Tangled Vines — Diane Noble

A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. AN ELEGANT CHATEAU. A SINISTER SECRET.

Pelican Bay, California. A sleepy, seaside village where the biggest news in the weekly Pelican Journal is the release of local celebrity Theodora Whimple's latest mystery novel.

Until Theo leaves town for a short trip--and doesn't come back.

K.C. Flynn, the small town's newspaper publisher, risks everything to find her. But K.C. isn't just after a story: Pelican Bay's famous mystery writer is also her beloved great-aunt.

Following Theodora's trail, K.C. comes to an elegant winery in the sun-drenched Napa Valley. Despite the beauty all around her, K.C. senses something is going on; something far more sinister--and dangerous--than she can handle on her own. Reluctantly she joins forces with Sheriff Elliot Gavin, a man she hasn't seen since he broke off their engagement with no explanation three years earlier. The pair's suspicions about the award-winning Angels Crest Vineyards are confirmed when they discover the elegant winery is a cover for a growing cult.

In a daring move, K.C. and Gav don hooded robes and infiltrate the Angels of Fellowship in search of Theodora--and suddenly find themselves entangled in a deadly web of power and deceit....