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Women of Wine Country #1
Women of Wine Country: Murder & Mayhem
A horrific tragedy leaves Isabella heir to a winery she hasn’t a clue how to run. Along with the winery, comes the bossy but gorgeous Cabe Brown. A man she needs if she has any chance of keeping her mother from destroying the legacy her uncle spent decades creating. However, neither Isabella nor Cabe is prepared for the unknown danger that awaits her. Join Isabella in her journey of devastation and struggle as she navigates California's beautifully lush Zinfandel Wine Country. Warning; this book contains sexy Alpha Males and a bossy but brilliant Wine Tribe Sisterhood. You don't want to miss the fun and excitement these gals get into. Grab your glass of wine ladies, and let's join the fun!
- GenresRomance
289 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 13, 2019
36 people are currently reading
74 people want to read
About the author
T. Wells Brown
12 books117 followersT Wells Brown was born at Maxwell Military Base in Montgomery, Alabama. Some of her earliest memories are of surviving hurricane Camille, waiting for water trucks, and crashing into trees while learning to ride her bike around the military base. Her mother moved the family to Atlanta, Georgia where she enjoyed a rich southern childhood of playing in creeks, discovering wasp nests, traipsing through poison ivy, and epic battles with snapping turtles. In her early teens, the family made one final move to California, to be closer to her maternal family where T Wells Brown continues to reside.
Growing up with avid readers, her own voracious appetite for reading blossomed. She has passed her love of reading onto the next two generations. Currently, T Wells Brown’s first 2 illustrated children's books are in production for a Christmas 2020 release with Mrs. Claus, Annie The Nanny Dog and Jumpin’ Jake.
Books often ‘saved her life’ while growing up, and later while raising her children. Soaking in a hot tub, with a good book after a long day, allowed her not only the ability to escape into another world, but also ignore the banging and crying on the other side of the bathroom door.
At one point in her life, she needed a bodyguard and is when she met The Love of Her Life, whom she later married. T Wells Brown and her husband reside in the middle of lush zinfandel wine country, surrounded by 87 lovely wineries, ranging from boutique to mega. The couple enjoys living in a modest 1906 Victorian, they’ve painstakingly restored, while raising their 3 sons, and now, their 4 rescued fur babies.
T Wells Brown now wishes to take her love of reading into her newest phase of life but finds books targeting her demographic scarce. After all, if 50 is the new 30, then certainly there are many more, drama-filled years left to share. Years filled with stories of family, sisterhood, friendships, love, loss, devastation, triumphs and most importantly; good wine.
Growing up with avid readers, her own voracious appetite for reading blossomed. She has passed her love of reading onto the next two generations. Currently, T Wells Brown’s first 2 illustrated children's books are in production for a Christmas 2020 release with Mrs. Claus, Annie The Nanny Dog and Jumpin’ Jake.
Books often ‘saved her life’ while growing up, and later while raising her children. Soaking in a hot tub, with a good book after a long day, allowed her not only the ability to escape into another world, but also ignore the banging and crying on the other side of the bathroom door.
At one point in her life, she needed a bodyguard and is when she met The Love of Her Life, whom she later married. T Wells Brown and her husband reside in the middle of lush zinfandel wine country, surrounded by 87 lovely wineries, ranging from boutique to mega. The couple enjoys living in a modest 1906 Victorian, they’ve painstakingly restored, while raising their 3 sons, and now, their 4 rescued fur babies.
T Wells Brown now wishes to take her love of reading into her newest phase of life but finds books targeting her demographic scarce. After all, if 50 is the new 30, then certainly there are many more, drama-filled years left to share. Years filled with stories of family, sisterhood, friendships, love, loss, devastation, triumphs and most importantly; good wine.
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December 22, 2019
This is a new author so I've made allowances as there is potential there but I was tempted to DNF.
It started off and I liked it.
But when the conversation started it stopped working for me.
The mother, who is horrid speaks in CAPITALS, I don't think this is necessary, you can express shouting or emotion through description not caps.
She is overly dramatic and evil so OTT.
The alpha male 'Hero'is also OTT, mixed signals galore.
This is his speech to tell her he cares.
"Doesn’t matter. Let me spell it out for you, little girl: I have been to war, been in battle, watched good men – no - GREAT men - fall dead next to me, while I had to fight on. I’ve had to play bodyguard to beautiful rich fucking women who would let me fuck them any time, anyway, anywhere I wanted.”
