The Grape Series
“I don’t mean to brag, but readers who start my series tend to get hooked. All the books in the series have been bestsellers, and readers tell me that reading them is “like taking a vacation”.
What is the most meaningful for me as an author is not book sales or bestseller lists, but when readers tell me that my Grape Series gave them the courage to take more risks, laugh off mistakes, make pleasure a priority, and move towards LIFE, no matter what.”
Next up will be more books in The Grape Series (My Grape Town, My Grape Baby...) as well as a companion recipe book with many of Frank's family recipes. I also plan to squeeze in there a few novels as well - a paranormal romance trilogy, a woman's fiction series ad much more. Oh la la!
At the age of seventeen in a last-minute twist of fate, Laura Bradbury is sent to Burgundy, France, for a year’s exchange. She arrives knowing only a smattering of French and with no idea what to expect in her first foray out of North America. With a head full of dreams and a powerful desire to please, Laura quickly adapts to Burgundian life, learning crucial skills such as the fine art of winetasting and how to savor snails.
The missing chapter in Laura and Franck's love story you've been waiting for.
After their unexpected love affair in France, Laura and Franck are separated when she has to return to Canada. Can Franck get to Canada so they can reunite? Even if he can, can their fairytale romance survive the rigors of Canadian life? Enjoy Book Two in the #1 Bestselling Grape Series
Laura has to say a gut-wrenching au revoir to Franck when she returns to Canada at the end of her exchange year. Nobody thinks they can survive as a couple with an ocean and a continent between them, and even they have to admit it doesn't look good. Laura is committed to starting her undergraduate degree in Montréal and not only does Franck not qualify to immigrate to Canada, but he's broke and has never even flown on an airplane before.
Can Franck make it to Québec so they can be together again? If so, can their fairytale romance endure the reality of real life and a Canadian winter?
Christmas with her French boyfriend in Burgundy? It sounds like a dream to Laura. That is, until she arrives. Festive times ahead with this special holiday edition of Laura Bradbury’s beloved and bestselling Grape Series.
Laura and Franck's love story takes them to Paris, but can their relationship last beyond their Parisian year?
The third book in Laura Bradbury’s #1 bestselling Grape Series whisks readers off to Paris when Laura is accepted to study at the Sorbonne. Will Franck remain behind in his beloved France after Laura’s year as a Parisienne is up? Find out in My Grape Paris, as Laura confronts love and heartbreak in the city of lights.
My Grape Paris takes fans of Laura Bradbury’s Grape Series to the captivating world of Paris, where Laura has managed to organize an exchange year at the Sorbonne. Franck accompanies her, delighted to return to his native France. Over afternoons napping in an ancient Roman amphitheater and nights gallivanting around the Louvre, Laura dreams of becoming a sophisticated Parisian woman.
However, Laura soon discovers that living in Paris is much more complicated than the fantasy. Besides inappropriate relatives and spiteful teachers, there are also questions that become impossible to ignore. Will Franck stay in Paris after Laura’s stint at the Sorbonne is up? Is their Parisian year the final hurrah for their romance?
Will Laura and Franck's engagement survive their tumultuous journey to the altar?
My Grape Wedding, the fourth book in Laura Bradbury's #1 bestselling Grape Series, takes fans from London to the enchanting world of Burgundy five years after Laura inconveniently falls head over heels in love with Franck during a student exchange. After a spontaneous proposal in Kathmandu, the bride-to-be struggles with balancing the academic demands of a law degree at Oxford with lessons on how to be a proper Catholic and fittings with the Queen of England’s corset maker.
Once in Burgundy. Laura’s anxiety grows as wedding plans fall apart. As guests arrive, the rain clouds move in, family wine tastings turn into survival of the fittest, and a bombshell from the priest leaves the couple looking for divine intervention. Laura believes she and Franck belong together, but will their relationship outlast the chaos en route to the altar?
Is Laura's sudden decision to choose a Revolutionary-era ruin in a tiny french village over a legal career in London profoundly wise or utterly insane?
In My Grape Escape, the fifth book in Laura Bradbury's #1 bestselling Grape Series, Laura emerges from her final law exams at Oxford far from unscathed. Everyone expects her to follow the well-trodden path of establishing a prestigious legal career in London, but instead she buys an eighteenth century ruin near her husband's village in Burgundy.
Laura's idealistic visions of bicycling through French vineyards with fresh baguettes under her arm had not included steaming plates of veal brains for breakfast or taming an electrician named Tin Tin. Still, as Laura learns the art of bartering for antique furnishings and rekindles her romance with Franck, she gains a newfound perspective. Will running from the law to the vineyards of France trump the expectations she has long held for herself? Find out in My Grape Escape, book five in Laura's beloved Grape Series.
Laura and Franck move back in Burgundy with their young daughters - can their little family (and their marriage!) adapt to life in a traditional French winemaking village?
Five years after My Grape Escape, Laura and Franck bring their two young daughters back to Burgundy to tackle their newest project, a derelict 16th-century winemaker’s cottage located behind Franck’s family home.
Navigating the different rules for raising children and managing a family in a small French village prove every bit as challenging for Laura as learning to drive a stick shift through narrow streets or arguing with tyrannical French officials over paint colors (spoiler alert: any color as long as it’s gray). Come along on this evocative and honest journey where love, coupled with good French food and local wine, pave the way to la belle vie.
Can Laura and Franck restore a thirteenth century wine cellar under the streets of Beaune when another surprise project - a new baby - changes everything?
My Grape Cellar takes fans of Laura Bradbury’s Grape Series back to Burgundy. Laura and Franck embark on another grand adventure to restore a long-neglected wine cellar that they buy, sight unseen, in the charming town of Beaune - the heart of winemaking in Burgundy (and according to the Burgundians, all of France).
Much as they dream of family winetastings in a magical place, reviving a thirteenth-century cellar proves a formidable task. Laura never imagined she’d be hunting through ancient sinks, hauling stones by moonlight, or appointing godparents for a medieval cave, all while managing an even more important project: a new baby. Find out if Laura and Franck manage to keep all the balls in the air in My Grape Cellar, book seven in the bestselling Grape Series.