The cover, which is by the way beautiful, says it is intoxicating and I can agree with it.Īs for Roberts, I'm totally sure that in the future I'll read some of her other books, too. All of these in a wonderful, lush backdrop: the majestic vineyards of Napa Valley. Love, murder, passion, betrayal, eroticism, hatred, friendship,… Pruning, growing, blooming, the fruit and of course wine. I felt the powerful sense of family all the way through and I admired how they helped each other and worked together in order to maintain the good reputation of Giambelli-MacMillan. I loved the main characters: the strong and charming Giambelli women and their different personalities, but Tyler, David, Theo, Maddie, etc. It is exciting and relaxing at the same time, a perfect summer read.
The whole story is well-written, a brilliant mixture of romance and crime story.
And I think I couldn't possibly have chosen a better one to start because it is truly a page-turner. Well, to begin with, The villa is quite special for me, as this was the first complete original English book I read and also my first from Nora Roberts. When poison is discovered in Giambelli wine, Sophia and Tyler learn the killer is much closer than they thought. The matriarch of the family-known simply as La Signora-may have knocked some rivals aside as she clawed her way to the top, but few would have reason to threaten her now. As a quiet woman, Sophia's mother, Pilar, has made few enemies, except for Tony's new wife, Rene. Soon after the merger goes through, Tony Avano, a Giambelli executive and Sophia's father, is murdered, and threats surface against the Giambelli women. Creative and flashy, Sophia is head of Giambelli's public relations, and her job has been to put the best spin on whatever her family business produces-hard to do when the merger requires that she and Tyler switch jobs, and particularly hard to do when her own heart seems to spin out of control whenever they're together. Tyler is the manager of the MacMillan vines and the distilling process, a job that suits his frank and no-frills personality. The Villa focuses on the merger of two prominent winemaking families, the Giambellis and MacMillans, and the incendiary combination of the two upcoming leaders of those dynasties, Sophia Giambelli and Tyler MacMillan. Set in beautiful Napa Valley, California, Nora Roberts's novel The Villa portrays a rich world of family-owned wineries, complete with enough romance, sophisticated business intrigue, betrayal, and murder to cow the Medicis of Florence.
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