"But I have never-ever- felt the rage or possessiveness or sheer terror that came over me when I realized YOU, pain-in-my-ass-beautiful-fucking-Isabella were run off the road and SHOT AT!”
He's such a peach hearing how he was with other women, what a catch. And again the use of caps.
And the constant use of 'Jumpin’ Jezebels!' got on my nerves.
The author claims to write in a similar style to Kristen Ashley.
She has the girl gang posse. The so called Alpha male chasing the resistant heroine but for me there is still a long way to go.
'You can bend a man to your will with your food and your beauty - but the best part is, you have not one fucking clue you’re doing it.”'
I'm sorry if the review seems negative but it's not for me.
I gave it three stars for effort, the vineyard descriptions etc are sweet.
I personally don't like alot of description of house deco and clothes down to matching shoes or jewellery but I appreciate it paints a scene or mood.
For the safety gang.
The heroine seems pretty clueless how desirable she is to every man who comes in contact with her. So she doesn't realise it upsets the Hero.
After they've been having sex and the Hero has been in her bed every night he refuses to take her to a social function, saying he doesn't date.
She attends, her friends are all there. He's there with another woman. His excuse was he'd asked her ages ago. The other woman knows about the heroine and is catty to her.
When they had a conversation about starting things earlier in their relationship the Hero had told her he didn't share and the heroine had mentioned exclusivity, he didn't object.
'The hardest thing Cabe Brown had ever done in his entire fucking life was to let Isabella walk away from him with Capt. Hernandez.
She was right. He had planned for her to hear about his date, but he never expected her to show up and see it. He thought they’d fight; he’d be an asshole about it and Isabella would know not to put her eggs in his basket.
Cabe wasn’t a nice man, and the sooner Isabella learned that the better it was going to be for her ….and him.
What Cabe didn’t expect was to have his heartbeat pick up, his palms to grow sweaty, and his stomach to form a pit.'
His actions are beyond stupid and cruel so he seemed all in but wasn't.
The heroine thinks to herself what made it more hurtful was '
her…but it still didn’t change that he had made love to me the same morning he knew he was going to be going on a date with another woman.'
A positive is the heroine puts him in his place and tells him straight.
She's a mixed bag, strong at times but other times let's him pull her around and kiss her.
Breadcrumbs dropped for future books in series.
HEA.
It started off and I liked it.
But when the conversation started it stopped working for me.
The mother, who is horrid speaks in CAPITALS, I don't think this is necessary, you can express shouting or emotion through description not caps.
She is overly dramatic and evil so OTT.
The alpha male 'Hero'is also OTT, mixed signals galore.
This is his speech to tell her he cares.
"Doesn’t matter. Let me spell it out for you, little girl: I have been to war, been in battle, watched good men – no - GREAT men - fall dead next to me, while I had to fight on. I’ve had to play bodyguard to beautiful rich fucking women who would let me fuck them any time, anyway, anywhere I wanted.”
"But I have never-ever- felt the rage or possessiveness or sheer terror that came over me when I realized YOU, pain-in-my-ass-beautiful-fucking-Isabella were run off the road and SHOT AT!”
He's such a peach hearing how he was with other women, what a catch. And again the use of caps.
And the constant use of 'Jumpin’ Jezebels!' got on my nerves.
The author claims to write in a similar style to Kristen Ashley.
She has the girl gang posse. The so called Alpha male chasing the resistant heroine but for me there is still a long way to go.
'You can bend a man to your will with your food and your beauty - but the best part is, you have not one fucking clue you’re doing it.”'
I'm sorry if the review seems negative but it's not for me.
I gave it three stars for effort, the vineyard descriptions etc are sweet.
I personally don't like alot of description of house deco and clothes down to matching shoes or jewellery but I appreciate it paints a scene or mood.
For the safety gang.
The heroine seems pretty clueless how desirable she is to every man who comes in contact with her. So she doesn't realise it upsets the Hero.
After they've been having sex and the Hero has been in her bed every night he refuses to take her to a social function, saying he doesn't date.
She attends, her friends are all there. He's there with another woman. His excuse was he'd asked her ages ago. The other woman knows about the heroine and is catty to her.
