Tangled vines

a novel

de Janet Dailey

NIGHTS OF WINE, DESIRE...AND DESPERATE SECRETS In an exquisite story of intrigue and romance, this is the contemporary story of a woman who craves glamour and nonstop excitement to escape her hidden fears. While television anchorwoman Kelly Douglas lands the hottest new job in primetime, neither her fans nor her boss suspects that the beautiful, auburn-haired girl from Iowa has deliberately concealed her past. Then Kelly gets an assignment that can expose both her deceptions and her troubled heart. The job takes her to the elegant Rutledge Winery in sun-drenched Napa Valley - and the family she has tried to forget. Here, in the heart of California, a deadly struggle to control a wine dynasty is raging between a matriarch and her son...a tough, handsome vintner sweeps Kelly toward a passion she tries to deny...and the tangled vines of child abuse, blind ambition, and family ties lie coiled, beckoning, waiting...