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When Anika van der Merwe inherits her great grandmother Helena's struggling Pinotage vineyard in Hemel en Aarde, she dreams of reviving its legacy-but only after uncovering a century old mystery. A prologue flashback reveals Helena's secret ""coffee style"" oak aging and her sudden, ghostly disappearance under a harvest moon. Now, determined to finish what her ancestor began, Anika pours herself into experimental heavy toast barrels infused with cold brew rooibos, guided by whispered lullabies echoing through the cellar. Into this world arrives Étienne Laurent, a discerning French sommelier scouting new labels for Paris. Their first breakfast tasting in the cellar loft kindles both professional admiration and personal attraction, but Anika must win Étienne's trust-and the respect of skeptical purist neighbors-before her bold brews can be taken seriously. Haunted by Helena's specter, Anika races to master her great grandmother's lost Moonlit Cuvée protocol: the precise barrel toast, coffee concentrate ratios, and the final, secret clove pod note. As storm clouds threaten the ripening grapes and a corporate buyer pressures her to sell, Anika leans on Étienne's confidence-and on Helena's ghostly guidance-to cover the vines in storm tarps, unearth hidden recipe pages, and blend past and present into a harmonious new cuvée. In a climactic blind tasting, the export board-and even her fiercest critic-are won over, and Étienne personally ships crates of Moonlit Cuvée to Bordeaux. Under the next full harvest moon, glowing Parisian reviews arrive, and Anika and Étienne-now partners in both wine and life-stand together beneath the silent rows of oak barrels. The vineyard, once abandoned, thrives again, its legacy secured by innovation, perseverance, and the enduring lullaby of a van der Merwe woman who would not be forgotten.

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Beverley Lilliann Alice Joubert is an eclectic South African storyteller based in the Karoo town of Willowmore. She writes across age groups and genres-whimsical children's picture books and activity titles, Scripture-grounded devotionals, heart-tugging romances, and edge-of-your-seat mysteries and supernatural thrillers. Anchored in faith and a love for everyday miracles, Beverley's books celebrate courage, compassion, and the quiet resilience of ordinary people. Her granddaughter often inspires her children's stories, while her rural surroundings and South African heritage lend texture and authenticity to her adult fiction. When she isn't plotting a new series or polishing a manuscript, she's likely sketching ideas for illustrations, sipping rooibos, or walking under the wide Karoo sky with her husband, Shaun.

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