The Beekeeper's Ball

Welcome to Bella Vista, where the rich land yields a bountiful harvest...and hidden family secrets. Isabel Johansen, a celebrated chef from sun-drenched Sonoma, California, is transforming her childhood home into a destination cooking school--a unique place for other dreamers to come and learn the culinary arts. Bella Vista's rambling hacienda, with its working apple orchards, bountiful gardens and beehives, is the idyllic venue for Isabel's project...and the perfect place for her to forget the past.

As Isabel eagerly prepares Bella Vista for its first major event, she never expected her perfectly ordered plans to go awry. But that's exactly what happens when war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill arrives to write her grandfather's biography, including his role in the Danish Resistance during WWII. Though Isabel finds herself falling for Mac, she's always closely guarded her heart. Finding new love, and making Bella Vista a success, just might mean confronting some buried secrets of her own.

Master storyteller Susan Wiggs expertly crafts a tale of love, sacrifice and the unbreakable bonds of family--a story that will capture hearts from start to finish.