Lone Cone Library

Since she was a young girl, Chelsea Myles has performed with her uncle Cosmo's theater troupe, entertaining rough crowds while Cosmo picks customers' pockets. One night, a robbery goes awry and Chelsea is left holding a fortune, enough to buy her passage to Australia, and the chance of a new life. On board the vessel, Chelsea meets charismatic Quaid Tanner, who's returning to his vineyard in Sydney. Their affair is as brief as it is blissful, for...

"It's fall in Boulder, Colorado, and the leaves aren't the only things changing. Parker Valentine, owner of Vino Valentine, is finally settling in to her winery and her new relationship with Reid Wallace, a local chef. But their delicate pairing is endangered when Reid's estranged family comes into town to celebrate the opening of his new restaurant. Reid and his family are immediately at loggerheads, given their often acidic temperaments, but Parker...

The top PR executive for the family winery, Sophia Giambelli finds her life turned upside down by the merger with the MacMillan family's winery and her powerful attraction to professional rival Tyler MacMillan.

Danny Roth, a Los Angeles entertainment lawyer, is preparing to show off his impressive home and even more impressive wine collection. However, when the Los Angeles Times expresses interest in profiling Roth's liquid assets, several rare bottles are inexplicably purloined. Consequently, Sam Levitt, a wine connoisseur and part-time sleuth, is called to uncover the identity of the thief and soon finds himself in France, taking on an unconventional billionaire...

"Max Skinner is a man at the heart of London's financial universe. He works for the notorious Lawton Brothers at the top end of Threadneedle Street, and his is a life of long hours and fierce competition with Amis, his nemesis and boss. It is a rivalry that continues until the day Max finds the Lawton Brothers doing a little asset-stripping of their own. Himself.". "Amid the London drizzle, there is one potential ray of sunshine in Max's life. His...

Once, all power in the Vin Lands was held by the prince-mages, who alone could craft spellwines, and selfishly used them to increase their own wealth and influence. But their abuse of power caused a demigod to break the Vine, shattering the power of the mages. Now, fourteen centrueis later, it is the humble Vinearts who hold the secret of crafting spells from wines, the source of magic, and they are prohibited from holding power. But now rumors come...

Leaving behind a failed marriage, New Yorker Annie "Halsey" Hall is ready to begin the next phase of her life in coastal Southern California. From the moment she arrives at her new digs on cozy Rose Avenue, she looks forward to joining the neighborhood ladies for their weekly Wine Club gathering. With only a rambunctious yellow lab puppy to keep her company, Halsey could really use a confidant-and a glass or two of her favorite white wine. Unfortunately,...

"TURNING SOUR GRAPES INTO SPARKLING WINE Cammie Breyer needs a big glass of Cabernet--her restaurant failed and her chef boyfriend left for a hotter kitchen. Just when she thinks she's hit rock bottom, her aunt Ginger calls with a surprise. She has bought a vineyard--in Delaware. At Ginger's command, Cammie returns to Black Dog Bay, the seaside town where she spent her childhood summers with her aunt and her cousin Kat. The three women reunite, determined...

Discovering a cassette recording in which a therapist fearfully contemplates a client's murderous threats, Sophie Max investigates when the therapist is subsequently killed, in a case that explores the age-old art of mead and wine making.

"Brunella Cartolano is passionate and high-spirited, an accomplished architect and a daughter of the American West who tends to fall in love with lost causes. While she is trying to protect the Seattle waterfront from development, she also finds her father's vineyard east of the Cascade Mountains enduring the worst drought in history. Water is the base ingredient of winemaking, and for people who believe in the transformative power of wine, water...