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The Apple Orchard
A NEW ORIGINAL HALLMARK MOVIE: THE SECRETS OF BELLA VISTA!
From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Wiggs
“…sweet, crisp and juicy.”—Elin Hilderbrand
“A powerful story of love, loss, hope and redemption.”—Kirkus, Starred Review
Tess Delaney makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their owners. People like Annelise Winther, who has just been reunited with her mother’s long gone necklace, worth a sum that could change her life. To Annelise, whose family was torn apart during WWII, the necklace represents her history, and the value is in its memories.
But Tess’s own history is filled with gaps: a father she never met, a mother who spent more time traveling than with her daughter. Then the enigmatic Dominic Rossi arrives on her San Francisco doorstep with the news that the grandfather she never knew is in a coma and that she’s destined to inherit half of his apple orchard estate called Bella Vista. The rest is willed to Isabel Johansen, the half-sister she didn’t know she had.
With Dominic and Isabel by her side, Tess discovers world where family comes first and the roots of history run deep. A place where falling in love is not only possible, but inevitable. And in a season filled with new experiences, Tess begins to see the truth in something Annelise once told her: if you don’t believe memories are worth more than money, then perhaps you’ve not made the right kind of memories.
Wiggs deftly weaves a narrative that takes the reader from present day California to Denmark during WWII to tell a story of family ties both old and new—and the moments that connect our hearts.
Read The Bella Vista Chronicles by Susan Wiggs:
Book One: The Apple Orchard
Book Two: The Beekeeper’s Ball
More Books from Susan Wiggs
Reviews
I just wanted you to be sure and it will make it more like you do the right thing to make it feel good for us too as I feel that I am a very strong man
By please help for me
I really enjoyed the story, the learning, and the twists and turns of this book. Romance, history, family and beautiful settings fill this read.
By Good Reads,
It seems like every book that Susan Wiggs has written is the best book I have ever read. This one is a new and enlightening view of WWII. Yet set in the eyes of more current times and with a little love story woven in. And the best book I have read!
By lee col
This book was very well written, though in the beginning, I would not have said that. There was a lot of disjointed plotting early in the book. Past & present not connected for a while. I had a hard time connecting with the characters & the plot for a while. But…….once it got rolling, I found it very hard to put down. And, when I finished it, I found it very hard to let it go.
By 1 Banker
I like the character development and the juxtaposition of the present with the past. It was enlightening to see the effects of the German occupation in Denmark. I had limited knowledge of this part of the German occupation. I would have liked more information on Lourdes and why she left.
By Fall thymes