that bothered me is the epilogue at the end of the series. I felt there either needed to be a second epilogue or that the first one should have been written differently. There were three things in particular I wanted to know about. If I write about what they are though it would be a HUGE plot spoiler so I seriously can’t.

All in all I would definitely recommend reading this series if you are into supernatural thrillers/romances. The details are great and the characters are well developed. Each of the 6 (yes, 6) main characters are well fleshed out and I like the details about their families and the town.

[SN the Viking · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is one of the best series by Nora Roberts.
I think maybe it is time for a re-read of it soon.

[Pamela · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little bit of horror, some paranormal and love. It is about saving people in a town, and ends up saving them all from an old curse. One of my favorite reads. Re read. 5.

[Barbara "Cookie" Serfaty Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nora Roberts the Sign of Seven Trilogy

On their Tenth birthday Caleb, Fox, and Gage become blood brothers and open up an ancient evil. Now every sever years the Hollow is over run with evil. Blood Brothers - the Of evil story of Caleb and Quinn. The beginning of evil and the six meets. The Hollow - the love story of Fox and Layla. They learn of their connection and how they could destroy the evil. The Pagan Stone - the love story of Gage and Cybil. All three ladies are now pregnant. The end is near, who will win? Great story.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

For Fox, Caleb, Gage, and the other residents of Hawkins Hollow, the number seven portends doom—ever since, as boys, they freed a demon trapped for centuries when their blood spilled upon the Pagan Stone . . .

Their innocent bonding ritual led to seven days of madness, every seven years. And now, as the dreaded seventh month looms before them, the men can feel the storm brewing. Already they are plagued by visions of death and destruction. But this year they are better prepared, joined in their battle by three women who have come to the Hollow. Layla, Quinn, and Cybil are somehow connected to the demon, just as the men are connected to the force that trapped it.



Blood Brothers ⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Hollow⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Pagan Stone ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Marsha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my usual style, but it was a good read. I have now read all 3 books of the series, and other than the fact that there is way too much romance and sex in them for me, and the fact that she plays games with reality, they were still somewhat enjoyable. There was a solid story, and the books followed a line of reasoning. And there weren't loose ends left, the existence of which I find extremely annoying. A little bit of suspension of disbelief, and of enjoying the “woo-woo" of the supernatural is required. The books are good, but they really need to be read in order (Blood Brothers, The Hollow, The Pagan Stone)!

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this series. I could not read it fast enough. It was recommened by my boss, Eva who lend me the books. I remember specifically when I started reading it, I was a little hesitate of how I would like it because, I never read of Nora Robert books. It was a Sunday morning where instead of turning the TV on and having my coffee, I opened the pages to the world of Caleb, Fox and Gage; I basiaclly read the first book that day. It had a little bit of everything from relationships between old friends, new friends to family, loss, sadness, happiness, love, lust, thrill, scary and spenseful.

[The Book Junkie Reads . . . · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have to admit that through the first few chapters I was losing my interest. But then things began to progress. I will completed the remainder of this series in the next day or two. The threesome romance is something that will unfold over the course of all the books with a more focus on each in a separate book.

I loved it for the funny, adventure, intrigue, mystery, history, and richness that it brings to the table. Roberts did a good job of activating my mind and intertwining myth and history of the new world witch hunts

[L.A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best of multiple genres

The Seven trilogy is the best of fantasy, magic, horror and romance! I love tales of the paranormal and I cannot resist a great romance and this series provides three! The female characters- Quinn, Layla and Cybil - are just as strong as their make counterparts, Cal, Fox and Gage. All three books help form a strong story that culminates in an explosive conclusion.

[Molly Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite Nora Roberts trilogies. I love the characters and the plot line. She carries the story arc through all three books beautifully. This is actually my 2nd time reading through the trilogy. I just felt like I needed to revisit my favorites. Just reading them again made me ridiculously happy.

[Joyann Ventura · Rating 4 out of 5]

How wil I rate this without being biased? Signsv of seven #1 is one of my Nora's first acquired books. I love it not only because of the romance which is expected of her, but because this is a good story to narrate about good and bad, love and loyalty. So, I believed after reading this and some of her works, I convinced my self that I'm a Nora Roberts' sucker :)

[Natasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished all three books in the trilogy. What I like about Nora Roberts is that her books always have strong female characters. Not just the lead women, but also all supporting characters. This trilogy was heavy on the demonology and magic, so if you like that, you will probably enjoy this trilogy. It was just what I needed these past few weeks. Thanks for the recommendation, Mirjam!

