A Vintage Year, by Kate Preston
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Harris Tucker is a former number one tennis star, retired for the past eight years and living a lavish life in Santa Barbara, California. Suddenly homeless, friendless and penniless, he finds himself resigned to working as a farmhand on a vineyard in the Santa Barbara hills -- which he is clearly too good for and makes sure everyone knows it. But it is through his interactions with the family employing him, especially the two young children and their neurotic, divorced mother, that he begins to grow up, and discover that there really can be life after tennis. Laura Walters returned to the family homestead with her two children after her divorce. For the past three years, she's lived with her father and younger brother and worked in the family grape growing business, in a steady but uneventful job. Reluctantly, she agrees to take on Harris Tucker as a farmhand, knowing his spoiled and selfish nature, and knowing he will be more work than help. Despite his ways, she can't help but notice how taken her kids are with him, and he with them, and finds herself falling for him, against her own better judgement and her family and friends' warnings. Through Harris and Laura's interactions, (they each believe they could run the other's life better) they challenge each other to confront their past demons so they can move forward with their own dreams and goals.
A Vintage Year, by Kate Preston- Amazon Sales Rank: #2378785 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-09-01
- Released on: 2015-09-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review Review Rating:4 stars.Reviewed By Tracy A. Fischer for Readers' FavoriteIn A Vintage Year by author Kate Preston, we are offered almost an insider's look into the beautiful world of a vineyard. Follow the story of Harris Tucker, the former tennis star, as he takes a job as a farmhand after he's been left homeless and penniless. He believes the farmhand job is very much beneath him, but he needs to survive, and it's the only thing available to him. Meeting Laura Walters, the woman who's returned to her family homestead after her divorce to raise her two young children, to heal and to move forward from the difficulties in her past, Harris originally finds her neurotic and a bit difficult. Laura finds him spoiled and selfish. But together, and with their relationships with her delightful children, they learn both about themselves and each other. And it's through those discoveries that they just might fall in love.A Vintage Year is a lovely, lovely story. Author Kate Preston is skilled at creating characters that are multi-dimensional and so realistic that, by the end of the book, you'll truly feel as if they are friends. A Vintage Year would appeal to any reader who loves romance, a sweet story about people with complicated histories, or just a good, well-written novel that you'll enjoy from start to finish. This is the first book I've read by author Kate Preston, but it certainly won't be the last. I will be eagerly watching for her next offering, and sincerely hope that she's hard at work right now!
From the Author The idea for this story came from a simple question: What happens to professional athletes after they retire? Most professional athletes retire well before the rest of us normal people do. If they have spent the majority of their lives in the spotlight, what happens when that spotlight (and money) is no longer there? I could have chosen any sport, but since I love tennis, it seemed logical to come at it from that angle. I chose to have it take place with the beautiful backdrop of Santa Barbara, California because it's about as breathtaking place as you can imagine.
About the Author Kate lives in Montreal with her husband, three kids and their agoraphobic cat. She has been writing fiction for 20 years for fun, and when the kids were little, it was a sanity break. When not writing, working, doing laundry, grocery shopping or making dinner, she loves cooking (the real kind, not the kid-friendly kind), baking, playing tennis, cycling, hiking and generally spending time outdoors.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Entertaining. By valiant A Vintage YearBy Kate PrestonBlurb:…Harris Tucker is a former number one tennis star, retired for the past eight years and living a lavish life in Santa Barbara, California. Suddenly homeless, friendless and penniless, he finds himself resigned to working as a farmhand on a vineyard in the Santa Barbara hills -- which he is clearly too good for and makes sure everyone knows it. But it is through his interactions with the family employing him, especially the two young children and their neurotic, divorced mother, that he begins to grow-up, and discover that there really can be life after tennis…Even though the destination of A Vintage Year was predictable, it was a pleasant journey. There were a lot of complex characters, mostly believable; and the family dynamics were no crazier than those encountered in real life.Ms. Preston skillfully captured Harris’s range of emotions as he gradually realized that his life as a pampered child/world champion tennis star had now become that of an average, everyday Joe working for minimum wage. She made him likable as he grew from being a player who used everything and everyone to his advantage to becoming a responsible adult.I really enjoyed the way the wine and vineyard industry was woven throughout the story; and, knowing nothing about it myself, would have been just as susceptible to the ‘twine fertilizer’ story as