Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of her financier husband's suicide, Emma Shay Compton's dream life is shattered. Richard Compton stole his clients' life savings to fund a lavish life in New York City and, although she was never involved in the business, Emma bears the burden of her husband's crimes. She is left with nothing. Only one friend stands by her, a friend she's known since high school, who encourages her to come home to Sonoma County. But starting over...
2) Blood vines
Author
Language
English
Description
In this bare-knuckled adrenaline ride from New York Times bestselling author Erica Spindler, Alex Clarkson's worst nightmares are about to come true…
A sinister, hooded figure…
When Alexandra Clarkson starts having terrifying visions filled with blood and ceremonial images, she tries to find a rational explanation – maybe her mind is playing tricks on her, resurrecting creepy tableaux from her research on religious ceremonies and sects. But...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author Laura Dave has been dubbed "a wry observer of modern love" ("USA TODAY"), a "decadent storyteller" ("Marie Claire"), and "compulsively readable" ("Woman's Day"). Set in the lush backdrop of Sonoma's wine country, "Eight Hundred Grapes" is a heartbreaking, funny, and deeply evocative novel about love, marriage, family, wine, and the treacherous terrain in which they all intersect."--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's official: Brynna Phillips is done with men. They only break your heart. But just when she makes this declaration, her friend Jan convinces Brynna to join her on a camping vacation in Sonoma Wine Country. As they wind their way toward their destination, spanking-new mini camper in tow, Brynna recalls her teenage camp romance with a boy named Leroy. How can it have been nearly 30 years ago? All she remembers is that Leroy was a genuinely good guy...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four high school friends spend a summer in northern California to sort out their love lives. Cassie, unlucky in love, falls for a biker. Julie, who married her high school sweetheart too young, wonders if the spark is gone from her marriage. Marty feels trapped in a loveless marriage and is contemplating an affair. Beth, a successful doctor, struggles with health problems and her attraction to a coworker. This summer, teetering on the threshold of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Prospects are looking rosy for Taylor O'Brian, founder of "Off the Beaten Path" Wine Country Tours, who lives on a small winery with her Aunt Jemma and leads tours around romantic Sonoma County. At first blush, things are running smoothly, until a tour member is found dead-with Taylor's corkscrew buried in her neck. Taylor has no nose for detective work, but as she begins to follow a trail of bottled-up secrets, events take a sour new turn. Only two...
8) Intimate
Author
Series
Publisher
St Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Photographer Jake Lowell has been searching for the perfect model to pose for a body jewelry shoot -- one that will leave no room for modesty. Is the gorgeous model Kaz, who is nothing if not professional, ready to bare it all for a man she is not sure she can trust? It's an offer that's too good to refuse. As Kaz finds herself growing more comfortable with Jake, the attraction between them reaches arousing new heights. But while the artist and his...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Geena spends a winter coping with the gorgeous new girl who is after her boyfriend, Ben, her mother's return to dating, and her best friend Amber's crush on an English teacher, while continuing to serve espressos at Triple Shot Betty.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Taylor O'Brian takes small groups on wine country tours of romantic Sonoma County. Friends are everything in the tour business, so Taylor is happy to guide investors to the winery owned by her friend Tim Slade. But vintage turns to vinegar when an FDA inspector is found floating face down in one of Tim's vats of squished grapes. Tim is arrested on suspicion of murder, and Taylor and her friends rally to prove his innocence. But it's not an easy task,...
Author
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Detective Augie Boyer leaves a Minnesota winter to visit the Sonoma homestead of a longtime buddy. There he's asked to investigate a murder whose trail leads through cannabis commerce, religion, and a Russian casino syndicate.
13) The baby maker
Author
Publisher
Self Taught Ninja Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Some men are troublemakers or dealmakers. The men in my family? We're baby makers. For six generations, the women of wine country have had a saying: don't bang a Hunter man unless you want a bun in your oven. Yeah, well. I've got a saying too: no thanks. The last thing I need is baby makes three. My business is expanding and the only thing I'm interested in getting knocked up is my bottom line. But then one night Emma haverford makes me an offer I...