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nora Robert's trilogies are always good (depending on your expectations) and this one is just as satisfying as all the others.

[Summer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good trilogy! Predictable by the end of book 1 but I enjoyed them all the same! Fun, interesting, and likable characters you really root for.

[Susie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this series. listened to audio version.

[Kim hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love all three. It sucks you in and you can't put it down till the end. Love the fact that she went back and forth from past to present to give the readers an idea of what happen.

[Sanjana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nora, from what Google tells me, is a renowned romance author. But my God, if the Sign of Seven trilogy was to be considered a romantic series, I'm a duck.
Effortlessly combining fantasy, suspense and romance together, Nora Roberts has created nothing short of bestsellers with these books. If any book (/trilogy) deserves four stars, this be that. And honestly, I'm itching to give the Sign of Seven trilogy a five. But something keeps me from it.
For starters, it must be mentioned that I read this entire trilogy by borrowing the books in question from a library. And I'm a hideously lazy person, who wouldn't do that - who would rather get the e-book versions of them - unless she was REALLY blown away by it all. I'm writing this a little bit after I've finished reading the books, so speaking in hindsight, I guess I really was.
These are the only books of Nora Roberts that I've ever read, and considering that they had supernatural intonations throughout, it vaguely makes sense that I was somehow paralleling her and Stephen King through the read. And it was a pretty accurate comparison, but for the fact that *hold your breath and curse me not* I just might choose Roberts over King. If King is the king of horror, Roberts is the queen of intrigue.
The story of the trilogy is pretty simple enough. Like I've mentioned before, there're spoilers scattered all over this blog, so if you're against them, don't read any further.
Its about an ancient curse...of sorts, which was quelled a long time ago by a certain Guardian. Much after, three over-inquisitive boys camp at the sight of horror - a clearing in the woods with a Pagan Stone that holds secrets beyond what they can even imagine; and the eye of the deadly curse - on the night of their tenth birthday. Then, by complete accident, what the three boys intended as a sign of their unrelenting friendship and brotherhood, turns into a huge mistake and they unleash the curse again on their beloved Hawkins Hollow. Since then, every seven years, in the seventh month of the year (yes, July - stop glancing at your knuckles), a terrible fate descends on the sleepy town and wrecks complete havoc.
Fast forward twenty-one years, and the first book, the Blood Brothers begins. This book mainly focuses on the story of Caleb Hawkins, the descendant of the founders of the Hollow, and Quinn Black, a writer who visits the Hollow to write about its dark secrets. This book also gives enough of an insight into the other characters who play a huge role in the main story that will slowly unfold: Fox O'Dell, Gage Turner, Layla Darnell and hints at the development of the character of Cybil Kinski.
Just as you're easing into the lulling, although anything-but-normal life of Cal and Quinn, the book comes to a rather jarring end and you're thrown into book two, The Hollow, where the limelight now falls on Fox O'Dell and Layla. That was when I had an "aha!" moment, as I realised that each book is going to obviously have a shift in the importance of the protagonists, and it was initially disappointing. However, by the end of the series, you come to realise just how important and not so bad it was. The third book is -duh- about Gage and Cybil and the ultimate end to the huge turmoil in this poor, poor town.
What makes the story better, is that each of the six protagonists have special powers which not only help them in their fight against evil, but also rightly brings them together - with each other and with their partner - and helps each of them play by their combined strength. Another aspect is the rather astounding way that Nora plays with gory details and makes them not-so-gory, but holds the chills right where they should be. She hasn't toned it down with her villain, and the demon behaves just as ruthlessly as a demon is expected to, all through the books.
Despite the initial misgivings and the rather obvious romantic developments, the trilogy does indeed serve to be a refreshing read and blows your mind, really. Yes, there are rather abrupt endings, pretty cliched background stories for the protags, hard-to-ignore clues hinting at future developments (which kind of spoils the story a tiiiiiiny bit) and lots of frustrating repetitions, not to mention the lead characters being unsure of their decisions almost throughout. But, in the end, you - or I - realise that it was quite necessary to make the characters that way, and they become that much more real, because of just that.
In all, the entire series is beyond intriguing and really worth the read. If you're somebody who's hesitant about the paranormal, fantasy genre, you just might need this to convince of you their niceness. Be smart and don't let this slip by.

