The Vineyard Secret: An absolutely addictive and emotional wartime historical fiction novel by Gosia Nealon

Germany, 1945. Tiptoeing across rows of symmetrical vines, my linen dress no protection against the whipping breeze, my heart plummets when I hear a scream. And by the time I see the soldier, it’s already too late… Present day. Devastated by the loss of her grandmother, Matylda escapes to the vineyard Rozalia called home. Curled up beside the crackling fire, she inhales the woody vanilla scent of her childhood and is filled with hope. But that shatters at the news the other half of her grandmother’s land has been left to a stranger… “Welcome to our home”, Matylda says coolly to Tobias von Hagel, his blue eyes fixed on her as they hear the terms of Rozalia’s will: they must share the house for thirty days or forfeit their half. Who is this sullen man? And why would her grandmother insist on them living together? Picking grapes from sunrise to sunset, Matylda can’t avoid Tobias. Feelings grow as their fingers brush as they silently work the land together, until she uncovers a devastating truth: the von Hagels were the Nazi family who kidnapped her grandmother, forcing her to labour in these very fields. Dumbfounded, Matylda can’t understand why Rozalia would reward the grandson of her tormentor with her beloved house? As deep-rooted secrets surface, Matylda must ask herself Read more