The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs
The villa is a feast for the senses, from the fountain patio and grape arbor to surrounding orchards and vineyards. Napa Valley. This is Isabel Johansen's home, the place she returned to after a disastrous romance. Once a star student at her prestigious cooking school, Isabel has visions of turning her family's estate into a sumptuous retreat for culinary pilgrims. Surveying Bella Vista's lush vineyards and abundant orchards, she decides that the only thing she's lacking is organic honey? The beekeeper, when he arrives, is a bit of a surprise. Isabel wasn't expecting someone so ruggedly handsome - or someone so allergic to beestings. It's only after she's rescued him from the resulting shock that Isabel learns that the man she expected to help her with her hives is actually a reporter. His name is Mac Somerset, and he wants to talk to Isabel's grandfather about his activities during World War I. Isabel is surprised to discover that Mac and Tess - the sister she's only just met - are old acquaintances. Isabel also finds herself becoming increasing disturbed by Mac's research into her family's history. Her grandfather was a hero in the Danish Resistance, but her family's history is not entirely noble, and she has her own secrets to keep. As Isabel fights to maintain her family's privacy, Mac compels her to confront her own fears - her fear of being vulnerable, her fear of being honest, her fear of falling in love. In the second installment in the Bella Vista Chronicles, New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs considers what it takes to confront your past and follow your dreams.Susan Wiggs's life is all about family, friends...and fiction. She lives at the water's edge on an island in Puget Sound, and in good weather, she commutes to her writers' group in a 21-foot motorboat. She's been featured in the national media, including NPR, PRI, and USA Today, has given programs for the US Embassies in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, and is a popular speaker locally, nationally, internationally, and on the high seas.
From the very start, her writings have illuminated the everyday dramas of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. Her books celebrate the power of love, the timeless bonds of family and the fascinating nuances of human nature. Today, she is an international best-selling, award-winning author, with millions of copies of her books in print in numerous countries and languages. According to Publishers Weekly, Wiggs writes with refreshingly honest emotion, and the Salem Statesman Journal adds that she is one of our best observers of stories of the heart [who] knows how to capture emotion on virtually every page of every book. Booklist characterizes her books as real and true and unforgettable.
Her novels have appeared in the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List, and have captured readers' hearts around the globe with translations into more than 20 languages and 30 countries. She is a three-time winner of the RITA Award, . Her recent novel, The Apple Orchard, is currently being made into a film, and The Lakeshore Chronicles has been optioned for adaptation into a series.
The author is a former teacher, a Harvard graduate, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a good skier and terrible golfer, yet her favorite form of exercise is curling up with a good book. She lives on an island in Puget Sound, where she divides her time between sleeping and waking.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780778314486 |
| ISBN 10 | 0778314480 |
| Title | The Beekeeper's Ball |
| Author | Susan Wiggs |
| Series | Bella Vista Chronicles |
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| Publisher | Mira Books |
| Year published | 2014-06-24 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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