Trouble in the Terroir
by Debra Clendinneng

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Bella Stewart has her life and nursing career perfectly planned—until her estranged, failing mother, Flo, needs a caregiver. In their final months together, half-told family tales and long-buried secrets begin to surface, each one raising unanswered questions. When her mother dies, Bella reluctantly inherits a struggling vineyard, a drafty century home, and the debt knotting them together. The real trouble arrives when an infamous sommelier turns up murdered on her rocky beach. Overnight, the media is swarming, and the locals are gossiping, speculating, and pointing fingers. Even Detective Steve Boyd, infuriatingly attractive and maddeningly professional, becomes wary of his easy friendship with Bella and begins eyeing her as a suspect. Bella partners with loyal friends, the delightfully eccentric Bumbleberry Café regulars who are privy to County secrets. Together they unearth conspiracies lurking beneath the County’s charming surface. But as Bella digs deeper, the killer’s sights turn toward her, convinced she holds something worth killing for. Can she unmask a murderer and clear her name before she loses everything—and everyone—she’s unexpectedly grown to love?

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Debra Clendinneng, a lover of wine country and good stories, was inspired to write Trouble in the Terroir by her unique experiences as a traveller, perioperative nurse and educator. She lives in Ottawa, Canada with her husband, surrounded by treasured family and friends.

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