Pump Up Your Book Presents Seasons of the Vineyard Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Catherine MacDonald, author of the romance novel, Seasons of the Vineyard, as she tours the blogosphere January 7 – January 31, 2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

cathie4 ABOUT CATHERINE MACDONALD

Catherine MacDonald graduated from the University of the Pacific with a B.A. in English and a Minor in Communication Arts. She earned a Masters in Education from the University of Nevada, Reno. A former school teacher, she owns and operates several small businesses with her husband. She was the vice-president of the Romance Writers of Nevada before it disbanded in 2002. Her published works include The Jeweled Path, Divine Diva, Comstock Rose, Road Queens, Coming Home, and The Way. She is a Reiki Master Teacher who has pursued the Diva trail for over twenty years and she urges everyone to empower their life by accessing their own power and creating the life they deserve at www.supernovel.com/blog.

Her latest book is Seasons of the Vineyard.

You can visit her website at http://www.supernovel.com/

Seasons_of_the_Vineyard ABOUT SEASONS OF THE VINEYARD

Francesca Bernard receives a call from Enrico, the foreman on the family vineyard telling her that her father has driven the truck through the barn and doesn’t remember. Reluctantly, Francesca returns with her son and notices the changes in her father and the vineyard. The vineyard is struggling and her father is slipping toward dementia. She must make the decision to stay and resurrect the Zinfandel wine, which once put the vineyard on the map, but the secret to the wine is buried with her mother. The vineyard is in financial distress and brokers are attempting to purchase the property, but her father refuses to sell. Tension arises between Francesca and Enrico and she can’t ignore the sexual energy. Francesca and Enrico have a turbulent past, which is the reason she left the vineyard.

Her mother’s spirit visits at night, startles Francesca, and urges her to help her father because he is too stubborn and arrogant to admit he’s scared and confused. Her mother’s spirit is stuck between worlds and cannot leave until her husband is taken care of. Francesca must make the decision to work the vineyard and bring it back to its once glory. The tension between Francesca and her father is thick and she prods his mind about the Zinfandel: Bella Serrano. She agrees to represent the vineyard at an event, where she meets the dashing Giancarlo, who is also after the vineyard.

Francesca and Giancarlo begin dating, which distresses Enrico so he quits, and she is left with an ailing vineyard, sick father, and rebellious teenaged son. Her father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and falls and hits his head, ending up in the hospital.

Giancarlo steps up his pursuit of Francesca and the vineyard. Francesca finally understands that Giancarlo wants only one thing—the vineyard—and she isn’t selling. Nope. Her father slips further and further away. Her mother’s spirit repeatedly visits and Francesca tries to talk to her about the Zinfandel, but the spirit says the wine can wait but her father can’t. Her life is in turmoil. Her father dies. Her new vineyard manager is picked up for drunk driving, and her ex-husband shows up at the funeral. She and Giancarlo have an argument and he hits her, causing her to flee in her car. She hits a deer and ends up in the ditch. She wakes up in the hospital, where she is visited by the spirit who tells her goodbye because it’s her time to cross the great divide into the next world. Her father has safely made it. Then she tells Francesca the secret ingredient. Love. Enrico will love and support her so she grows into a world class vintner, but first she needs to make it right with him and tell him he’s her son’s father, not her ex-husband. Then love will flow through the vineyard and she will create the Zinfandel wine because the grapes will flourish when there is love.

Enrico returns when he learns of her accident. The intoxicating scent of the harvest awakens her true feelings for him. Passion resumes between them and she tells him he doesn’t’ have to wait for her any longer. The vineyard connects her with the cycles of the season. Wine is the holy substance that unites her to the vineyard. Enrico tells her they are going to love each other and because of their love the Zinfandel wine will flourish once more.

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Seasons of the Vineyard Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule

Wednesday, January 9

Interviewed at Literal Exposure

Thursday, January 10

Guest blogging at Allvoices

Friday, January 11

Interviewed at Broowaha

Monday, January 14

Interviewed at Digital Journal

Wednesday, January 16

Book reviewed at Miki’s Hope

Thursday, January 17

Book reviewed and guest blogging at My Book Addiction

Friday, January 18

Guest blogging at Jody’s Book Reviews

Tuesday, January 22

Guest blogging at Literarily Speaking

Wednesday, January 23

Interviewed at Review From Here

Friday, January 25

Book reviewed at My Cozie Corner

Wednesday, January 29

Interviewed at Examiner

Friday, January 31

Book reviewed at Review From Here


Catherine MacDonald’s SEASONS OF THE VINEYARD VIRTUAL BOOK PUBLICITY TOUR will officially begin on January 7 and ends on January 31. Please contact Tracee Gleichner  at tgleichner(at)gmail.com if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing her book. Thank you!

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