Southern California Wine Country, Series by J. Gordon Smith

Zachary Steel is a handsome, stay-at-home father, in his mid-twenties who sacrificed his promising industrial career to make life better for his children. He finds his now sole-bread-winning wife becoming resentful and more vicious and then he learns – unfaithful. His passion copes by throwing himself into his small, struggling California winery investment... moreZachary Steel is a handsome, stay-at-home father, in his mid-twenties who sacrificed his promising industrial career to make life better for his children. He finds his now sole-bread-winning wife becoming resentful and more vicious and then he learns – unfaithful. His passion copes by throwing himself into his small, struggling California winery investment. Among the Temecula Valley vineyards, Zack glimpses the promise of love again when he meets Claire Vega touring the wineries with her friends – a captivating and smart young woman finishing her business degree. Claire wonders why she finds this young married man so charming and desirable and worries she is only his fling when she wants so much more of him. Zack is terrified Claire could abandon him and twist his heartache for her into disappointment, sadness, and dark loneliness – especially when he finds she has been keeping a secret from him. Can they cling together through tragedy and strengthen each other against family opposition to their growing relationship? Will they build trust and True Love on top of hot desire among the California vineyards? Will they find despair … or happiness? Volume 2 of 2; A New Adult Contemporary Romance Recommended for adult readers due to sexual situations, language, and content. less