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Sofia embarks on a journey of suspense from California to Tuscany to claim her inherited vineyard and meet the sister she never knew. As if this wasn't turmoil enough, someone is out to kill her. In the rolling hills of Tuscany, Sofia Laverne from California arrives with a heavy heart, and a secret that will forever change her life. After the death of her beloved father, Sofia discovers that he had been living a double life, and that she has a younger sister, Julietta, living in the Tuscan vineyard, part of which she has inherited. Despite the warmth of a few welcoming faces, Sofia finds ...

With a captivating mystery at its core, Letter from a Cave is a suspenseful journey through Switzerland and Italy that will make readers feel a gamut of powerful emotions. Fans of Christa Polkinhorn’s other novels will be delighted to meet a few familiar characters. Don’t miss your chance to get lost in this unforgettable story! Andreas, a Swiss sculptor and stonemason, grieving the loss of his wife from three years ago, discovers an old, abandoned backpack in a cave during his hike in the Swiss mountains. What he finds within the backpack—a letter written by a young Jewish refugee ...

A skeleton in the vineyards of the Segantino family leads Sofia on a wild chase from California to the Piedmont region in Italy in search of her missing great-uncle Angelo. The local gangsters, however, are equally interested in the elusive Angelo and are ready to kill in order to find him. Will Sofia be able to outsmart them? A hidden diary and a crumpled envelope, postmarked in Italy, are the only clues Martin Segantino has to what happened to his younger brother Angelo, the black sheep of the family, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances twenty years ago. When the police find ...

In the heart of Zurich, Switzerland, three lives scarred by loss and betrayal collide, setting the stage for a journey of healing, love, and redemption. Six-year-old Karla, yearning for the mother she lost too soon, finds solace in her burgeoning talent for painting. Anna, grappling with the wounds of her ex-husband's deceit, becomes both a mentor and a maternal figure to Karla. Meanwhile, Jonas, a widowed artist and teacher, hides behind his grief, carrying a secret from his past that threatens to unravel everything. As Anna and Jonas nurture Karla's gift, their connection deepens into a ...

Stolen wine and a body create havoc at the Segantino winery When bottles of wine disappear from the Segantino Winery in Paso Robles, California, and an arson fire kills his close friend, the owner of the estate, Robert Segantino, is faced with the toughest ordeal of his career as winemaker: someone intends to destroy what he has built over the years. As it becomes increasingly clear that members of his staff and of his family are among the suspects, the ambitious wine tycoon is forced to reevaluate his goals in life, and, above all, his relationship to his son and future heir. Part family ...

Turmoil threatens the peace of the O'Reilly family. The O’Reilly household is in trouble. With her two older children, Laura and Tonio, grown and getting ready to fly the coop, Karla finds out she is pregnant again. Instead of furthering her painting career, she has to raise another child. Andreas looks forward to being a father once more but the little bundle of joy, Emilia, instead of enhancing the relationship to his wife intensifies the tension that has been building between them. More challenges wait in the wings: Andreas catches his son in a compromising position with another man ...

Two wounded artists. One fateful encounter. A love that could heal them—or break them further. Karla Bocelli, a gifted young painter, knows loss all too well. Her mother died in a car crash when Karla was just five. Her Peruvian father is a distant figure, halfway across the world, and now, at twenty-four, Karla’s life takes another sudden turn when she narrowly escapes being hit by a speeding car, driven, fatefully, by a man who carves tombstones. Andreas is a fiery, passionate sculptor whose rough edges hide a wounded past: a childhood shaped by an abusive, alcoholic father and a ...