SHADOWS OVER THE VINEYARDS

An old painting, a secret someone has spent years fighting to keep buried, and an attraction that arrives at the worst possible time.Anaïs and Soren distrust each other from the start, which only heightens the tension between them—tension that soon becomes impossible to ignore. Every glance, every moment of closeness, and every new answer draws them closer to each other and deeper into a past someone had very good reason to keep hidden.
But the painting is not quite what it seems. What lies beneath its surface pulls them into a web of lies, family secrets, and people willing to do anything to keep the truth from coming to light. And the more Anaïs and Soren uncover, the harder it becomes to resist not only the mystery, but each other.
Every clue reveals another secret. Every discovery changes everything they thought they knew. And as the line between distrust, desire, and love begins to blur, only one question remains: how much are they willing to risk to uncover the truth without losing each other in the process?

THE SUMMER OF RETURNS

Aurélia Delorme arrives at the luxurious La Sirène hotel in the south of France carrying a photograph left behind by her mother—and a question that was never answered.But behind the beauty and flawless luxury of La Sirène lies the summer of 1998—a past that was meant to remain forgotten. Years later, traces of it begin to surface again, all leading to Room 417, a place that seems to have been deliberately erased from the hotel’s history.Dorian Valcourt knows La Sirène better than anyone. At first, he is wary of Aurélia’s questions, but when it becomes clear that the clues from the summer of 1998 also lead to his own family, the hotel’s past begins to draw his attention as well.Each of them knows a different part of the story, and only together do they begin to uncover connections that have remained hidden for years. The closer they get to the truth about the summer of 1998, the closer they become.Because some feelings come when you least expect them.
Some secrets refuse to stay buried.
And some returns finally give the past a chance to tell the rest of its story.

THE LEGACY OF ONE CHOICE

She should have told him the truth sooner.Salomé Girard reads people almost too well. She notices the hesitation everyone else misses, the silence hidden behind a perfectly rehearsed answer.When she is brought onto the Origine Privée project, she finds herself among extraordinary hotels, family-run producers, and a heritage that is far more than a beautiful story to tell their guests.And at every turn, there is Maxime Delattre.Precise. Guarded. Dangerously perceptive.A man who keeps his distance so perfectly that it becomes impossible not to wonder what lies beneath it.Their work takes them through vineyards, small artisan workshops, and the sun-drenched coast of southern France. Every conversation brings them closer to the truth. Every silence brings them closer to each other.But Salomé begins to suspect that the project meant to offer security could take away the very thing some are trying to protect.And Maxime is the last person she should be keeping secrets from.When trust finally breaks, what remains between them is more than a professional conflict. There is desire that never disappeared. Anger that still hurts. And the question of whether a single choice should define someone forever.The Legacy of One Choice is a sensual slow-burn romance about trust fractured in silence, desire that survives betrayal, and a love that must first stop feeling safe before it can become true.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Anabel Lorain writes for readers who love stories that let them fall in love, smile, escape into another world, and perhaps carry a little of it back with them.She is drawn to stories in which something begins between two people that cannot be fully planned or easily explained. She loves the moments when love appears unexpectedly, when desire catches someone off guard, when things become complicated—and when, even among the serious moments, there is still room for a smile.In her novels, she blends romance with gentle sensuality, intimacy, and humor. She is especially interested in everything that happens between people more through suggestion than through grand declarations—glances, touches, silence, unexpected decisions, and the small moments that often remain in memory the longest.