Hilltop Sunset by Joyce T. Strand – book review and tour

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If you’re a wine connoisseur, this book might just appeal to you.  Set in the vineyards of California, we get to explore the lifestyle of the thirty-somethings who have made lots of money from the upper crust.     When I started reading this book, I felt as though I had walked into the wrong movie theater after going to the concession stand.  There was a lot of background information that I must have missed.  Although it all becomes clear in time, the stall prevented me from really getting hooked on the book.  Before you read Hilltop Sunset, I’d highly suggest reading the first book so that you know what’s going on.  Overall, I’d rate Hilltop Sunset a 4.
The main character, Brynn, just went through an amicable divorce.  In fact, it was so amicable that she went on a little overnight trip with her ex to celebrate.  It was all very surreal.  When I finally connected with the characters, I really became interested in the mystery behind Hilltop Sunset.  I kept wondering about the “Inspired by Actual Events” on the front of the book. What was real and what was fiction?  It’s difficult to say because the book was so realistic!

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A mystery set in wine country pitting financial exec Brynn Bancroft against a determined stalker, a troubled love interest, and career clashes.  Brynn learns that a former employee who beat her nearly to death has returned to stalk her and her friend, Jillian Hillcrest, also a former victim.

Recently divorced, Brynn turns to a new love interest only to encounter additional unwelcome issues. Meanwhile, short-timer Brynn, who has resigned from her Silicon Valley company, becomes bored fulfilling her remaining responsibilities there. She begins to prefer supporting the launch of her ex-husband’s new hilltop winery while waiting to move to her next position. Between her stalker and her new love interest, Brynn faces a series of life-changing events.

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About Brynn Bancroft
Brynn Bancroft evolved from the Jillian Hillcrest mysteries where she served as Jillian’s manager while Chief Financial Officer of Harmonia Therapeutics in Silicon Valley. A shapely blonde with a MENSA IQ, she had an affair with the CEO of the company. Unfortunately for Brynn, the CEO’s wife figured out that the two were involved and asked Brynn to leave the company, which she agreed to do. In the meantime, her husband, Liam—not unfamiliar with extramarital affairs himself but also understanding that Brynn grew up in an abusive household- grew tired of waiting for Brynn to commit to their relationship and asked for a divorce. At the same time, he solicited her assistance in developing his new winery in Sonoma County, Calif. Much like Jillian–who does appear in the Brynn Bancroft mysteries–Brynn, too, attracts mystery and murders as she grows to enjoy life at her ex-husband’s Hilltop Sunset Winery.
 
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About the Author

Joyce Strand, much like her fictional character Jillian Hillcrest, served as head of corporate communications at several biotech and high-tech companies in Silicon Valley for more than 25 years. Unlike Jillian, however, she did not encounter murder in her career. She focused on writing articles and press releases and delivering presentations to publicize her companies.

Joyce has been a mystery fan since she read her first Nancy Drew and Hardy Boy stories as a teen-ager. She has always enjoyed the challenge of following clues to solve a mystery before it is revealed. Therefore Joyce relished the transition from writing press releases to writing fiction.

Joyce received her Ph.D. from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and her B.A. from Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA.   She lives with her two cats in Southern California near San Diego.

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I received this book to review through Beck Valley Books Book Tours, all the opinions above are 100% my own.

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Comments

  1. Thanks for sharing your review today, you will have to get your detective head on and find out truth v fiction lol xx

  2. Thank you so much for taking the time to read and review Hilltop Sunset. I really appreciate the effort to connect readers to authors. Thank you.

  3. Sherry Compton says

    “Inspired by Actual Events” grabbed me to. It has me wondering and I haven’t even picked up the book. The cover is wonderful and draws you in, but that line just grabs you.

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