A Rumored Fortune

A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano is a book that kept me interested from beginning to end. Tressa and her mother are summoned home with urgent news. When they arrive, she finds that her father is presumed dead and that the debts are adding up around the estate. She also finds a handsome stranger that claims to be the new vineyard manager that was hired by her father prior to his death.

Tressa struggles through most of the story trying to decide who she is able to trust. Those that she believed closest to her or those that have been kind to her may not have her best intentions in mind. She is surrounded by fortune hunters that are trying to find the treasure that her father has hidden and kept a secret from everyone, including Tressa.

As Tressa, begins her investigation she becomes even more uncertain about who she is able to trust and wonders if father is the man that she has built him up to be inside her memory.

I really enjoyed this story because Tressa was such a strong character. She may have been a little to trusting at times but she was faced with a lot of unknowns and tried her best to make things right. I also really enjoyed the character of Donegan, who showed time and time again how kind and considerate he is. Overall, this is a really sweet story about the things that really matter in life.

I received a copy of this book from Revell in exchange for my honest review.

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