Carly Lewis

The Cape Town Series · Book 2

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Elena Vasquez, 44, Afro-Colombian sommelier. Stellenbosch winelands.

Twelve years of building something excellent under someone else's name. She came to Palenque Estate to sell the inheritance and walk away. The press had other plans.

Second-act heroine · Inheritance · Enemies to lovers · Slow burn

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About the book

Series

Book 2 of six in the Cape Town Series by Carly Lewis. Reads as a complete standalone novel.

Heroine

Elena Vasquez, 44, Afro-Colombian sommelier.

Setting

Stellenbosch winelands, in and around Cape Town, South Africa. Every heroine in the series finds her way to the same sage-green door in Woodstock, where Miriam Sobukwe keeps rooibos on the stove.

Genre

Book-club women's fiction with a romance spine. It ends well, as every book in the series does.

Heat

Warm, not explicit.

Availability

Available now. On Kindle Unlimited from release day, and in paperback and hardcover on Amazon.

← Book 1: Late HarvestBook 3: Bloom →All six in order

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