A Taste of Merlot by Heather Heyford Book Review

Title: A Taste of Merlot
Author: Heather Heyford
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Pages: 187
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback/Kindle

 Raise your glass and join Heather Heyford as she pours a second serving in her series following these headstrong wine heiresses in their quest to strike out on their own… Merlot St. Pierre is struggling to break free from her family name. Her college classmates whisper behind her back that her passion for jewelry design is little more than a hobby, since she’ll always have her father’s fortune. But Meri is determined to prove them wrong, and with the help of a handsome jewelry buyer, she just may taste her first sip of success—as long as she can hide who she really is… Mark Newman’s family owns a chain of high-end jewelry stores, and he’s working hard to get out from under his aunt’s thumb and prove he has a good eye and a head for business. He’s certain Meri’s designs could be the next big thing, but he’ll have to convince her that she can use her famous last name to her advantage. As their business partnership takes root, an attraction begins to flourish—but they’ll both find that love, like wine, takes time to perfect…

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My Review:

This is the first book that I have read by Heather and I really enjoyed it. This is the second book in the Napa Wine Heiress Series but I never felt like I was missing anything by not reading the first book.

The author does a great job of character development and plot, and while I didn't love Merlot (Meri) I did admire her for trying to make it on her own and not using the family name to skate through life. The romance between Mark and Meri is very well written and I do plan on going back to read the first in the series to see what led to this book.

   

Born in the Northeast, Heather Heyford learned to walk and talk in Texas, and then moved to England.(“Ya’ll want some scones?”) While in Europe, Heather was forced by her cruel parents to spend Saturdays in the leopard vinyl back seat of their Peugeot, motoring from one medieval pile to the next for the lame purpose of ‘learning something.’ What she soon learned was how to allay the boredom by stashing a Cosmo under the seat. Now a recovering teacher, Heather writes love stories, feeds hardboiled eggs to suburban foxes, and makes art in the Mid-Atlantic. She is represented by the Nancy Yost Literary Agency (NYLA, @nyliterary) in New York City.

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