The Vineyard at Painted Moon

 I reserved this book because I saw it on the new release section and I love this author.  The Vineyard at Painted Moon: A Novel by Susan Mallery seemed like an interesting book even though I knew nothing about it.  From the cover, it looked like it was going to be a book about some foreign country but I was pleased to find out that it was set in Washington State and talking about local wine making in the US.  I hope that you check out this book for yourself because you will immediately be taken on a vacation to wine country.

 

Step into the vineyard with Susan Mallery’s most irresistible novel yet, as one woman searches for the perfect blend of love, family and wine.

Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all—a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with the family winery. There’s just one problem—it’s not her family, it’s her husband’s. In fact, everything in her life is tied to him—his mother is the closest thing to a mom that she’s ever had, their home is on the family compound, his sister is her best friend. So when she and her husband admit their marriage is over, her pain goes beyond heartbreak. She’s on the brink of losing everything. Her job, her home, her friends and, worst of all, her family.

Staying is an option. She can continue to work at the winery, be friends with her mother-in-law, hug her nieces and nephews—but as an employee, nothing more. Or she can surrender every piece of her heart in order to build a legacy of her own. If she can dare to let go of the life she thought she wanted, she might discover something even more beautiful waiting for her beneath a painted moon.

I was very happy to get this book and get a chance to read it.  Mackenzie Dienes is working in a career she loves as a winemaker at a family winery.  She loves taking care of the grapes and working with her husband's family to make the best wine that she can.  The winery has won many awards because of all of Mackenzie's hard work.  She has no family of her own and was immediately taken in by her husband's family with his mom taking over as her motherly figure.  She is also best friends with his sisters and they all live on the family property in separate houses. They find out that they are no longer happy in their marriage and decide to get divorced.  In the divorce, she is set to loose everything including her husband, her friends, her job and her home.  It is a hard blow to her that she figures out that she needs to make a new life for herself to be happy on her own but you have to pick up the book to find out what happens. It is amazing to watch the entire transformation and see how Mackenzie changes her life.  You will love this book as much as I did when you read the great story of overcoming what is many huge obstacles to make her own life. I was even more happy when I realized that I knew Bruno from another series which I didn't realize until he revealed his past. I hope that you check out this fun book and enjoy it for yourself.