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Gallows Hill

Family Curses Author: Darcy Coates Margot never knew her parents. They sent her away to live with her grandmother early in her life. They never wrote. Never visited. Never called. And now, they’re dead and she’s inherited their empire: a famous winery with a horrifying backstory. Coming to Gallows Hill for the first time, Margot looks over this house, this land that she now owns. The winery was built on a site where convicts used to be hanged. The hanging tree itself is the emblem of the winery, and the oldest and most expensive vintages are stored in wood barrels made [...]

2023-10-06T14:43:59-07:00September 4th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Storm of Infinite Beauty, A

Fiction Inspired By Alaska's Great Earthquake of 1964 Author: Julianne MacLean What really goes on in the lives of Hollywood royalty? In A Storm of Infinite Beauty, Julianne MacLean goes behind the curtain, into the life of legendary actress and singer Scarlett Fontaine. The story she weaves is one of mysteries and secrets, love and loss, and the very human side of those who seem larger than life. MacLean tells her story in two time periods. Gwen is the main protagonist in the present, heir to Scarlett’s fortune and curator of her museum and legacy. As invested as she is [...]

2023-08-25T10:34:38-07:00August 25th, 2023|Tags: |

One Friday in Napa

Parallel Loves, Unforgotten Grief Author: Jennifer Hamm Death is the great divider, and the great evener too. Vene has run out of chances to reconcile with her mother, Olivia, who is an austere, judgmental, cold woman. Now Olivia is dying of cancer, sequestered in their Napa Valley home, no longer able to care for her vineyard, to hold soirees, to be the cold and efficient hostess. She is dying mostly as she lived: alone. But Vene is her daughter, and as such, duty calls. Plus, Vene still has questions. Why did her mother never love her? Why has she refused to [...]

2023-08-06T11:15:43-07:00August 5th, 2023|Tags: , , , |
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