The Vintner's Daughter

A Novel

By: Kristen Harnisch

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

The Loire Valley, 1895. When 17-year-old Sara Thibault's father is killed in a mudslide, her mother sells their vineyard to a rival family whose eldest son marries Sara's sister, Lydia. But a violent tragedy compels Sara and her sister to flee to New York, forcing Sara to put aside her dream of following in her father's footsteps as a master winemaker. Meanwhile, Philippe Lemieux has arrived in California with the ambition of owning the largest vineyard in Napa by 1900. When he receives word of his brother's death in France, he resolves to bring the killer to justice.

Sara has traveled to California in hopes of making her own way in the winemaking world. When she encounters Philippe in a Napa vineyard, they are instantly drawn to one another, but Sara knows he is the one man who could return her family's vineyard to her - or send her straight to the guillotine.

A riveting tale of betrayal, retribution, love, and redemption, Kristen Harnisch's debut novel immerses listeners in the rich vineyard culture of both the Old and New Worlds, the burgeoning cities of late 19th-century America, and a spirited heroine's fight to determine her destiny.

©2014 Kristen Harnisch (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Family- Sisters adventures

Totally enjoyed the story - it's of family hardships and new found love. Of course the end was great. I thought the narrators did a great job. would recommend this book and narrator.

Sweet story

I listened to this only because it was included… and I’m glad I did. Very enjoyable and easy to listen to.

Enjoyable

this was a fun book to listen to. I find it was very formula written like most historical romances. where it starts out with idealistic type people and then there's conflict and hardship and then a happy ending with the sunset in the background. the narrator was very good in differentiating the different characters and using a French accent to depict them was very good.

Very good story—so glad I overlooked a few of the reviews

I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. Sara and Lydia have a strong bond and fight for one another. The journey was very enjoyed to travel on win Sara!!

Accent

Very hard (for me) to understand when she used a French accent enjoyed the story

Predictable storyline but enjoyable

Narrator was excellent with the French and English dialects. I was pleased with this book.

the vintners daughter

At first I struggled to get into the book a the beginning was a bit slow. Soon enough I was finding myself engaged to the story and from then on very intrigued.

beautiful story with strong women

I loved the story, the characters, the description of the settings...
the french accent in the narration was not necessary and a bit annoying. otherwise it was so well read and lovely.

Great book

I loved this book. Very well written and the readers were great. I don’t care for wine but enjoyed reading about it.

very interesting, great narrator!

loved listening to the narrator. Made the story easy to listen to, even if it was a bit predictable. a few unexpected twists though made me want to keep listening to the end...