Secretly Yours

Tessa Bailey

Book 1 of A Vine Mess

Grumpy history professor Julian Vos returns to his family's Napa Valley winery on sabbatical, only to be thrown into daily contact with Hallie Welch, the chaotic, big-hearted gardener who has secretly loved him since they were teenagers. A drunken anonymous admirer letter Hallie leaves for Julian sparks an unexpected epistolary connection that pulls the uptight professor and his free-spirited neighbor closer together. As they clash over schedules, family expectations, and old wounds, their opposites-attract chemistry builds into something neither can ignore. It's a small-town, vineyard-set romantic comedy about grief, growth, and learning to let someone in.