Throwback Thursday: Days of Wine and Rosés

 

So one of the perks of writing multiple books (and/or multiple series) is that it gives you the opportunity to revisit themes, relationships, or settings that you explored in earlier books. It's not so different from artists returning again and again to the same subjects or locations.  

In the case of the book I'm currently working on, Que Será, Syrah, the main topic that I'm revisiting is wine country. 

This is not my first wine rodeo. In the Oberon series, the Lupa e Cervo winery was featured in several books, most notably the fifth book in the series, Touch of a Vanished Hand. 

Touch Of A Vanished Hand

Oberon Book 5.0

 

Sinead Quinn has always been something of a drifter.   But now, with her ex-husband trying to blackmail her, and her ex-boyfriend's widow trying to put her in jail, she has no choice but to go to ground.  What better place to hide than with your family?   After all, what are sisters for?  Especially when you're a twin.

 But the first rule of hiding out, is to keep a low profile.  And that does not mean kissing your sister's boyfriend (even if he can't tell the two of you apart); rescuing a troubled teen; or taking a highly visible job as hostess of Oberon's most celebrated new inn.

 Adam Sasso has always dreamed big.  But big dreams beget big complications.  First, his goal to turn the vineyard he inherited from his grandfather into a world-class winery is threatened by a mysterious saboteur. Next, his plan to run the finest bed & breakfast Oberon has ever seen, is broadsided by a hostess who wants to run him.  Finally, it seems his fondest wish, of finding love-everlasting with the soul mate of his dreams, is about to go up in smoke when he can't convince her that they're destined to be together.

 This summer, it's going to take all the wizardry in Oberon to craft a happy ending for the drifter and the dreamer.

https://books2read.com/TouchHand

The next winery-related project I was involved in was a parody I co-wrote as part of the Nine Naughty Novelists. The Zillionaire Vampire Cowboy's Secret Werewolf Babies was possibly the most fun thing I've ever done as an author. 

You can read more about it here: https://ninenaughtynovelists.blogspot.com/2010/09/welcome-to-bloodsuck.html

Or download a copy here: https://claims.prolificworks.com/free/ftvgSbGg

BUT...they say the third times the charm, and that may well be true. The Pour Decisions series is a group project that has reunited one third of the Nine Naughty Novelists--authors Kat Davies, Kelly Jamieson, and me. And that's another reason to download ZVCSWB. Just sayin'. 

Kelly and I first came up with the idea while on an idyllic trip to Calistoga, CA. But the project has been YEARS in the making. 

Speaking of which, Kelly also has a winery-set book on her backlist:

You Really Got Me

There will be pain…but only if she asks nicely.

Kendall Vioget fell hard for Police Chief Jason Holloway, until the best sex of her life became something more, something she wasn’t ready for. Afraid of what he asked of her, afraid of her own desires, she walked away.

Now her brother’s fiancée has gone missing a week before the wedding, bringing Jason back into her life. She needs his help, but her body is losing the battle to resist the hunger to satisfy the dark cravings he can set free. 

Jason knows what she needs, and when her increasing submission banishes the self-doubts he’s been carrying around, he realizes a perfect match like this comes along only once in a lifetime. Until the missing persons case becomes a murder investigation, and suspicion falls on Kendall’s brother.

Kendall will do anything to protect the only family she has left, and Jason will do anything to make sure a killer is put behind bars. If he doesn’t handle this case right, the most precious gift she could have given him—her trust—will be destroyed. Permanently.

https://www.kellyjamieson.com/you-really-got-me

In any event, the Pour Decisions stories will be available for pre-order starting Saturday. I hope you'll check them out! 

Meet the Martinelli sisters: Rosa, Bianca and Allegra. These partners in wine have just inherited a once-storied winery in the heart of Napa Valley. They’re living the dream, right?

Not so fast! Because, as it turns out, not everybody is happy for them. And that includes their Uncle Geno who’d assumed the property would come to him.

There are hoops to jump through, barrels to get over, and a mountain of regulations they'll have to scale. But these sisters are crushing it—and we don’t just mean the grapes. They’re making wine, falling in love, and working together to restore their inheritance to its former glory, one pour decision at a time.

Learn more here: https://www.pgforte.com/pour-decisions

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