
Bitter Truth
Hawthorne Vines, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Nelson Hobbs
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Savannah Peachwood
For two wounded hearts, love is a risk in an emotional novel about family, past regrets, and future hopes by Jillian Liota and #1 New York Times bestselling author Meredith Wild.
After nine years in LA, aspiring singer Murphy Hawthorne leaves behind her broken dreams to return to her family’s vineyard. But as she helps open the property’s new restaurant, she faces a family still bitter about the fact she ever left, and old wounds quickly resurface. The only refreshing note is the handsome head chef, Wesley Hart.
Hired to draw more tourists to the Hawthorne vineyard, Wes is a culinary master with a reputation he wishes he could forget. Struggling with regrets and complex family dynamics of his own, he’s trying to start over, too. The biggest mistake he could make right now is to act on his attraction to his boss’s younger sister. If only he could get her out of his head…
Despite all the reasons to keep their distance, Murphy and Wes can’t deny the connection that keeps drawing them together. In each other, they find refuge and a sense of belonging neither could have imagined. But to forge a new future together, they must answer one important question: Can they face the past—and forgive it?
©2024 by Meredith Wild & Jillian Liota. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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A coming of age story about rediscovering home and finding a soft place to fall
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Love love love
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So good
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Nelson Hobbs and Savannah Peachwood deliver outstanding performances, breathing life into the story with their narration. Their voices perfectly capture the characters emotions, making the reading experience even more immersive.
This was a terrific introduction to the Hawthorne Vines series and I can't wait for more! For those who enjoy a compelling, heartfelt romance, this audiobook is available for free through Kindle Unlimited. Don't miss out on this beautifully told journey.
A great start to a new series!
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touching story
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🌶️1.5
🥵 Spicy chapters: 10, 17, 20
📚 Tropes/Themes: chef mmc, singer FMC, coming home, forbidden/secret romance, workplace romance, boss x employee, starting over, slow burn, "yes chef"
👀 Dual POV 1st person
🎙️dual narration
⏰ Approx 7 hours
🩷 Something I liked: The bench 🥹
🙈 Something I disliked: needs more spice!
🧠 Triggers: addiction, mentions of alcohol, death of parent (in the past)
🛍️ Available: now!
💬 So I discovered this serious because I reviewed an ARC of the second book in the series a few weeks ago (it's called Sweet Escape and it's SOOOOO good so read that one too!!!)
Man, this is such a good series, and I love the winery backdrop. I think I like the second one better than this one but they're still both just really well written. This book seemed more like a coming of age/discovering yourself then a romance but the romance aspect of it was still a huge part of the story.
This was an audiobook for me, available through KU! I thought the narrator's did a wonderful job of bringing the characters to life and I didn't even cringe when they did the others voices 😂
I thought the authors did a really good job portraying the struggles that Wes had with his mom and brother, and mistakes he made when he was living in Chicago, and how he's moving forward. Murphy seemed a little flat to me too, but I ate up her story of starting over while still fighting for her dreams and finding her place within her family.
But they discover each other and the chemistry between them was so good and it was just perfect 🥹🥰
I do wish there'd been a resolution with/about Wes' dad though.
Hoping there were be a third book for Micah...!? 👀🤞🤞🤞
so good!
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