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Book Review of Tangled Vines

Tangled  Vines
Tangled Vines
Author: Janet Dailey
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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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?