Marianne Rice

At First Blush Marianne Rice

Alexis Le Blanc enjoys her simple life in Crystal Cove, Maine. After taking a chance on romance and getting rejected, she has given up on love. Now she devotes all her time to running her family's winery, Coastal Vines. She wants to keep it small and traditional, but her parents have other ideas-hence why they hire some big-shot marketing executive from Napa Valley to rev up business. When Benito Martelli shows up in her family's tasting room, she's more than stunned to discover he's the man who wined and dined her the night before. Alexis is beyond peeved at his deception in trying to get into her good graces for the sake of making money on her winery. At first, she wants nothing to do with him or his big business ideas, but she's pleasantly surprised when they come to a compromise, and even more surprised when she gives in to the sparks between them. Unfortunately, things don't go quite as planned and Alexis is faced with complications she never could have predicted. Promises and secrets unravel, and she must decide if love and wine are as well paired as she hoped.