Dear Reader,

The historic wine caves of Napa and Sonoma, California, inspired the caves beneath Nightingale Vineyards in Brimstone Bride. As a romance author, it’s natural for me to be fascinated by wedding venues! I could think of no other location as lush and mysteriously suited for my hero, a winery billionaire with more than his share of secrets. Adam Turov made a deal with the devil to escape captivity and save his family from the Russian Revolution. But a hundred years later it’s a woman with the voice of an angel who will save him...if she can only reclaim her ability to sing.

Along with the thousands of acres of thriving vines, Nightingale Vineyards is home to the roses planted by Turov’s mother before she died. The deep crimson petals call to something hidden deep in Victoria D’Arcy’s heart. She’s loved and lost, but it’s the lost soul of her host that causes her to gather her courage to risk loving again.

The Gothic tangle of the roses meets the verdant persistence of the vines in a story that could only have been complemented by the deepest, darkest pinot noir. And the deepest, darkest passions of those who savor it together, forever.

Barbara J. Hancock