The Trouble with Vineyards

By Kristi Ahlers

Meredith Ramsey is at the end of her rope. It’s up to her to turn her family’s vineyard into a money maker or a winery that has been in the family for one hundred eighty-two years will go up for auction. Her grandmother Marie, decides what Meredith needs is some help.

Enter . He runs a very successful consulting company and it’s up to him to help turn things around for Le Clerq winery. He’s up for the challenge but what he wasn’t counting on his overwhelming desire for Meredith which has never abetted even after ten years have passed. When the two of them come together the sparks fly and anything can happen and if a few grapes get crushed in the process all the better.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing
• Release date: Sep 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301212590

Kristi Ahlers

Kristi Ahlers is a California girl! She grew up in Northern California in a small city called Yuba City. Since then she’s lived in Brussels, Belgium, and England along with a myriad of other locations. A former flight attendant, she was able to continue to feed her love of travel. This has greatly influenced her writing, allowing her to pen stories about places she’s managed to visit and things she’s experienced. Kristi loves to hear from her readers and can be reached at [e-mail] or visit her at her virtual home at www.kristiahlers.com

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Meredith Ramsey is at the end of her rope. It’s up to her to turn her family’s vineyard into a money maker or a winery that has been in the family for one hundred eighty-two years will go up for auction. Her grandmother Marie, decides what Meredith needs is some help.

Enter Jackson Remy. He runs a very successful consulting company and it’s up to him to help turn things around for Le Clerq winery. He’s up for the challenge but what he wasn’t counting on his overwhelming desire for Meredith which has never abetted even after ten years have passed. When the two of them come together the sparks fly and anything can happen and if a few grapes get crushed in the process all the better.

THE TROUBLE WITH VINEYARDS

The Trouble Series

{book seven}

Kristi Ahlers

Published by Tirgearr Publishing

A Smashwords Edition

Author Copyright 2013 Kristi Ahlers (http://kristiahlers.blogspot.com)

Covert Art: Amanda Stephanie (http://www.tirgearrdesign.com)

Editor: Maudeen Wachsmith (http://www.tirgearrpublishing.com)

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DEDICATION

For all my loyal readers. Thank you so much for taking this journey with me. And thank you to Kemberlee Shortland. You RAWK lady! Love your insight and your support. You’ve made me a better writer.

CHAPTER 1

Meredith Ramsey stared wordlessly at her grandmother with her mouth hanging open in a very unladylike manner.

Excuse me? Meredith ran her hand through her long dark hair and tried to still her rapidly beating heart. There was no way this was happening.

Dear, the winery has been mismanaged by that scapegrace son of mine for the past decade. Gregory and his slut of a wife have practically single-handedly ruined this family treasure.

The scapegrace her grandmother was talking about was Meredith’s Uncle Gregory. To be fair, Meredith didn’t have a great relationship with her uncle; the man was all flash and, to her mind, zero substance. But who was she to judge? The few memories she had of her uncle were of the overpowering cologne he wore and his ability to snap gum—something Meredith had tried to learn but could never seem to grasp. But to hear her sweet Grams call the woman he’d married as a slut left Meredith a little off balance.

How is that possible, Grams? I thought there was a trust in place or some kind of protection for the winery.

No, dear. There wasn’t. Today my meeting with the accountant illuminated the mess my son left us and let me assure you, our situation is critical. If we don’t turn things around we will have to close at the end of the season. She picked up a glass of wine and took a sip. Gregory and the witch he married packed up and moved to God knows where and said nothing about the trouble we were in.

Meredith dropped down into the desk chair and placed her elbows on the rich and shiny cherry wood finish. She rested her head in her hands while squeezing her eyes tightly closed. She’d come out to California from Wisconsin to help out for the summer, not stay and save the floundering business. Gram, I know nothing about running a winery. Zero, zip, zilch, bupkis, nada.

Oh, Meredith, I’m sure you know more than you think. One can’t grow up around the vines and not learn something.

Meredith cocked a brow at this statement. Okay, fine I know the grapes are touchy, they are temperamental and this is no doubt due to the fact they’re French grapes. In truth she knew that grapes weren’t going to be volatile due to the origins of the plant but that was neither here nor there. The fact remained she