Bitter Truth

Murphy Hawthorne spent nine years in LA trying to make it as a singer. Now the dream has fallen apart, and she returns to her family's vineyard to help open its new restaurant.

Home is not a warm welcome. Her family is still bitter that she left at all, and old wounds reopen almost as soon as she arrives.

The one easy presence is Wesley Hart, the head chef hired to bring more tourists to the vineyard. Wes is a skilled cook with a reputation he would like to leave behind. He is starting over too, while dealing with difficult family ties of his own.

Wes works for Murphy's older sibling, the boss, so acting on his attraction to her is the worst move he could make. They try to keep their distance, but the pull between them keeps winning.

Family tension and old regrets run through this emotional romance. Each finds refuge and a sense of belonging in the other, and a future together depends on whether they can face the past and forgive it.