[Brigitte Alouqua · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cette intégrale regroupe donc les trois parutions initiales de la saga.
N’ayant jamais été déçue par les parutions de Nora Roberts, je me suis lancée en totale confiance avec celle-ci. Et franchement, je me suis régalée, heureusement vu le nombre de pages, si cela n’avait pas été le cas, je me serais un peu ennuyée à devoir le lire jusqu’au bout. Que ce soit en thriller, en romance, ou comme ici avec le genre fantastique, Nora Roberts fait indéniablement de mon top auteurs tout styles confondus. Peu importe le genre, pour moi, elle excelle, tout simplement. C’est vrai que l’on ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde, et que j’ai vu quelques avis tirant vers le négatif sur le net. Pourtant, j’ai trouvé que du début à la fin, rien n’était linéaire, l’auteure instaure un certain rythme et le maintien.
Quant aux personnages, c’est certain que l’on ne peut s’attacher à tout le monde, moi non plus d’ailleurs. Ici, c’est certain que je n’ai pas pu m’attacher à tous, mais je les ai au moins apprécié, à divers niveaux. Par contre, c’est vrai également que certains sont de véritables têtes à claques, et ceux-là, j’ai adoré les détester jusqu’au bout.
Le concept d’un démon revenant toutes les X années, m’a fait penser à la sage Jeepers Creepers. Le point commun s’arrête au concept de revenir toutes les X années, car pour le reste nous ne sommes pas du tout dans le même contexte.
La première partie, qui représente le premier tome de la trilogie, pose clairement les bases de la suite. La deuxième est clairement celle que j’ai préférée, nous sommes dans la continuité mais j’ai trouvé que le rythme était plus soutenu, plus addictif, parfois même avec des moments de profonde réflexions. Quant à la troisième partie, c’est forcément l’aboutissement, la conclusion, celle où les questions que l’on se pose tout au long de notre lecture, trouvent enfin leurs réponses, bien souvent très différentes des idées que j’avais, des intuitions qui m’ont traversées l’esprit.
En résumé, je dirais que Le cycle des sept est une histoire à l’univers cohérent et relativement riche, je n’ai eu aucunes difficultés à m’immerger et à m’y sentir assez à l’aise, à me le représenter. En ce qui concerne les personnages, j’en ai aimé, j’en ai adoré, j’en ai détesté, mais chacun d’eux a réussi à se faire une place dans mon cœur, car oui, forcément avec un livre de 1000 pages, j’ai eu largement le temps de les connaître, de les comprendre, de les cerner. Je trouve d’ailleurs que le travail de l’auteure sur eux est très complet, tant sur les personnalités que sur le psychologique qui est assez approfondi sur la plupart d’entre eux.
Vous allez certainement penser que j’en dis peu finalement sur un joli pavé de 1000 pages, je vous répondrai que c’est le genre de livre sur lequel il vaut mieux se faire son propre avis, parce que au final, nous ressentons tous une histoire tellement différemment. Lorsque j’ai lu les avis sur Amazon, je ne vous cache pas que je ne comprend pas la plupart d’entre eux, ceux qui donnent à peine 3 étoiles, mais là encore, chacun de nous a des besoins différents avec un livre.
Rien ne vous empêche de ne pas prendre un aperçu sur Amazon et de vous faire votre propre idée sur ce que vous lirez. Pour cela il suffit d’aller sur la version Kindle et dans la partie de droite il y a une case « Envoyer un échantillon gratuit ». Là vous saurez si vous avez envie ou pas de vous lancer.
Pour ma part, bien que je n’avais pas trop de doute, j’ai passé un excellent moment grâce à Nora Roberts et je vous recommande cette intégrale sans hésiter.

[Jessica Handley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Really Good Trip

I’ve been on a Nora Roberts kick for the past week, or more, reading a bunch of her magickal trilogies, and enjoying every single one of them. There are things they share, but just enough differences, some more, some less, to make them interesting in their own rights.

