With her heart in tatters after a relationship break-up, Rose Bennett swaps her hometown of London for the sunny shores of Australia - but she arrives to find the Shingle Valley shrouded in winter.


As the weather improves, Rose starts to unlock the secrets of the valley - from bonfire ceremonies and wine-making traditions to eccentric locals and their histories.




Despite herself, Rose starts to fall in love: with the valley, the wines, the two children she's helping to look after - and with the handsome and brilliant Mark Cameron, owner of the troubled Kalkari Wines estate.




What will happen when Mark's estranged wife, the tempestuous Isabella, returns? Will Rose find a future in the Shingle Valley, or will she be forced to leave?




Kayte Nunn is a freelance book, magazine and web editor and the former editor of Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine. She writes on travel, health, wellbeing, parenting and lifestyle topics, and has been short-listed for local and international short-story awards. She is a mother to two girls. This is her first novel.




'Some books, like wine can be sipped - but I had to gulp this novel down! It was delicious!' - Rachael Treasure