The Vineyard at Painted Moon

Author: Susan Mallery
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Harlequin, 2022
Pages: 448
Rating: Recommend

Synopsis: 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 her life she thought she wanted, she might discover something even more beautiful waiting for her beneath a painted moon.

Review: I enjoy Susan Mallery's books, and it's been a couple years since I read one. They're easy reading and a good choice in between heavier novels. I didn't think this was one of my favorite Susan Mallery novels, but I did keep thinking the characters hours after I finished it.

Other Novels by Susan Mallery
The Christmas Wedding Ring
The Friendship List
The Sister Effect

Wishing Tree Series
The Christmas Wedding Guest
Home Sweet Christmas

Mischief Bay Novels
The Girls of Mischief Bay
The Friends We Keep
A Million Little Things