The Harvest Season Contract
A Closed-Door Vineyard Romance

About this book:

When Nora Vance returns to Napa Valley to sell her grandfather's prized vineyard, she expects a quick transaction—not a shotgun marriage to the man who broke her heart five years ago. Arthur Vance's will is clear: Nora and Eli Mercer must jointly run the harvest for eight grueling weeks, or they both lose their inheritance to a land trust. She's a spreadsheet-obsessed consultant with a promotion waiting in San Francisco. He's the sun-baked vintner who knows every vine by heart and resents her corporate gaze. The contract is signed. The clock is ticking. And the chemistry between them has only fermented into something more dangerous.

Forced into cramped offices and 3 a.m. sorting tables, Nora and Eli navigate a vintage that threatens to spoil on the vine—heat spikes, equipment failures, and a corporate buyer circling like a vulture. But with every shared decision and stolen glance across the crush pad, the line between business partners and something far messier blurs. Eli remembers how she takes her coffee; Nora remembers the taste of Syrah on his lips. Their grandfather didn't just leave them a vineyard—he left them a second chance they never asked for.

Eight weeks. Fifty-fifty. No interference, no sentiment, no looking back. But the best vintages are born under pressure, and some contracts are meant to be broken. *The Harvest Season Contract* is a steamy, closed-door second-chance romance steeped in the rich atmosphere of Napa harvest—where the stakes are high, the tension is palpable, and love might just be the finest vintage of all.