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1) The villa
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"PR executive Sophia Giambelli loves her job adn has never worried about competition. For three generations, her family's wines have been world-renowned for their quality. But things are about to change at Villa Giambelli. Tereza, the matriarch, has announced a merger with the MacMillan family's winery--and Sophia will be assuming a new role. As a savvy businesswoman, Sophia knows she must be prepared for anything...but she isn't prepared for Tyler...
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The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. After inviting the "Los Angeles Times" to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of his collection, Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist. Enter Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, cultivated crime expert, and wine connoisseur, who follows his leads as he tracks down the source...
5) A good year
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Max Skinner has recently lost his job at a London financial firm and just as recently learned that he has inherited his late uncle's vineyard in Provence. On arrival he finds the climate delicious, the food even better, and two of the locals ravishing. Unfortunately, the wine produced on his new property is swill. Why then are so many people interested in it? Enter a beguiling Californian who knows more about wine than Max does-and may have a better...
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Black Dog Bay volume 4
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"Turning sour grapes into sparkiling wine Cammie Breyer needs a big glass of Cabernet--her restaurant failed and her chef boyfriend left for a hotter kitchen. Just when she thinks she's hit rock bottom, her aunt Ginger calls with a surprise. She has bought a vineyard--in Delaware. At Ginger's command, Cammie returns to Black Dog Bay, the seaside town where she spent her childhood summers with her aunt and her cousin Kat. The three women reunite, determined...
9) Nose
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Delightedly discovering a Cabernet worthy of his highest score, egotistical wine critic Clyde Craven-Jones investigates the vintage's mysterious origins only to land in the middle of a scandalous family squabble.
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Esbeth Walters is 72, a retired teacher, and shouldn't be messing around with murder, but when Texas Hill Country winemaster Win Castle pits his sons against each other over the inheritence of a 21,000 acre spread, including the winery where Esbeth works part-time, the result is murder, and Esbeth is in the middle of it. Texas Ranger Tillis Macrory and Sheriff Watkins think she knows more than she's telling.
11) The long rain
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The Long Rain is atypical of the usual thriller. Peter Gadol sneaks up on his readers with an easy conversational style, lures them into a comfortable bucolic setting, and then knocks them off balance with one fell swoop. After three years of struggling to restore his father's vineyard, lawyer Jason Dark has managed to get his life on track and to win back his estranged wife and son. Then, in one irrevocable moment on a dark, storm-swept mountain...
12) Blush for me
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Fusion novels volume 3
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As the take-charge wine bar manager of Seduction, Portland's hottest new restaurant, Katrina Meyers is the definition of no-nonsense, and she isn't afraid of anything. Well, almost anything: she hates to fly. When she's forced to travel on a death trap with wings, the turbulence from hell has her reaching for any safe haven--including the incredibly handsome guy sitting next to her. Ryan "Mac" MacKenzie hasn't been able to get his sexy seatmate out...
13) Cherished
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Steel brothers saga volume 17
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Dale Steel has fallen in love with his intern, Ashley White. She's everything he's not, and he's determined to keep her at arm's length. Ashley adores Dale, and wants him to understand he deserves her love. As they work together, their passion grows, and Dale finally agrees to a trial run at a relationship, but a secret from his newfound birth father and an act of God threaten his relationship with Ashley.
14) Awakened
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Steel brothers saga volume 16
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2020.
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Ashley White Can't wait to begin her internship at Steel Vineyards. As an oenology doctoral candidate, she knows all the theory but lacks practice. Working under renowned winemaker Ryan Steel-and his equally talented nephew, Dale-is an opportunity she can't refuse. Dale Steel is a loner. Despite his huge family full of uncles, aunts, and cousins, he's more at home in his vineyards, where he finds something that comes close to the tranquility he craves....
15) Be mine forever
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St. Helena Vineyard novels volume 4
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For Trey DeLuca, the idea of settling down was entirely unsettling. As VP of sales for his family's wine company, he's never in any one city or with any one woman for long, which is how he likes it. But when family obligations keep him temporarily grounded in his hometown, he finds the perfect distraction. She's sweet, gorgeous, and sexy as hell, only her life screams commitment. Between raising her son and struggling to keep her dance school afloat,...
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Brenna Marcelli has always dreamed of running the Marcelli family vineyard; her family jokes that wine flows through her veins. But family patriarch Grandpa Lorenzo insists that running the winery is a man's job. That's kind of hard to do when the Marcelli's only have four daughters. But a secret from the family's past comes to light that could dash Brenna's dreams. Newly divorced, Brenna returns to the family's Santa Barbara winery/estate and decides...
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Leland Montgomery's death was deemed accidental, but when his daughter Lucie returns home from France, she finds the once-thriving family vineyard run down, collapsing under huge debt. Lucie's godfather warns her that Leland's demise may have been the result of an attempt to force the sale of the vineyard. Her extravagant brother and rebellious sister are determined to sell the estate, and there's something suspicious about the vintner her father...
18) Freed
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Steel brothers saga volume 18
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Dale Steel has spent his life running from the horror of his past, so he's completely unprepared for horror to follow him into the present. But that's exactly what it's done. His only hope is his love for Ashley White, so he grabs hold with both hands, determined to escape his bleak existence. Ashley is so in love she can't see straight. Dale--and the thrall he holds over her--has given her a new outlook on sex and relationships, and she's all in....
19) The critic
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Enzo files volume 2
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Gaillac, south-west France: Gil Petty, America's most celebrated wine critic, is found strung up in a vineyard, dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Order of the Divine Bottle and pickled in wine. For forensic expert Enzo Macleod, the key to this unsolved murder lies in decoding Petty's mysterious reviews - which could make or break a vineyard's reputation. Enzo finds that beneath the tranquil facade of French viticulture lurks a back-stabbing community...
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Parker Valentine has always dreamed of opening her own winery in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado. But she gets more than she bargained for when a food and wine critic unexpectedly shows up at Vino Valentine on opening day. A negative review could be fatal for her business, and not only does he seem to hate her chardonnay, he also collapses and dies shortly after drinking it. Although Parker hoped that the attendees would put a cork in it, soon her...
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