Dear Lovely Readers,

 

A dream-come-true trip to northern California inspired me to write The Napa Wine Heiresses series. Rolling vineyards beneath blazing blue skies, live music everywhere, and barrels of wine to be tasted is why Napa Valley is sometimes called “America’s Eden.” The luscious scenery had me oohing and aahing as we passed one magnificent mansion after another, wondering what it would it be like to live in one of those grand homes. By the time we boarded the plane back to the East Coast, my mind was overflowing with ideas.

The result was A Taste of Chardonnay, A Taste of Merlot, and A Taste of Sauvignon, books about three smart, high-spirited heroines, each on her journey to find love and purpose with a worthy man by her side. All the sisters have roles in one another’s books.

A Taste of Sake is a bit of a surprise . . . none of Sake’s half sisters know that she exists until her helicopter crashes into Savvy’s wedding reception!

What’s next? For my new series, A Wine Country Romance, I’m going back out West—this time to Oregon’s rugged Willamette Valley. The Willamette has been described as Napa a quarter century ago—still brimming with frontier spirit, its people bold and vibrant. On my first visit, the locals taught me a colorful saying to remember the correct pronunciation: “It’s Will-am-ette, dam -mit!” Red wine lovers know the area for its Pinot noir. Alas, woe is me (back of hand to forehead); one of the pitfalls of writing books set in wine country is actually having to drink the Kool-Aid. Fortunately, that kind of research isn’t hard to swallow!

Look for The Crush, book one of A Wine Country Romance, launching in October of 2016. I hope you love it!

 

Cheers,

 

Heather