When they had a conversation about starting things earlier in their relationship the Hero had told her he didn't share and the heroine had mentioned exclusivity, he didn't object.
'The hardest thing Cabe Brown had ever done in his entire fucking life was to let Isabella walk away from him with Capt. Hernandez.
She was right. He had planned for her to hear about his date, but he never expected her to show up and see it. He thought they’d fight; he’d be an asshole about it and Isabella would know not to put her eggs in his basket.
Cabe wasn’t a nice man, and the sooner Isabella learned that the better it was going to be for her ….and him.
What Cabe didn’t expect was to have his heartbeat pick up, his palms to grow sweaty, and his stomach to form a pit.'
His actions are beyond stupid and cruel so he seemed all in but wasn't.
The heroine thinks to herself what made it more hurtful was '
her…but it still didn’t change that he had made love to me the same morning he knew he was going to be going on a date with another woman.'
A positive is the heroine puts him in his place and tells him straight.
She's a mixed bag, strong at times but other times let's him pull her around and kiss her.
Breadcrumbs dropped for future books in series.
HEA.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 16, 2022
I can't believe I spent money on this book!!!
I really wanted to like this book because it was recommended on a Kristen Ashley Goodreads group and readers said it reminded them of Kristen Ashley books, and she is one of my favorite authors. The author does seen to try to emulate KA, but she falls well short. The storyline was good, but the execution was not. The writing of the book was very awkward like that of someone in middle school. There were so many "tribe" and "Macho Men" thrown in that it was SO overused. Very similar to "Hot Bunch" that KA uses to refer to Lee Nightingale's men (not the overuse part).
I did a lot of skimming because I wanted to finish this book since the writing was cringy. The interaction between the characters was uncomfortable. He was a jerk and she seemed a bit of a doormat. If this were part of Kindle Unlimited I may have given the next book a chance in the hopes that the writing improves, but since it's not, I'd rather not plunk my hard-earned money on it. As it is, it was difficult to swallow that I paid for this book.
I really wanted to like this book because it was recommended on a Kristen Ashley Goodreads group and readers said it reminded them of Kristen Ashley books, and she is one of my favorite authors. The author does seen to try to emulate KA, but she falls well short. The storyline was good, but the execution was not. The writing of the book was very awkward like that of someone in middle school. There were so many "tribe" and "Macho Men" thrown in that it was SO overused. Very similar to "Hot Bunch" that KA uses to refer to Lee Nightingale's men (not the overuse part).
I did a lot of skimming because I wanted to finish this book since the writing was cringy. The interaction between the characters was uncomfortable. He was a jerk and she seemed a bit of a doormat. If this were part of Kindle Unlimited I may have given the next book a chance in the hopes that the writing improves, but since it's not, I'd rather not plunk my hard-earned money on it. As it is, it was difficult to swallow that I paid for this book.
January 17, 2020
Absolutely loved this book! This is a new-ish author and one to keep an eye on, because her Women of Wine Country series is such a thrill, I have devoured both book 1 and 2 and cant wait for 3 later this year. I was recommended by a fellow Kristen Ashley fan since I was looking fro something similar to Rock Chicks and the women in this book are just as hilarious and just has crazy as the Rock Chicks. Your in for a massive treat.
Murder and Mayhem follows Isabella who has just lost the on person whom she loved the most, her Aunt as well as her uncle in a tragic accident. She has inherited their estate and this could be the chance for her to start her life and be close to the aunt she loved but was prevented from seeing. Leaving her toxic mother behind, she is welcome by the Women of Win Country, a group of friend of her aunt who adore Isabella as much as they did her aunt. But when Isabella becomes a target and the estate, everything her aunt and uncle created, is at risk, her new friend and the mysterious Cabe come to the rescue.
This was such a fun book, I always love a good mystery and love even more friendships like these women have with each other. Of course there are lock of alpha men aka Macho Men involved, an associate of Isabella's Uncle grows close to her and the men who work for him become close to the women who form the Women of Wine Country. If you love none stop chaos, fun characters, smoking hot romance and a mystery that will keep you on your toes to the very end. Then please read this, it will not disappoint.
