When fairy tales do come true…

To young Terri Fortier, life in a castle in the south of France seems like a fairytale -- until she learns the awful truth. On her eighteenth birthday, she flees from the marriage her parents have arranged for her in hopes of saving their vineyard from an age-old curse. Terri makes her way to the Napa Valley and a forgotten, magical vineyard where she puts down new roots. But can Terri totally escape her destiny when reality proves to be more powerful than any fairytale?

Marla J. Hayes is a freelance journalist whose articles and photographs have appeared in American and Canadian magazines and newspapers. Her earlier, short fiction pieces have been included in textbooks for elementary school reading programs in Canada and in public school libraries. She is also a produced screenwriter. Marla lives in Ontario, Canada.