This trilogy was one of the more different, in a really good way. Each book flowed directly into the next, so that they HAD to be read in order. I actually prefer them that way. This trilogy was actually more of one long book, cut into 3, so I really appreciated that it was packaged that way. It was nice to go from one to the next, with just the turn of a page. There was a great deal of intensity in this long book, and by being able to read it straight through, it kept it up.

Once again, this had great characters, a neat setting, a great plot that had you jumping back and forth across time, and, most importantly, the love and magic that makes Nora Roberts stories so powerful. Her gift of making you care about her characters is on full display here, so be prepared for some laughter and tears, of heartbreak and joy, along with the perfect ending.

I REALLY enjoyed reading this trilogy! It wasn’t my first time, and it won’t be my last. That’s one of the ways I decide how good a book, or, in this case, a trilogy is, is when I’ve read it before, and I enjoy it as much or more, each time I read it again. For me, this trilogy will always be worth reading again. It’s like getting together with a friend you haven’t seen in a while, and spending a couple of enjoyable days together. I very much recommend this trilogy, and hope you enjoy it as much as I have. It’ll definitely be worth your time!

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am rating this series at once because I whipped through all three books so quickly. Every seven years, beginning on July 7th, the small Maryland town of Hawkins Hollow destroys itself. People kill each other and themselves and crimes spike. Three men, Caleb, Fox, and Gage, all born within minutes of each other on July 7, are descended from 17th century Hawkins Hollow residents accused of witchcraft. They then meet three women, Quinn, Layla, and Cybil, who although not from Hawkins Hollow, are drawn there due to their also being related to the 17th century crew. Working together, the six must attempt to put an end to the “seven.”

This was a really addictive series, although this usually isn’t my choice of genre. There was a lot of sex, which I felt was super predictable and a bit over the top, and a lot of unanswered questions at the end of the book. I like Nora Roberts’ current trilogy, Year One, which falls along similar lines, better, but ultimately I’m glad I stuck this one out since I wasn’t sure I could at first.

[Jack Vasen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another series where you won't get any closure with just one of the books - the whole series is one story.

The story is good, but I didn't think it was a page turner because parts of it were a little too drawn out. I think there was a little too much emphasis on the research. The Tarot readings were confusing to me, but that is probably just me.

I really didn't feel like any of the characters were described well enough to draw me completely in, but I liked Layla best of the ladies and Fox of the men, despite that he was a lawyer. But he wasn't the typical TV lawyer. He seemed to help people. Quinn was a close second. I didn't care for Cybil and Gage at all and I really didn't buy into what went on between them.

The series had plenty of paranormal or fantasy violence and death. As in most Roberts books, there was plenty of explicit sex. There was also more than one rape.

[Julie Hagman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been exclusively reading Nora Roberts novels for about a year now and have loved every one of them. There are so many to choose from!!
I especially loved this trilogy which I just finished. It's amazing to me that I can finish a trilogy in less than the allotted 21 days but that is how good this story line of these 3 books were. It's a great read with 3 guys who have know each other all their lives, stumbled upon demon when they were only 10 and end up having had to deal with it every 7 years in their town. Eventually, 3 young women come to town for reasons they don't understand but they form a relationship in more ways than one and try to remove the demon that has a hold over the quaint town and people that live in it.
This is a great read and I highly recommend them, if you love Nora Roberts books, you'll love this story.

[Cynthia Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHAT A READ

From book to three, this gives you a story of demons,humans, ghosts, and so much more.
Right from the beginning, these books take you on a read you won't want to miss. From the time they were 10, Cal, Fox, and Gage have fought an evil in their town on the 7th day of the 7th month every 7 years. Now older and looking to end this once and for all in come three women Quinn, Layla, and Cybil. Will they be able to come together to fight the big bad and finally stop it? Will it destroy them all and the town and the people? Read and find out. This book gives everything, emotions, action, twist, turns, laugh out loud moments, and some breakdown and cry ones. It's a truly amazing read, and I can't wait to read more this author.

[Brooke Anne Petrucelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Escapism and motivation?

I read the trilogies from Nora Roberts for that sweet escape from daily stress. The books always are excellent for a good vs evil story rapped in a perfect package. But I always get a boost of motivation to do something positive. The female characters make me feel empowered. The three women in these books are funny, smart, and always evolving. They have such great relationships with each other. I love that they researched and graphed and color coded their information. I suddenly find myself finding ways to improve little things in my life. Not bad for a fun book.