Amid the brilliance of early twentieth-century Vienna, a young woman steps beyond the frame to claim her own life.Maya Sircos, the daughter of a Greek shipping magnate and an Austrian aristocrat, has never quite belonged in the rarefied world of early twentieth-century Vienna. She moves uneasily through the drawing rooms of a society bound by tradition and appearance. But Vienna is shifting—intellectually and artistically—and Maya, drawn to the city's avant-garde, finds herself at the center of a world in upheaval.When she becomes the muse and scandalous obsession of a rising Expressionist painter, Maya is cast out by her family. Exiled to her grandparents' home on the remote Greek island of Skiathos, she confronts the solitude imposed upon her. There, challenged by an unexpected encounter, she begins not to pose, but to paint.To forge her own path, Maya must shatter expectations and confront a world unwilling to recognize the...

A reluctant daughter takes over a centuries-old winery in Cold War Germany. A Polish physician crosses into the West during the harvest. A love story that defies time, distance and political upheaval. When her father has a stroke, Marielle Hartmann gives up her rising career as a banker to return home to run her family's 300-year-old winery just as the harvest season begins. Because she's been away from the land, Marielle lacks the knowledge, instincts and confidence necessary to achieve a successful vintage. Encouraged by her mother to seek help, she grudgingly turns to Tomas Marek, a member of the Polish crew that has worked her family's vineyards for years. Violent weather, different world views and Marielle's pride work against them, but a near-fatal accident with one of the crew forces Marielle to trust Tomas if she is to save the harvest. As their relationship deepens, will it survive both...