Janet Dailey is always a great read.
An enthralling story of passion. intrigue. and hidden secrets in the wine country of the Napa Valley in CA.
Great plot and contemporary setting.
Kelly Douglas (realy Lizzie Dougherty) grew up in Napa Valley and ran away from her drunken, mean father. She became a broadcaster and when she returned to her home town there was a murder and her father was accused. She got him an attorney and proved he didn't do it. She dropped him back at home with a bag of groceries and left. She fell in love with the grandson of a matriarch at the famous Rutledge Estate Winery, Sam. She also took over her father's vinyard to keep a roof over his head and earn a profit.
ANNOTATION
From the lush vineyards of California's Napa Valley to the glittering city lights of New York, this is the enthralling story of a glamorous news anchorwoman and a rugged vintner caught up in a turbulent web of passion, intrigue, and long-buried secret. A New York Times and national bestseller, from the author of Aspen Gold and Masquerade.
I loved this! A lot of her books I have trouble with but I believe this was one of her best.
This 3 hour audio tape finds a famous news anchor being given an assignment back in her hometown. When someone is murdered at the winery she is covering, she must look to her past to find the answers.
KELLY DOUGLAS, THE HOST OF A NEW PRIME-TIME MAGAZINE SHOW, IS ON THE BRINK OF ACHIEVING HER LIFELONG DREAM OF BECOMING A NIGHTLY NEWS ANCHOR. A MODERN-DAY CINDERELLA STORY, KELLY HAS OVERCOME AN UNHAPPY CHILDHOOD IN RURAL NAPA VALLEY, LEAVING HER ABUSIVE ALCOHOLIC FATHER, AND TRANSFORMED HERSELF FROM "FOUR-EYED AND FAT" LIZZIE DOUGHERTY INTO CHIC AND SUCCESSFUL KELLY DOUGLAS.
ASSIGNED TO DO A FEATURE STORY ON NAPA VALEY, SHE BECOMES ENTANGLED IN THE LIVES OF KATHERINE RUTLEDGE, THE MATRIARCH OF THE FAMOUS RUTLEDGE ESTATE WINERY AND HER GRANDSON, VINTNER SAM RUTLEDGE. WHEN A MURDER OF THE RUTLEDGE ESTATE WINERY IS LINKED TO KELLY'S FATHER, SHE IS FORCED TO CONFRONT THE PAST SHE HAS FOR SO LONG TRIED TO HIDE. AMID THE TURMOIL, KELLY AND SAM DISCOVER PASSION AND LOVE. WILL KELLY JEOPARDIZE HER PROMISING NEW LIFE AND CAREER, OR RISK LOSING THE ONE MAN SHE LOVES IN ORDER TO PROTECT HER SECRET PAST?
