The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs

The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Interspersed with yummy recipes we travel to Bella Vista the family estate that Tess Delaney never knew about to meet the sister she didn't know she had.

The story begins with Tess returning a necklace to Annelise Winther that was taken from her family by the Nazis in World War II. While Annelise doesn't want to part with the necklace she does allow Tess to sell a few things she found at garage sells.

In line for a promotion Tess is hurrying back to the auction house where she works when she meets Dominic Rossi who tells her that her Grandfather Magnus is in a coma and that he has left half his estate (Bella Vista) to her. Poor Tess didn't even know she had a Grandfather, much less a half sister that shares her birthday. As she grows closer to her half sister Isabel, she is broken hearted that Isabel may lose the only home she has ever known but when she finds a document gifting Magnus' Grandfather with a Faberge Egg she becomes determined to track it down to save the Apple Orchard. The only problem the Egg is missing. Various documents and recollections by Tess' Mom (Shannon) lead Tess to believe her Father Eric was on the way to sell the egg the day he died. Eventually they discover that Eric's best friend took the egg determined to get the egg back for Isabel and Magnus Tess has to promise to walk away from Dominic a man she has grown to love and the life she wants with him.

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