Harris. On a slightly critical note, I felt like the ‘reek and stench’ of the barn was a little overdone. Barns I do know, and a barn that smells bad enough to make your eyes water is not a healthy barn, nor would it smell that bad if it was cleaned as often as in the story.There were some classic ‘David and Goliath’ elements to the story and in keeping with the ‘happily-ever-after’, the good guys won in the end.On the nuts-and-bolts side of it, it was formatted well for my Kindle. The cover is attractive, especially since I was reading it on a bleak, Mid-Western winter day! The blurb was interesting, although it might be a little unkind to call Laura ‘neurotic’. She is just an over-worked mom, trying to make ends meet and please everyone around her!Overall, the book was definitely a good solid 4-star for entertainment value. The one big, glaring downfall was the non-use of commas where there should be commas, mostly in conjunction with proper names. Maybe it’s a pet peeve that I make too much of, but it seems to be an across-the-board issue in Indie publications and for me, personally, is a huge distraction. My problem leans too far the other way, using commas where they are not needed!I think Ms. Preston’s pleasure in writing the book shown through and I would look forward to reading more of her work.*I received this book as a free copy from Story Cartel in return for an honest review.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An enjoyable relaxing read By Bookfan Beautiful vineyards and wineries exist in the hills above Santa Barbara. Bollier Estates is one of them. In the book we meet Harris Tucker a retired tennis star and Laura Walters a mother of two who runs the accounts-and-promotions side of her family vineyard. Other characters you get to know are Harris’ Mum, Laura’s friend Cassie who has her own restaurant in town and of course the rest of Laura’s family.Harris is told by his accountant that he is living well outside his means and when he gets cut off financially his only option is to take a job as farm hand on Bollier Estates. Meanwhile Laura has moved back to the vineyard after her divorce so that she has the support of her family to help raise her children. Both Harris and Laura are at a point in their lives where they have to change otherwise they will lose themselves. As the story develops Harris and Laura get to know each other better. They not only learn from each other but they also slowly develop respect, friendship and eventually love.This is a sweet story with nice but complex characters. The author describes their personality traits well and also includes some humour making them honest and true to life. The story flows well and is nicely paced which means there are no boring bits, making it pleasant and easy to read. Details about the wine industry and the running of a vineyard were interesting and added a nice touch to the book.Overall this is an enjoyable relaxing read. If you like a romance novel that is well written, focuses on more than just the love story, has good well developed characters and is set in nice surrounds then you will enjoy this book.Review copy provided by Story Cartel in exchange for an honest review.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Things got even worse for him By Tony Parsons Harris Tucker (son, former tennis pro) was attending his mother’s Carolyn Tucker (62) gala event of candidacy for state senator, & to raise money for the Santa Barbara Children’s Hospital.Lindsay Harris G/F was the event coordinator.Harris had a reaction to his steroids & embarrassed not only his elf but the G/F & mom.They both disowned him immediately.Things got even worse for him, debts, nowhere to live, & lack of basic necessities.Down in his luck Harris takes a job as a farm hand working at the Bollier ranch.That family consists of: Mike Bollier (father/grandfather), Tom Bollier (brother/husband/father), Laura Jane Bollier (36+, UCLA, business, Vineyards, wine producer, nee Walters), Scott Bollier (17, son, Football), Luke Bollier (15, son, Baseball), Everett Bollier (son, musician), Teddy Bollier (brother, gay, MBA, Pepperdine), Bert Bollier, Wendy Bollier, & Armando Costa (Ranch manager).Sheila Bollier (divorced, mother/grandmother, sommelier) also makes her presence known.Laura & her ex-husband Alastair Walters have 2 children: Taylor Walters (12, son), & Tori Walters (8, daughter).It was Valentine’s Day & Harris Tucker (winemaker) was supposed to have a date with Cassandra Cassie Sanchez (Laura’s BFF). 2 of her waiter’s had called in sick so she was short of help.Laura was there to help & Harris agreed to help out also.Low & behold Lindsay (m) & Carolyn were dining there.Laura made a list of activities & events for the Bollier Estates opening day.The proceeds will help sponsor Operations for Orphans.Dirk Broady is the chef for the event.Philippe de Montparnasse (winery), Evan Gray (Domaine de Killorglin winery) & Howard Pike (Rustic Ridge winery) were all invited.Chrissy Samuels (TV reporter, Channel 7 news) was even there.What will happen between Laura & Harris?I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.A very awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very well written delightful heart-warming romance book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. Something for you animal lovers. This could also make another great romance movie, or mini TV series (Masterpiece; PBS). A very easy rating of 5 stars.Thank you for the free Story Cartel; PDF bookTony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
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