Suffused with tenderness and delight, this is Guillory’s best book yet. This lie snowballs into major trust issues between Margot and Luke.

Since quitting Silicon Valley, Luke has felt like a failure, so to avoid disappointing his mother he fabricates a story about taking a sabbatical and reconnecting with his high-school girlfriend. Brilliant character work by Guillory steers their ethical dance in an office romance with imbalanced power dynamics.

Picking up a stranger in a bar is not a habit for either of them, but Margot and Luke are hooked from the first “hello.” Imagine their shock the next morning when Luke walks into Margot’s office as her new employee. Luke Williams loves software engineering, but stress and racism lead him to abruptly quit his prestigious tech job and seek a change of pace in Napa Valley, where he grew up. Although she oversees the business and personnel, her brother hires someone to work in the tasting room. 118 likes, 2 comments - Kerryann (practicingshelfcare) on Instagram: 'Jasmine Guillory does it again I know when I pick up a book of hers what I am in for: lots of am. She has been published in The Toast and The Hairpin, has towering stacks of books in her living room, a cake for every occasion, and upward of fifty lipsticks. Margot Noble and her brother are fractious co-owners of the Noble Family Vineyards and among the few Black owners in Napa. Best-selling romance writer Guillory ( By the Book, 2022), a book contributor on the Today show, sets her entrancing new novel among the verdant vineyards of Napa Valley and inside the wine business.

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