Tangled Vines - by Janet Dailey (Paperback)

About the Book

"Elegant ninety-year-old Katherine Rutledge runs her family's Napa Valley winery. Her estranged son runs a rival winery, and an alcoholic neighbor, Len Dougherty, lives on ten acres of the Rutledge vineyard given to his family as compensation for the accidental death of his father. Meanwhile, beautiful, ambitious Kelly Douglas, a rising TV newscaster, is assigned to prepare an in-depth report on the Rutledge winery, which is in negotiations to merge with a French winery"-Back cover.

Book Synopsis

From the New York Times-bestselling author, this vintage romantic thriller set on a Napa Valley winery "all but begs to be made into a TV miniseries" (Publishers Weekly).

A tough-as-nails reporter at NBC, Kelly Douglas is on her way to the top. Her latest story--a profile of the famed Rutledge Estate winery in Napa Valley--could make her career, but the dream assignment turns into a nightmare when it puts her face-to-face with the one man she hoped to never see again: her abusive father, Len Dougherty.

Len won a portion of the winery in a settlement with the family years ago. And he's been a thorn in their side ever since. Kelly can only hope he doesn't foul up her story--or her budding romance with the charming winery manager, Sam Rutledge. But when Kelly's reporting uncovers a murder at the vineyard, Len threatens to ruin her life once and for all.

With over 300 million copies of her novels in print, New York Times-bestselling author Janet Dailey is a legend of romantic suspense. In this page-turning tale, she brings her "mastery of sweeping romance, divided loyalties, and searing passion" to Northern California wine country (Lanier County News).

About the Author

Janet Dailey, who passed away in 2013, was born Janet Haradon in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska, before meeting her husband, Bill. The two worked together in construction and land development until they "retired" to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Dailey to write the Americana series of romances, setting a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was No Quarter Asked. She went on to write approximately ninety novels, twenty-one of which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. She won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on radio and television. Today, there are over three hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in nineteen different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world. For more information about Dailey, visit www.janetdailey.com.