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  • Location: Verona, Surrey

The Italian Vineyard

The Italian Vineyard

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1939, 2025: A dusty bottle of wine and a family mystery that will change everything…

  • ISBN: 978-1805500025
  • Genre: Familiy drama, Fiction, Mystery

What you need to know before your trail

England, 1939. After her husband’s unexpected death, Lady Charlotte throws herself into reviving the vineyard at his beloved home, Copeley Park – desperate to focus on anything other than the dangerous secret she now carries. Along with her head gardener, Albert, she travels to Verona for research, where she is quickly distracted by Italy’s beautiful golden light and vibrant mimosa flowers. But just as her heart starts to open up, the threat of war spreads across Europe, tearing apart Charlotte’s plans for her future and leaving her with a heart-wrenching decision to make…

Now. Devastated by the loss of her mother and newly single, Kate asks to work at Copeley Park – her family’s failing estate – to take her mind off her heartbreak. But when she learns that the park’s stunning vineyard might have to be sold, she’s determined not to let this beautiful piece of her family’s history go. And when she’s given a dusty old bottle of wine that belonged to her great-grandmother with a note attached from a mysterious ‘B’, she convinces handsome head winemaker Ben to accompany her to Verona to unravel its secrets…

But as Kate and Ben grow closer against the stunning sunsets of Italy, will Kate discover that some secrets are better left buried in the past? Or will unravelling the romantic mystery at the heart of the vineyard lead to a future Kate could only ever have dreamed of…?

Travel Guide

Verona

Oh does this not give off all the thrills and spills of Verona! The Romeo and Juliet offerings are never far away and the influence of Shakespeare in this fine city are not hard to spot.

Some locations just mentioned in passing and the vineyard of course is fictional but you can imagine just by reading about it, that you are really there. It sounds divine!

“And in the distance was her beloved Verona – the birthplace of Romeo and Juliet and the city that had stolen her heart.”

“The river twisted an wound its way amongst the medieval buildings, city spires rising into the deep-blue sky. she drew in her breath as she realised how lucky she was to have experienced this paradise.”

BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Italian Vineyard

Destination/location: Verona, Surrey  Author/guide: Anita Chapman Departure Time: 1939, 2025

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