Winter Wine

by Elizabeth Lord, Ruth Sillers (Narrator)

When Henry Lett dies, leaving a restaurant that is far from thriving, his nephew Edwin is loath to see the once-famous Letts pass out of the family's hands, and he persuades his aunt to sell her shares and give him a chance to set the restaurant back on its feet. Eighteen months later, as Edwin prepares to marry Helen, the daughter of restaurant manager William Goodridge, he feels everything has fallen into place, but the flame of attraction still burns between 'Helen and Hugh, Edwin's cousin, while a fearful Will watches over them, wondering when to reveal a devastating secret.

7 pages, Audio Cassette

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

First published with short stories, went on to writing novels, family sagas and historicals around 1980s. First novel published by Piatkus, London, in 1992. Since then there has been 22 novels published with one in the pipeline and one with my publishers Severn House.
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Reviews

[Bronwyn Rykiert · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the 3rd book in a series starting with Butterfly Summers then onto Autumn Skies. It was a good book except for a few things that drove me to distraction at times.

This story moves on to Edwin Lett, Helen Goodrich and Hugh Lett. Edwin buys the major shares from his Aunt and takes over the running of the restaurant and he falls in love with Helen and she with him and they marry and have 2 children. Edwin knows they are cousins because Will (Mary’s father) has told him his story. Mary and Hugh have no idea of the secret that has been kept for many years.

What frustrated me was that Edwin felt that he had to keep helping Hugh every time he asked because of a family obligation. I could understand back in Butterfly Summers when Henry was forever helping Geoffrey because they were brothers – but cousins? I was also very disappointed in Helen's reaction to finding out the secret and how she would not forgive Will. It seemed to go against her nature.

Except for those frustrations it was an enjoyable read