Vineyard Stories

Cassandra Vanhoe was set to marry Dexter, son of a business tycoon William Morris, to save a falling business empire. On the night of their engagement party, Cassandra accidentally witnessed the cold-blooded murder of William deep within the forest. In an attempt to call for help, she was caught from her hiding place and was kidnapped by the murderer. With having no one knowing where she was taken, will her fiance be able to bring her back or will her kidnapper turn out to be the savior she had been waiting for?

Daphne Rossi is a struggling new grad who has no idea what she wants in life other than to get the hell out of debt. Fresh out of options, she qualifies for Vino Bianchi's competitive sommelier internship. It's unpaid, but after 8 weeks, the best candidate gets the job. Daphne knows almost nothing about wine, but how hard could it be? She needs this job, or else she'll have wasted 2 months and be back at square one. Lorenzo Bianchi is the powerful CEO of Vino Bianchi, the number one producer of Italian-American wine. With his vineyard located in Italy and his production in the US, he flies between the two often, leaving no time for distractions or romance. Well on his way to becoming a billionaire, quick hook ups are easy. He doesn't feel the need for a relationship, and no one sees him for who he is anyway. He feels less like a man and more like a wallet, and he can't remember the last time he lived a simple life like a simple man. Lorenzo shouldn't know who Daphne is. She's just an intern at his company, and he's the Mr. Bianchi. But after they cross paths, Lorenzo can't seem to ignore her, and Daphne can't seem to avoid him. *OFFICIAL COVER COMING SOON*

(Sequel to Life As I Know It!) “Everything happens for a reason.” * * * Eighteen-year-old music prodigy Shawna Embry is an aspiring singer.She's never believed in true love and is very cryptic about the topic and she's never been confident about her appearance. Her family and friends plan to take a trip to Italy for the whole summer in light of she and her friends starting college next year. While in Italy all seems well until dark secrets about her are revealed and she and her friends find danger around every corner but she also finds romance from someone she never expected.

"Unveiling the colour palette of life " Traversing from the delicacy of a vineyard unravelling the twines of sourness and tanginess of wines. As these twines leisurely untangles to form silk. A collision between a vineyard and a couture, where the events of mysteries gets unfolded by itself as the courtier and the vigneron sets out for an adventurous journey. Will the wine bottle break ? Or will the silk rupture? Or will they both survive? A/N "Pardon my mistakes and fancy words" Wanna get on my train !:-)

He came home to forget the war. She became the one battle he couldn't walk away from. In the golden vineyards of the Peloponnese, Sophia Markopoulos stands as the fierce heart of a family bound by tradition and silent secrets. When Thom Fletcher, a war-worn English soldier carrying the weight of a complicated legacy, returns to his mother's homeland, their worlds collide in a passion that threatens to destroy - and save - them both. Amid sun-warmed stones and olive groves, their secret love blossoms-wild, urgent, and fragile-while shadows from the past stir in every corner of the Markopoulos estate. Family loyalties, hidden desires, and untold histories unravel in a slow-burning tale of love, identity, and courage.

Madi Brown, a 19-year-old university student from a small suburb of Sydney Australia, moves to LA for the year to do a year of her paramedicine degree overseas. She accidentally stumbles into the life of well-known tiktoker Vinnie Hacker. What will come out of this encounter? Lifelong friendship? ... Love?

I thought I had everything. My dad was the CEO of a huge company in Los Angeles. My mom was a famous fashion designer known around the country. My brother was Lacrosse captain at our elite high school. I was the most popular girl in school and everyone wanted to be apart of my life. Our house looked like a palace out of a dream. My life was perfect. But it's so weird how minutes can change your family's fate forever. I found out the hard way.

A man, lounging in bed, writes a three paragraph story and considers himself accomplished.

500-word story for the December 5, 2025 weekend write-in prompt - torrent

Mercy Rogers is well used to screwing up, and as long as it pisses her parents off, she's okay with it. After all, as the teenage daughter of an acclaimed Hollywood actress, it's practically her purpose in life, right? Wrong. When pictures of her drunk at a rich kid's party end up plastered across the tabloids, the carefully constructed image of her perfect family is threatened, and Mercy knows she's really done it this time. Shipped off to some small beach town for the summer with a few scheduled therapy sessions and plenty of depression medication to boot, she's given the ultimatum: clean up her act or it's boarding school in the fall. But old habits die hard, after all. Add some hot lifeguards, roaring beach parties, and small town gossip, and it's going to be near impossible. But no one ever said being famous was easy, right?

story inspired by @69BeatleJuice6969

Audrey J. Vincent is the young, troubled daughter of a rich Cape Cod family. With her extreme wealth, Audrey fell into the partiers and socialites of New York City, a place her parents deemed retched and dirty. After falling out of line for several years, Audrey finds herself in a terrible car accident, killing everyone in the car but her. She then returns to York Town, Cape Cod, to make herself as a better person. And finds people, like her new English friend, Henry, to rebuild herself again.