Murder and Mayhem follows Isabella who has just lost the on person whom she loved the most, her Aunt as well as her uncle in a tragic accident. She has inherited their estate and this could be the chance for her to start her life and be close to the aunt she loved but was prevented from seeing. Leaving her toxic mother behind, she is welcome by the Women of Win Country, a group of friend of her aunt who adore Isabella as much as they did her aunt. But when Isabella becomes a target and the estate, everything her aunt and uncle created, is at risk, her new friend and the mysterious Cabe come to the rescue.
This was such a fun book, I always love a good mystery and love even more friendships like these women have with each other. Of course there are lock of alpha men aka Macho Men involved, an associate of Isabella's Uncle grows close to her and the men who work for him become close to the women who form the Women of Wine Country. If you love none stop chaos, fun characters, smoking hot romance and a mystery that will keep you on your toes to the very end. Then please read this, it will not disappoint.
July 7, 2021
Alpha Males and Sisterhood is a perfect combo!
I discovered Mrs. Brown on one of my facebook groups. I really enjoyed the story, I like the connection with friends, the connection the main characters had to her aunt and uncle, and the realism, sometimes mother daughter relationships aren’t the best, and its ok because you can have other women in your life as role modes. I really loved all the small little connections throughout the book. For example how Cabe worked for And was great friends with Isabella’s uncle, so was very familiar with them. Isabella grew up going to the winery throughout her childhood and was very close with her aunt, so she knew the group women of the wine country. LOVE the name Isabella, as thats what I named my daughter.
I discovered Mrs. Brown on one of my facebook groups. I really enjoyed the story, I like the connection with friends, the connection the main characters had to her aunt and uncle, and the realism, sometimes mother daughter relationships aren’t the best, and its ok because you can have other women in your life as role modes. I really loved all the small little connections throughout the book. For example how Cabe worked for And was great friends with Isabella’s uncle, so was very familiar with them. Isabella grew up going to the winery throughout her childhood and was very close with her aunt, so she knew the group women of the wine country. LOVE the name Isabella, as thats what I named my daughter.
November 25, 2022
Amazing read
Absolutely loved this book.
It had everything you would want in a read, romance, suspense, and some amazing characters.
Loved the way the Woman of Wine country rallied round Bella after her aunt and uncle died and how well she blossomed around them.
Can’t wait to read the next. 😊
Absolutely loved this book.
It had everything you would want in a read, romance, suspense, and some amazing characters.
Loved the way the Woman of Wine country rallied round Bella after her aunt and uncle died and how well she blossomed around them.
Can’t wait to read the next. 😊
October 24, 2021
I met this author in person, it’s my first time ever meeting an author then reading their book. It was quite a different experience and I loved it and I loved this book. The second one can’t get here fast enough from Amazon.
June 2, 2023
Beautiful deceptions
This was a beautiful story. There were times when I laughed and times when I cried. Could not put it down. Money is definitely the root of all evil. Beautiful couple in their prime and very much in love murdered for their crop of grapes.
This was a beautiful story. There were times when I laughed and times when I cried. Could not put it down. Money is definitely the root of all evil. Beautiful couple in their prime and very much in love murdered for their crop of grapes.
January 29, 2020
First book by this author. Great start to a great series. Looking forward to seeing what is in store. A few editing issues but keep going. The second book is awesome. LOVE!!!
March 26, 2020
Oh. My. Goshhhhh.
Absolutely loved! Bella is so sassy and I love it! Such a beautiful story of resilience, coming together, and leaning on your tribe.
Absolutely loved! Bella is so sassy and I love it! Such a beautiful story of resilience, coming together, and leaning on your tribe.
August 20, 2020
Awesome
This is the first book I have read by this author and it wont be the last.. I like her style of writing
This is the first book I have read by this author and it wont be the last.. I like her style of writing
January 21, 2022
Interesting story line but not fleshed out or cohesive. The characters were hard to follow and weren’t tied in to the story well.
The best written part was prologue. It was the most descriptive.
The best written part was prologue. It was the most descriptive.
February 28, 2022
Wine Country based mystery
I just started reading an have to muster the willpower to hold off until I'm snug in my airplane seat. I love a good mystery series an read a couple books a month.
I just started reading an have to muster the willpower to hold off until I'm snug in my airplane seat. I love a good mystery series an read a couple books a month.
September 12, 2019
I absolutely could not put down this book! Kept me on the edge of my seat and wanting more. I absolutely can not wait till the next in the series comes out! Reread will be happening soon! Mystery and romance all in one, what more could a girl want!!!
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