Crush

She came to Sonoma with nothing but a creased paper map and a borrowed suitcase. Maren Ashworth never meant to take the detour, a wrong turn off Route 12 that lands her at the gates of Delacroix Vineyards on the eve of the annual crush. But when she discovers she's the unexpected heir to a vineyard she didn't know existed, she's forced to cross paths with Quinn Delacroix, the stoic winemaker whose family has been guarding a secret for generations. As the harvest barrels toward its final press, Maren and Quinn find themselves bound by a vintage that could either redeem a fractured legacy or expose it entirely. Eleanor Ashby, the estate attorney, guards the terms of the inheritance with proprietary precision. Tomás Reyes, the foreman who knows the land better than anyone, holds memories the Delacroix family would rather stay buried. Sofia Delacroix, Quinn's fiercely protective sister, refuses to let an outsider disrupt her late father's empire. And Vivienne Kessler, a glamorous investor, has spent years positioning herself to claim the property, Maren's presence is not part of her plan. With storms threatening the grapes and alliances beginning to crumble, Marcus Vance reappears with documents that could rewrite everything Maren thought she knew about her own family. When the final crush is pressed and a truth neither of them is ready to face rises with the must, Maren and Quinn must choose: walk away with their hearts intact, or let the harvest reveal what it has always been hiding.